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Countering Threats: India’s Multifaceted Geopolitical Approach
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Countering Threats: India’s Multifaceted Geopolitical Approach

India faces dual challenges from its northwestern and northeastern fronts, both aimed at undermining its security and territorial integrity along with adversaries within its borders, driven by insurgency and support from China and Pakistan.India should bolster the strike capabilities of the ITBP and offer broader international visibility to the Dalai Lama, emphasizing the cause of Tibet. India should extend its support to the oppressed Hindu minority in Sindh and grant recognition to the Balochistan Muslim population as these marginalized communities in Pakistan need assistance and recognition.India should proactively engage in initiatives like the I2U2 Alliance and also actively pursue the ‘Indian-Middle East Corridor’ (IMEC) to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Ha...
Human Rights Violations by China in Tibet
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Human Rights Violations by China in Tibet

Introduction Tibet is a highly disputed region located between the mountainous borders of China, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. In 1950, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) invaded the Tibetan region and seized control by force. Before 1950 Tibet was largely isolated from the rest of the world. It constituted a unique cultural and religious community, marked by the Tibetan language and Tibetan Buddhism. Little efforts were made to facilitate communication with outsiders, and also the economic development was minimal. Tibet was invaded by China in 1950; a year after the communist party began its rule in China. Tibetans were forced to sign a "Seventeen Point Agreement for Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" in 1951, which was used as a legal document to validate its illegal occupation of Tibet. ...
Teenage Tibetan arrested by Chinese police for appealing for education in the Tibetan language
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Teenage Tibetan arrested by Chinese police for appealing for education in the Tibetan language

Sherab Dorjee being detained by police (Pic credit: TibetWatch.org) On 16 August 2021, a 19-year old Tibetan boy was arrested and taken into custody by Chinese police in eastern Tibetan province of Amdo on allegations of rebelling against the Chinese government, while he was only appealing for education in the Tibetan language. TibetWatch reports that Sherab Dorjee had not only refused to join the CCP propaganda organised in Trotsik Township by Ngaba County where police authorities called a meeting on 'Praising the Communist Party of China and education on the security agenda'. He had also submitted a petition to the education authorities appealing for his school to be allowed to teach in Tibetan. According to a TibetWatch report, on 14 August, several Chinese police arrived ...
China committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet says US Congressional Executive Commission on China
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China committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet says US Congressional Executive Commission on China

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (Commission) found that the Chinese government and Communist Party have taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and TibetThe report says that disturbing new evidence has emerged of a systematic and widespread policy of forced sterilization and birth suppression of the Uyghur and other minority populations.In Hong Kong, the “one country, two systems” framework has been dismantled, severely undermining the rule of law and respect for human rights that the territory has long enjoyed, says CECC.In Tibet, the report observes that religious freedom continued to be severely curtailed as new measures have been implemented to manage and shape Tibetan Buddhism as part of the policy of “sinicizing rel...