Human rights
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Tenzin Tsundue Bravely Displays Tibetan Flag At Geneva Summit
Mr. Tenzin Tsundue, a well-known Tibetan freedom activist, announced on his official Facebook page on April 2nd that he will be on a speaking tour in Europe, beginning with the Geneva Summit on Human Rights on April 4-6, and continuing with events in Switzerland 7-10, Sweden 11-17, Norway 18-20, Denmark 20-22, Spain 23-25, and the…
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Activists were arrested in protest of Beijing 2022.
Tibetan and Hong Kong student activists were arrested at Athens’ Acropolis in protest of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, only 48 hours before the Olympic Torch is handed over to the Beijing delegation at the same location. The Tibetan activist is recognized as Tsela and Joey as the Hong Kong activist.
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Members of the UN have urged China to respect human rights in Tibet.
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said on Tuesday that a group of UN member nations has called on China to uphold human rights in Tibet during the UN Human Rights Council’s 48th session. According to a CTA post, delegates from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the European Union (EU) have…
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Police Removing Tibetan Flags During Xi’s Visit Unlawful: Czech Court
Police removing Tibetan flags during Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to the country declared as unlawful by the Prague Municipal Court in Czech Republic on Tuesday. The courts ruling is against an incident where the Czech police ordered two men to remove the flags of Tibet and Taiwan from their windows near the hotel where…
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Where Did Late Elliot Sperling Stand On Tibet-China Issue?
Tibetans in exile lament the passing away of scholar and human rights champion Elliot Sperling who died at the age of 66. Sperling, who was considered as one of the world’s leading historians of Tibet and Tibetan-Chinese relations, made questions of sovereignty and boundaries the focal point of his career.
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Hijab Enforced By Law For Women In Iran But Their Men Join Their Fight Against It
A headscarf worn by muslims or more wide known as a Hijab is enforced strictly by law upon the women in Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The so called ‘Morality Police’ makes sure that the women in the country follow this weird law and those who did not follow are deemed to be…
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Should Obama Block Renaming China Embassy’s Street After Liu Xiaobo?
According to a report in New York Times, President Obama is likely to veto the bill to change the address of the China Embassy in Washington from 3505 International Place NW to 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza in honour of the Nobel Peace laureate imprisoned in China. The bill was introduced by Ted Cruz, the Texas…