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Amnesty International called on Chinese authorities  Wednesday to cease their interference in Tibetan religious practices. The rights group criticized the Chinese government for attempting to control the selection process of the future Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader. The statement urged China to comply with international human rights law. Amnesty International’s China director, Sarah Brooks, [...]

Amnesty International research released on Monday concluded that more than 80 percent of those convicted under the Hong Kong national security law have been “wrongly criminalized” in the five years since the law was introduced. Since 2020, Hong Kong government data cited by Amnesty International indicated that 332 people were arrested, with 189 convicted under [...]

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged China to free the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choki Nyima, and his parents, who were removed from public view in 1995 and have remained missing ever since. As the 30th anniversary of their disappearance approaches on Saturday, human rights advocates have intensified pressure on Beijing to end decades of [...]

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday cited concerns over Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) suspension of its shortwave radio broadcast in languages Mandarin, Tibetan, and Lao following President Donald Trump’s March executive order cancelling federal funding to US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). RSF Director General Thibaut Bruttin urged the US Congress and larger international community [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that governments should provide more support to Tibetans in exile, in a statement marking the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China. On March 10, 1959, Tibetans gathered in Lhasa, to protest against Chinese occupation and protect the Dalai Lama, who was under the threat of assassination. [...]

China announced countermeasures against two Canadian organizations and 20 affiliated individuals on Saturday. This decision, published in a statement on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, is rooted in what China perceives as unwarranted foreign interference in its internal affairs, particularly relating to human rights advocacy regarding China’s human rights record regarding Uyghurs and Tibetans. [...]

As the second anniversary of the UN’s critical report on Xinjiang approaches, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday: “The Chinese government persists in committing crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang while denying repression there.” Maya Wang, HRW’s associate China director, emphasized the necessity of a forceful response from the UN and its [...]

In a landmark development, the American Bar Association (ABA) has adopted a resolution urging the United States and the United Nations to investigate human rights violations in Tibet. Resolution 502, passed on August 5 at the ABA’s Annual General Meeting in Chicago, marks the first time the organization has taken a stance on the issue [...]

US President Biden on Friday signed into law the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act. The bill declares Congress’s position that Tibetans have a “religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical identity” distinct from the Chinese people which the Chinese government undermines by its claims and penalizes by its rights violations of Tibetans. Congress found [...]

The US announced Friday that they will be imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China officials due to continuing human rights violations against minority groups. The decision is underpinned by US legislation, namely Section 212 (a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.  The alleged ongoing human rights violations include “the ongoing genocide and crimes [...]