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UN women’s rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet and provide Tibetan women and girls with access to Tibetan language education

30 May 2023 [Geneva] On 30 May, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) [1] raised concerns about the Chinese Government’s coercive residential school system in… Read More »UN women’s rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet and provide Tibetan women and girls with access to Tibetan language education

UN rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet, slams Communist Party’s assimilation policies

6 March 2023 [Geneva] On 6 March, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) [1] strongly criticised the Chinese Government’s coercive residential school system in Tibet and… Read More »UN rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet, slams Communist Party’s assimilation policies

UN Rights Committee Questions China’s ‘Assimilation’ of Tibetans With Focus on Residential School System

16 February 2023 [Geneva] A delegation of almost 40 Chinese government officials appeared before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) [1] for an intense two-day review… Read More »UN Rights Committee Questions China’s ‘Assimilation’ of Tibetans With Focus on Residential School System

UN Human Rights Experts Raise “Serious Concern” About China’s Assimilation Policies and Residential Schools in Tibet

78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in Tibet UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern… Read More »UN Human Rights Experts Raise “Serious Concern” About China’s Assimilation Policies and Residential Schools in Tibet

230 Rights Groups Demand Resignation of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Activists slam Michelle Bachelet’s six-day visit for whitewashing repression against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers and others 8 June 2022 We, 230 Uyghur, Tibetan, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, and… Read More »230 Rights Groups Demand Resignation of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Over 220 groups urgently demand UN High Commissioner immediately postpone her visit to China

Activists warn the upcoming visit risks aiding Beijing’s attempts to whitewash repression against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Southern Mongolians and others 5 May 2022 We, a coalition of over 220… Read More »Over 220 groups urgently demand UN High Commissioner immediately postpone her visit to China

Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger, and Chinese representatives call for the immediate postponement of the UN High Commissioner’s visit to China

Lack of transparency surrounding Michelle Bachelet’s visit will see her walk into China’s carefully controlled minefield. 2 May 2022 PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO FOOTAGE AVAILABLE HERE Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger and Chinese… Read More »Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger, and Chinese representatives call for the immediate postponement of the UN High Commissioner’s visit to China

UN calls for urgent information on the fate and whereabouts of three Tibetans detained for engaging in cultural activities

[GENEVA] Six leading UN human rights experts have written to the Chinese government raising the case of detained Tibetan musician Lhundrup Drakpa [1], Tibetan writer Lobsang Lhundrub [2] and Tibetan… Read More »UN calls for urgent information on the fate and whereabouts of three Tibetans detained for engaging in cultural activities

Assaulting Identity: China’s New Coercive Strategies in Tibet’

NEW REPORT CHARTS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ ASSAULT AGAINST TIBETANS AS CHINA’S METHODS OF ‘MIND CONTROL’ AND CULTURAL ERASURE TIGHTEN

In a new 46 page report published today (22 March), ‘Assaulting Identity: China’s New Coercive Strategies in Tibet’ [1], Tibet Advocacy Coalition [2] charts new and devastating patterns of China’s… Read More »NEW REPORT CHARTS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ ASSAULT AGAINST TIBETANS AS CHINA’S METHODS OF ‘MIND CONTROL’ AND CULTURAL ERASURE TIGHTEN

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UNPRECEDENTED CALL BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS: CHINA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TIBET

UNPRECEDENTED CALL BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS: CHINA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TIBET TIBET ADVOCACY COALITION ECHO CALLS AN URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS SESSION CONCERNING CHINA’S SYSTEMATIC… Read More »UNPRECEDENTED CALL BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS: CHINA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN TIBET