Jul 23, 2015 | InterEthnic InterFaith Leadership Conference, Mongolia, No Category, Statements, Tibet, Uyghur
As Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians and Han Chinese we join together to urge you, International Olympic Committee members, not to award another Olympic Games to China. All of the people we represent have suffered as a result of the Chinese government’s...
Jul 20, 2015 | 2015 Arrests of Lawyers, News, Publications, Rule of Law in China
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Face Systematic Government Crackdown The World Movement for Democracy strongly condemns the mass arrests and harassment of human rights lawyers and activists in China, and joins the international community in demanding that the...
Jul 16, 2015 | InterEthnic InterFaith Leadership Conference, News, Publications
Dr. YANG Jianli Joined the Last 10 Miles of LA-DC Ride2Freedom and Spoke at Its Culmination Rally in West Lawn of Capitol Hill http://ride2freedom.us Speech by YANG Jianli July 16, 2015, Capitol Hill Dear Friends Good morning. First, I want to thank my friend Keith...
Jul 14, 2015 | InterEthnic InterFaith Leadership Conference, News, Publications, Religious Freedom, Statements, Tibet
We are deeply saddened by the news of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche passing away in Chinese prison on July 12th, 2015. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was a Tibetan political prisoner and Buddhist teacher. Our heart sank for the loss of a great leader, teacher and hero of Tibetan...
Jul 13, 2015 | News, Prisoners of Conscience, Publications, Rule of Law in China, Statements
July 11, 2015 Following the arrest of attorney Wang Yu on July 9, 2015, the Chinese authorities began to arrest a large number of human rights lawyers in the morning of July 10. As of July 11, more than 80 human rights lawyers and staff members of law firms had...