(TibetanReview.net, Mar14’26) – The UN’s top human rights official, Volker Turk, has expressed concerns Mar 13 over what China calls its “ethnic unity” law, saying it could restrict freedom of religion and culture, reported the AFP Mar 14. China will now cite this law to further justify its colonial-style boarding school system in Tibet, the forced closing of privately run Tibetan schools there, and the persecution of their founders.
The law, passed Mar 12 by the National People’s Congress – China’s parliament – formalises China’s policies to promote Mandarin as the “national common language” in education, official business and public places....





