Rights coalition urges Xi to reopen dialogue, release Panchen Lama, repeal ethnic unity law ahead of US visit

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 17: A coalition of 30 human rights organisations has called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to take immediate and verifiable steps on human rights, including resuming dialogue with representatives of the Dalai Lama, releasing the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and repealing China’s newly enacted “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” ahead of Xi’s upcoming visit to the United States.

The open letter, issued on September 16 ahead of Xi’s expected September 24 visit to Washington, also urged Beijing to release prisoners of conscience, end transnational repression, and reform laws and policies that criminalise peaceful expression, rel...

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