Tibet asks for UN fact-finding mission on China atrocities: report

The report also suggested that the situation in Tibet needed to be addressed.

Lhasa:

Tibet has called for an independent fact-finding mission from the United Nations (UN) to mark the 110th anniversary of Tibet’s declaration of independence. The request was to hold China accountable for mistreatment of the Tibetan people and culture, the Tibet Rights Collective (TRC) reported.

In the Declaration of Independence of Tibet on February 13, 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama declared that his country had been independent for over 1000 years. This was the event that ended the period of dominance of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty of China. However, the period of self-rule and independence for Tibet ended very soon as China illegally occupied Tibet in 1949.

According to a report by Delhi-based research institute TRC, the United Nations as an institution has largely failed to hold China accountable for the ongoing crisis in Tibet. Referring to the visit of the last Human Rights Commissioner in 1985, 24 years ago.

The TRC report also claimed that there has been no meaningful investigation into the incidents of ill-treatment of Tibetans in Tibet. Arbitrary detention, deaths in prison, incidents of self-immolation and enforced disappearances still continue in the region.

UN fact-finding and investigative missions should consider the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) harmful “environmental policies” in Tibet, and question the CCP about the whereabouts of Tibet’s Panchen Lama, who was abducted in 1995 was taken.

The report also pointed out that the CCP is aggressively focusing on controlling the narrative process surrounding the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama and sinicizing Tibetan religion, language, culture, tradition and education.

However, UN experts recently expressed that approximately one million children of the Tibetan minority are being affected by Chinese government policies aimed at cultural, religious and linguistic assimilation of the Tibetan people through the residential school system. Are.

The report also suggested that the situation in Tibet needs to be addressed whenever there is a discussion about China’s activities such as the Uyghur genocide and threats to Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The report called on policy makers to comprehensively address Tibetan issues and examine Tibet’s human rights situation.

The time has come for the United Nations to send an independent fact-finding mission to Tibet, the third pole of the world. As we celebrate the 110th anniversary of Tibet’s Independence Day, let us urge the United Nations to stay true to its commitments and its stated purpose of standing up for human rights.

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