China's Travesty of Human Rights
"Until one has gotten their own affairs in order, they should not seek to criticize others,""But Canada’s government, unfortunately, seems convinced that hypocrisy is a virtue."Chinese Communist newspaper Global Times"No Western nations can hold the high moral ground because of the long history of grave human rights violations.""[Canada had no right criticizing other countries’ human-rights records until it] put its own house in order."Zhao Manfeng, Party-run People’s Daily"Some Western countries, Canada included, like to preach to other countries about human rights affairs.""They should review their pasts and correct their own wrongdoings, instead of pointing fingers at others."Zhang Zhouxiang, government-run China Daily"We are deeply concerned about the serious human rights violations against the Indigenous people in Canada. Historically, Canada robbed the Indigenous people of the land, killed them and eradicated their culture.""We call for a thorough and impartial investigation into all cases where crimes were committed against Indigenous people, especially the children."
Jiang Duan, senior official, China's mission to the UN, Geneva
Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press |
Now it has been revealed that Tibetan children from age four and up are being separated from their parents to be placed into a huge network of state-operated boarding schools to strip them of their national identity as Tibetans. The purpose of the isolation and separation, is to immerse the children in an atmosphere totally unlike that reflecting their historical culture. Ultimately the goal is to build loyalty to the Communist Party, according to new research.
Up to an estimated 900,000 Tibetan children are now enrolled in the school system, forcing children to study in Chinese, not the language of their birth and culture. The children are banned from practising Buddhism, while the school system indoctrinates them, as reported by the advocacy group Tibetan Action Institute, deeply into the strictures of state communism..
This situation echoes that of the mass detention and re-education schemes taking place in Xinjiang where over a million Uyghur Muslims have been incarcerated and harnessed into a forced labour program. First-hand testimonials from Tibetans in China form the basis of a 61-page report alleging that three of four Tibetan students have been separated from their families and communities, calling upon the international community to intervene.
"By uprooting Tibetan children from their families and culture and making them live in state-run boarding schools the [Chinese] are using one of the most heinous tools of colonization to attackTibetan identity.""China's unprecedented campaign of forced Sinicization in Tibet targets even the youngest children and demands the urgent intervention of the United Nations and concerned governments."Tibetan Action Institute report
Human Rights Watch warns that China is pushing the Tibetan language to extinction through its policy of bilingual education. (Image: Screenshot / YouTube) |
Labels: Beijing, Boarding Schools, Canada, Depriving Buddhist Children of Heritage, Tibet
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