Tensions have escalated in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir after one person was killed and several others were injured when Pakistan Rangers allegedly opened fire on protesters.
The incident comes amid a crackdown on demonstrations demanding basic rights, economic relief and political freedoms. Media reports also said that more than 600...
For over seven decades, the spectre of authoritarianism has loomed large over the Tibetan plateau. Since the People's Republic of China (PRC) solidified its control in 1951, Tibet has been subject to a systematic and ever-tightening grip that has sought to remould its unique cultural, religious and social fabric...
Seventeen years after Chinese security forces violently suppressed Uyghur demonstrators in Ürümchi, the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) calls on the Chinese government to account for those killed, disappeared, and imprisoned in the aftermath of the July 5, 2009 unrest.
Despite appeals from victims’ families, Chinese authorities have never provided a transparent accounting...
July 1, was no ordinary day for 16-year-old Tenzin Desang. A new law that claims to promote ethnic unity was coming into force in China, and the young Tibetan teenager could not help but wonder how, for her fellow Tibetans inside Tibet, their very way of life would become...
UNESCO has warned Pakistan over reconstruction work carried out at parts of the ancient archaeological site of Taxila, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, saying the interventions may have compromised the site's authenticity and historical integrity.
The organisation has asked Pakistani authorities to reverse the disputed reconstruction work, warning that failure to take...
Exiled Tibetans in Dharamshala joined a worldwide ‘Global Day of Action’ on Wednesday to denounce the implementation of China’s new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” describing it as a state-backed legal framework designed to accelerate the assimilation of Tibetans and systematically dismantle their distinct identity, language, religion,...
The promise of a “high degree of autonomy” for Hong Kong, enshrined in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the city’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, has been effectively extinguished. For decades, the “One Country, Two Systems” model allowed Hong Kong to flourish as a unique global city with its...
A group of 151 Tibet groups have on Jun 27 appealed to the foreign ministers of 14 countries and the European Union to oppose China’s “Law on Ethnic Unity and Progress” while lawmakers from the three Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have called for a Europe-wide condemnation...
The recent session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has seen serious allegations against the Pakistani government concerning its actions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). Mirza Shafiq, the Chairman of the Swiss Kashmir Human Rights Commission, has claimed that Pakistani authorities are enforcing a stringent crackdown...
A coalition of 151 Tibetan organisations and Tibet support groups from across the world has appealed to the foreign ministers of 14 democratic nations and the European Union to oppose China’s controversial Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which comes into force on July 1.
In an open letter...
