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The European Parliament adopted on 15 December 2016 an urgency resolution on breaches of human rights, democracy, and rule of law in China, in which it urged the Chinese authorities to stop the dismantling at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist academy.
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day on 10th December 2016, the EU has issued a statement on China, raising the case of a Tibetan prisoner, Tashi Wangchuk.
On November 28, 2016, the niece of the late Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Nyima Lhamo addressed the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Righs
On 15 November 2016, the joint-report of ICT and FIDH on China’s new counter-terrorism law was released during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan
The 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva once again saw Tibet and China in the spotlight, as the High Commissioner for Human Rights prominently expressed concern with regard to human rights violations in the People’s Republic of China and urged the Chinese government to cooperate with United Nations institutions.
A Tibetan man imprisoned for his advocacy for Tibetan language depicted in a New York Times video interview still faces criminal charges, according to his lawyer, and police are pushing for a trial.
EU Statement at the 33th Session of the United Nations Human Rights CouncilItem 4 – Human Rights situation that require the Council’s attention19 September 2016 (…) In China, the detention of human rights lawyers and defenders since mid-2015 and the harassment of their families remain as major concerns. The EU calls for the immediate release […]
The Dalai Lama called on Europe to engage in ‘constructive criticism’ of China after being welcomed by the President of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 15 September, following high-profile visits to Paris and Brussels.
Demolitions of monks’ and nuns’ dwellings began at the important Buddhist center of Larung Gar in eastern Tibet, one of the world’s largest monastic institutions with a population of thousands of Chinese and Tibetan practitioners.
European Council conclusions on EU strategy on China adopted on 18 July 2016.