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China’s assault on the Tibetan language (theweek.com)

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A new report by Human Rights Watch argues that the compulsory use of Chinese as the primary language in schools in Tibet raises “serious concerns under international human rights law”.

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ah, H🇺🇸man R🇺🇸ghts W🇺🇸tch at it again

[–] CazzoBuco@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Ah, China mentioned? Whataboutism USA?

[–] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Unless you want to say this isn't true then what's the point of the message? I doubt you'd be deflecting like this if we were talking about the erasure of native languages in the US...

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

When someone says China bad they don’t mean USA good. You dumb fuck. You can criticize multiple countries at the same time.