The Chinese authorities' baseless prosecution of a Tibetan language rights activist demonstrates the government's contempt for the rights of minority peoples, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 22, 2018, a court in Yushu prefecture, Qinghai province, sentenced Tashi Wangchuk to 5 years for “inciting separatism.”Governments, United Nations human rights experts, and international organizations have repeatedly called for Tashi Wangchuk's release.
“Tashi Wangchuk's only ‘crime' was to peacefully call for the right of minority peoples to use their own language—an act protected by China's constitution and international human rights law,” said Sophie Richardson, China director. “His conviction on bogus separatism charges shows that critics of government policy on minorities have no legal protections.”
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