The New York Times Editorial Board on the Human Rights of Tibetans in Nepal

Last updated on: April 20, 2014 at 8:21 am by dannyfisher

The New York Times Editorial Board on the Human Rights of Tibetans in Nepal 2014-04-20T08:21:53-07:00 dannyfisher

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This past week, the New York Times editorial board opined on Human Rights Watch’s damning report on “how far Nepal has gone in capitulating to Chinese pressure in cracking down on Tibetan residents and refugees.” Among other things, the editors write:

Nepal has long been a way station for Tibetans fleeing China. Many continue on to India, where the Dalai Lama lives and where they can obtain refugee status. Still, some 20,000 Tibetans live in Nepal. Most were born there, yet the government of Nepal refuses, according to Human Rights Watch, to issue at least half of them official identification.

Even those Tibetans who arrived before a 1989 rapprochement with China have no right to own property, or to gain official employment or access to higher education.

Tibetans in Nepal know that wherever they gather to socialize or worship, they are likely to be spied on by Nepalese security forces who make no secret of their close links with Chinese authorities. Nongovernmental organizations that seek to monitor the situation or are engaged in humanitarian work with Tibetans in Nepal are also under surveillance and have been accused of disloyalty.

You can read the entire editorial here, and the HRW report here.

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