By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 16 July: European lawmakers have intensified their opposition to China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress”, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said in a report on 10 July,  with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), European Union officials and national parliamentarians warning that the legislation threatens the cultural, religious and linguistic rights of Tibetans and other affected communities.

The criticism comes days after the law entered into force on 1 July and builds on the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 30 April, which overwhelmingly called on China to repeal the legislation, describing it as a tool of forced assimilation targeting Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians and other communities.

During the parliamentary debate preceding the resolution, lawmakers from across the political spectrum argued that the law undermines &ldq...