Human Rights Situation inside Tibet
Human Rights Situation inside Tibet[Thursday, 5 November 2009, 12:16 p.m.]
Dharamshala: The UN, EU and Human Rights Desk of the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration brought out a paper on “Human Rights Situation inside Tibet” on Thursday, 4 November.Following is the full text:
Dharamshala: The UN, EU and Human Rights Desk of the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration brought out a paper on “Human Rights Situation inside Tibet” on Thursday, 4 November.Following is the full text:
Human Rights Situation inside Tibet
Department of Information and International Relations
Central Tibetan Administration
Gangchen Kyishong
Dharamsala, HP, INDIA
Central Tibetan Administration
Gangchen Kyishong
Dharamsala, HP, INDIA
October 2009
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China has 154 ethnic autonomous areas including five provincial-level autonomous regions, namely, Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Guangzi, 30 autonomous prefectures, and 119 autonomous counties.
Beijing’s nationality and ethnic policy is clearly stated in its Regional Autonomy for Ethnic Minorities. The Communist Party of China adopted Stalin’s definition of ethnic groups—“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture”.1 Read the rest of this article »
