Call on UN Human Rights Council member states to raise Tibet!

Our ICT staff will be traveling to the Chinese government’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council later this month to help hold China accountable. We want to carry your voices with us.

Please sign our petition today urging UN Human Rights Council member states to raise Tibetans’ human rights at China’s Universal Periodic Review.

To: UN Human Rights Council member states

Dear UN Human Rights Council member states,

I am a staunch defender of the Tibetan people’s right to self-determination and enjoyment of universal principles of religious freedom and human dignity. As the Universal Periodic Review of China begins, I write urging you to articulate the gross human rights violations being inflicted on the Tibetan people by the People’s Republic of China.

It is impossible to hide that Beijing’s human rights record in Tibet has and remains abominable. Thus, it is incumbent on you and national governments to hold China accountable. This must be done specifically and meticulously. Vague overarching statements are simply not enough.
  
Only a few examples illustrate the severity and scale of China’s conduct:

Up to one million Tibetan children are being systematically alienated from their language and culture in compulsory boarding schools. Children are separated from their families and forced into schools that teach dominantly in Mandarin. The obvious intent is to uproot the transmission of Tibetan language and culture to the next generation.  At least 1.8 million nomads have been forcibly displaced from their traditional homelands into concrete, sedentary houses where they have little to no prospect of reliable livelihoods.  A process clearly akin to ghettoization.

The Chinese government also intensely persecutes Tibetans who peacefully practice their religious beliefs. Torture is routinely inflicted to silence, permanently injure, and even cause death in retaliation.

The list could continue for many pages.  However, collectively, if successful these policies risk the disenfranchisement of an entire people, carrying with it the possible erasure of the Tibetan people’s distinct identity.

Again, respectfully, I ask you to utilize your position to ensure the specific situation in Tibet is raised at the Universal Periodic Review and that all potential mechanisms to hold Beijing accountable are used to their fullest extent.

Sincerely,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name~A concerned citizen}

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