2020/04/24

To deflect attention from its human rights abuses

The paid content in these supplements is nothing less than a deliberate attempt by the  CCP to promote itself to an international audience and deflect attention from its human rights abuses


In late April, Wangchen, a 20 year old from eastern Tibet, gathered with friends to commemorate the Panchen Lama’s 30th birthday. The group called for the release of the Panchen Lama, who was detained as a boy in 1995 and has been missing ever since. They also called for the Panchen Lama and the exiled Dalai Lama to one day be reunited. Wangchen was arrested. When his aunt, Dolkar, shared the news of Wangchen’s arrest, she too was charged. Wangchen was found guilty of leading “a conspicuous protest in public against the law of the land”,