Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  When it comes to the practices of any policies in Tibet by the Chinese government, this critical question remains: Are they transparent? What about the actual implementation of the policies that exist only in theory? This is where the idea of fact-finding, independent of them

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   investigator or journalist to go into Tibet. They don't allow any information from Tibet to escape out of Tibet. In Tibet, one reason there is an information black hole is that the messengers get punished sometimes even worse than the protesters. At the same time, here are a couple

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I deeply appreciate this opportunity to speak with you on this important matter of Tibetan language and education. The Canada Tibet Committee is an independent, non-partisan association of Tibetans and non-Tibetans from across Canada

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   is taking place pursuant to Standing Order 108(2). We will resume our study on the Chinese government's residential boarding schools and preschools in the Tibet Autonomous Region and all Tibetan autonomous prefectures and counties. It's our pleasure to welcome you all to our committee

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for the question. I think the threat is mainly applicable to Tibetans who still have families in Tibet, which is what the Chinese government often uses to coerce and self-censor Tibetans living in exile. I didn't really have much fear when I joined Tibet advocacy

Privilege   Hong Kong and even remote Tibet. Today, sadly, I would not travel to any part of mainland China. This saddens me because I have deep affection for the Chinese people. One cannot travel for days, weeks or months at a time and leave untouched by their hospitality, fondness for family

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say there are certainly many other countries that have taken a strong position on the issue of not only the human rights but also the political issue of Tibet. I would cite the example of the bills that were passed in the U.S. in recent years. The Reciprocal Access

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much. I also believe language is the basis for forming thought. People with different mother tongues think differently, that much is clear. Many sociologists could attest to that. I now have a question for Mr. Therchin, from the Canada-Tibet Committee. Are you

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, honourable members of the committee, for inviting me to testify before this esteemed committee. I would like to use this opportunity to speak of the arbitrary detention, torture and killings in Tibet. I would like to start by sharing

Foreign Affairs committee  Absolutely. In addition to visits to Tibet, which happened in 2020, I believe, with Ambassador Dominic Barton, I hope that something like the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, which was passed in the U.S. about two years ago, could really help here in Canada. The principle

Foreign Affairs committee  It would always help to make the challenges faced by Tibetans public because one of the challenges we deal with concerning Tibet is the lack of information coming out of Tibet. Tibet remains one of the most inaccessible regions in the entire world. As I mentioned in my opening

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. The PRC repression of Tibetans certainly extends to Tibetans outside of Tibet, to Tibetans in India, Nepal, Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere. We have seen Tibetans.... One of the ways Tibetans in exile are targeted is whether or not they still have families in Tibet

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. The reason I chose to talk about this particular topic of arbitrary detention, torture and killing is that I find that this particular topic connects many other human rights violations, and Tibet issues are very complex, very multi-layered. We have

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   that it is perpetrating, how it is silencing Tibetans and how it is using online tools to suppress information. I'd like to start with our guest from Tibet Watch. We haven't had the opportunity to hear from her quite as much. Ms. Choekyi, could I start with you?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   anniversary, children in the Tibet Autonomous Region, as they call it, were made to perform this song called “I love CCP”. All of these children are dressed in Tibetan attire, but they were singing “I love CCP”. There is the closure of chat groups and the monitoring of whatever space