HRW censures China over poor rights record
A global right group has censured China over its human rights record noting that the world’s most populous country made “minimal progress on political, civil, socio-economic or cultural rights” in 2012.
New York based Human Rights Watch, in its World Report 2013 said China’s human rights record “remained poor” throughout last year.
China is playing with innocent Tibetan lives: Kirti Rinpoche
On the sidelines of the just concluded Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in the Indian capital, Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche called for the release of eight Tibetans sentenced in connection with Tibet self-immolations. Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, the head lama of Kirti monasteries, where more than 30 of the 99 self-immolations have occurred
Calls grow for release of Tibetans convicted in self-immolation cases
Calls for the release of eight Tibetans who have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms, including one sentenced to death with a two year reprieve, in connection with Tibet self-immolations has grown over the past week. On January 31, Chinese courts in eastern Tibet sentenced Lobsang Kunchok to death