טיבטים ברחבי העולם מביעים התנגדות לחוק "האחדות האתנית" שנכנס לתוקף בסין בתחילת החודש. בפוסט ויראלי נראים צעירים טיבטים קורעים עותקים של החוק החדש וקוראים למחות נגדו.
מומחים משפטיים הזהירו שהחוק חורג מעבר לגבולות סין, ומעניק למשטר הסיני עילה לפעול נגד אנשים בכל מקום בעולם, כולל נגד תומכי טייוואן ואף אנשים החיים בארה"ב.
במשך עשרות שנים, מנהלת המפלגה הקומוניסטית הסינית (מק"ס) מסעות רדיפה אלימים נגד קבוצות דתיות, כולל טיבטים, נוצרים ומתרגלי השיטה הרוחנית, פאלון גונג.
The Chinese Communist Regime's new ethnic unity law went into effect this month,
but Tibetans are uniting to denounce the mandate.
NDD's David Lam reports.
People around the world are speaking out against Beijing's new mandate.
In a viral ex-post by user AlphaWolf,
young Tibetans are seen tearing up copies of Beijing's new law
and calling on others to stand up against it.
My name is Tenzin Gangwa.
I'm from Newcastle, Australia,
and I reject the ethnic unity laws.
My name is Nima.
I'm from England.
My name is Tenzin Vesel.
I'm from India.
I'm from Melbourne, Australia.
I'm a Tibetan and I reject the ethnic unity law.
China's national policy called the ethnic unity law took effect on July 1st,
mandating cultural assimilation from China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups.
Karl Minzner, a senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations,
says the law enshrines a decades-long shift towards aggressive assimilationist policies,
reflecting the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party.
The law came into force on July 1st
and will only increase surveillance and oppression for Tibetans inside Tibet,
but also for us exiled Tibetans.
I reject China's ethnic unity law and call on international governments
to reject and make a statement against China's ethnic unity law.
Legal experts warn that the law's vague language reaches beyond China's borders,
giving the Chinese regime grounds to target people anywhere in the world,
including supporters of Taiwan and people living in the United States.
Recently in New York, a Tibetan activist expressed opposition to the law
by self-immolating near the United Nations headquarters.
He later died.
For decades now, the Chinese Communist Party has held
violent persecution campaigns against faith groups,
including Tibetans, Christians, and Falun Gong practitioners,
including even pro-democracy activists.
David Lam, NTD News, California.