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Upcoming budget to focus on rural economy, education and health: Himachal
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, addressing a public gathering in Baruna of the Nalagarh Assembly Constituency in Solan district, stated that the upcoming budget would focus on the rural economy, education, and the health sector, according to a statement from the Chief Minister's Offic
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Beijing's crackdown on Tibetan education intensifies with forced transfers
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
In a concerning escalation of China's assimilation policies in Tibet, authorities have forcibly removed young monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School in Dzoge County, Sichuan, in recent months, pressing them into state-run boarding schools as part of a broader effort to erode the Tibe
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Chinese authorities reportedly intensify crackdown on Tibetan monks and re
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chinese authorities have intensified their crackdown on Tibetan Buddhism, forcibly relocating hundreds of young monks from Kirti Monastery to state-run boarding schools in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province. Students face prison-like conditions and are cut off from their families. The crackdown
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US President Joe Biden apologizes to Native Americans for 'abusive' govt-f
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
At least 18,000 children were taken from their families and forced to attend more than 400 boarding schools across 37 states or then-territories between 1819 and 1969.
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Tibetan lawmakers strongly condemn Chinese "colonial" boarding schools in
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
All of them have expressed their great concern and appealed international community to pressurise China over this issue
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Tibetan government-in-exile expresses concern over China's strengthening o
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Tibetan government-in-exile expressed its concern over China's expansion of colonial boarding schools in Eastern Tibet.
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Central Tibetan Administration condemns China's expansion of boarding scho
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
According to a recent CTA press release, disturbing reports from the Ngaba region of Tibet highlight how China's education policies are threatening the preservation of Tibetan culture, religion, and lifestyle. The expansion and intensification of compulsory boarding schools are erasing Tibet
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Tibetan spokesperson hails European Parliament resolution on Chinese board
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Central Tibetan Administration spokesperson Tenzin Lekshay hailed the European Parliament resolution on the abduction of Tibetan children and forced assimilation practises through Chinese boarding schools in Tibet.
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UN expresses concern over forced separation, language policies for Uyghur
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The experts received information about the large-scale removal of children, mainly Uyghur, from their families, including very young children whose parents are in exile or “interned”/detained. These children are treated as “orphans” by State authorities and placed in full-time boarding schoo
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UP: PM Modi to inaugurate Atal residential schools on September 23
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"As a part of the Yogi government’s initiative, children starting their education in the free government boarding schools known as Atal Residential Schools will get the opportunity to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi," said an official statement from the Chief Minister's Office (CM
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Experts urge G7 leaders to call on Xi Jinping to stop colonial boarding sc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Experts while deliberating on the subject "China's Colonial Practices and Threat to the Cultural Identity of Tibet" in an international webinar discussed various human rights issues raised recently by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).
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UK MP expresses concern over expanding network of Chinese schools in Tibet
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Free Tibet, an NGO, has shared a video of Tim Loughton, MP, Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, and of Dr Gyal Lo on its official Twitter handle. The former is heard thanking the latter for informing him about the network of Chinese colonial boarding schools in Tibet.
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