"One million Tibetan children forcibly separated from their families in state-run schools:" President of Foreign Relations Committee of Belgium calls on China to end the coercion of Tibetan children - Feddit
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Mrs Van Hoof, President of the Foreign Relations Committee of Belgian Chamber of Representatives, issued a statement on November 16, 2023, concerning the one million Tibetan children forcibly placed in Chinese state-run boarding schools and separated from their families and homes. The President also calls on the Chinese government to put an end the state-run boarding schools for Tibetan children, which aims to eradicate Tibetan language, culture, religion and identity. The statement wrote, “The forced assimilation of nearly one million Tibetan children in Chinese state-run boarding schools, separated from their families, is a violation of international human rights. The United Nations has confirmed this figure. The boarding schools are just the latest act perpetrated by Beijing on Tibetans with the aim to eradicate Tibetan language, culture, religion and identity. These policies are not acceptable.” “Unfortunately, the issue is getting too little attention in Europe. Action is needed in order to prevent a whole generation of Tibetan children to be lost inside the Chinese system. Tibetans remains subjected to a highly sophisticated surveillance and monitoring system, even collecting their DNA including from children without proper consent from their parents evidenced by reports from Citizen’s lab, Human Rights Watch etc,” President Van Hoof said. “I, therefore, condemn this action in the strongest possible terms and call on the PRC authorities to end the coercion of Tibetan children into state-run boarding schools, to cease repressive assimilation policies and to comply with the PRC’s obligations under international law,” the President of the Foreign Relations Committee of Belgian Chamber of Representatives said.
  • Zacryon@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One more reason to avoid and prevent chinese influence worldwide.

    And another reason for me not to buy chinese stuff. Which is not always so easy, considering how incredibly much is “Made in China”, either in parts or as a whole.

    I know it’s almost useless, and a bad joke in comparison of trading volume, but at least I can tell myself that I don’t fund an inhumane government.

    (Instead I fund other companies which are suboptimal in terms of some ethical aspects, because capitalism in its current form sucks and there isn’t much choice.)

      • Zacryon@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Research the company and try to find out how and where they produce. Sometimes the info is publicly available. A lot of times it is not easy to find out and may be even impossible. If you got the time you can approach the company and just ask them. It may happen that they don’t know it either (which I find disturbing), but at least that signals that there is an interest in such transparency from the consumers.

  • Theobroma@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I mean. That’s exactly what i do in the game crusader kings. Assimilate the newly aquired population to the existing one to minimise the chance of a rebellion.

    • 0x815@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I strongly disagree with the last part of your statement. The Chinese I know peronally are very good people, many of them friends.