Baltic state lawmakers call for joint EU action on China’s assault on Tibetan language

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(TibetanReview.net, Jun17’26) – Members of parliament from the three Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania issued a joint statement calling on the international community to renew and elevate its support for Tibetan freedom ahead of the coming into force on Jul 1 of China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress law, reported Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Jun 16. The law is seen to be aimed at criminally marginalising Tibetan and other ethnic minority languages tp promote Mandarin learning and usage throughout the People’s Republic of China.

The joint statement was issued at a Tibet conference hosted by Latvian Member of Parliament (MP) Juris Viļums, Chair of the Group for t...

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