Washington, July 21 (IANS) Over 50 Uyghur civil society organisations on Tuesday strongly condemned Beijing’s Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress (Ethnic Unity Law), urging the international community to take meaningful action to repeal the legislation. According to a joint statement, the law, which entered into force on July 1, 2026, is not a “technical administrative measure” but a “legislative instrument of forced assimilation”. It noted that the legislation explicitly…
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New Delhi, July 7: China, on July 1, 2026, did not merely bring a new statute into force – it gave legal language to a long-running project of cultural control. The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress is presented by Beijing as a framework for harmony among China’s 56 officially recognised ethnic groups. But for Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hui, Kazakhs and others, its real danger lies in how it turns identity into a matter of state discipline. Across the world, Tibetan organisations and…
Naypyidaw, July 4 (IANS) China’s ‘ethnic unity’ law goes beyond a domestic policy adjustment, creating a sweeping legal framework with implications for identity, governance and international relations. As the law came into effect, concerns over its potential application for internal repression, cross-border enforcement and political messaging towards Taiwan highlight its impact in shaping Beijing’s evolving domestic and external strategies, a report has stated.“China’s latest legislative…
Abuja, June 25 (IANS) China’s Inner Mongolia stands as a warning of how authoritarian governance can suppress peaceful minority communities, not because they pose a security threat but because they represent diversity, a report has highlighted. With advanced algorithms steadily marginalising Mongolian voices in the digital sphere, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) assimilation campaign reveals an underlying premise, that cultural distinctiveness is a problem to be managed. The consequences…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) China’s education policies in Tibet are increasingly becoming a battleground over identity, history and cultural preservation, according to a report. The Eurasia review, said in a report that educational reforms implemented under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are reshaping how Tibetan children understand their own heritage.In its report titled “Tibet Is Not Han China: Reject The Rewriting Of A Living Civilisation”, it contends that the struggle for Tibet extends beyo…
Brussels, June 6 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has been accused of weaponising legislation to extend repression beyond Tibet’s borders. China’s new Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, adopted in March this year and scheduled to come into force in July 2026, has drawn criticism from the UN experts, who warned that it risks “entrenching forced assimilation and encouraging transnational repression”, a report has highlighted. This legal framework reflects Beijing’s efforts aimed not on…
Beijing, April 26 (IANS) The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), an international NGO, has welcomed the eight United Nations special mandate holders’ statement, challenging China’s implementation of its “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” as the latest tool for the Chinese Community Party to enhance its “Sinicization” goal of forced cultural and linguistic assimilation of Tibetans and members of other communities, a report has stated. The Special Rapporteurs said, “We would like to dra…
Los Angeles, Dec 29 (IANS) Hollywood actress Jodie Foster, who is known for ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, is not really comfortable with multi-tasking. The actress has shared that she can’t multi-task. The 63-year-old actress prefers to give one thing her entire focus and then when it is “done”, she will immediately move on to something else, reports ‘Female First UK’.She told Red magazine, “That’s my personality. “I like to do one thing with total focus, and then I like to be …