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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    1 day ago

    I wouldn’t believe shit coming from human rights watch, people are being made stateless where I’m from and I haven’t heard a peep out of them. Current estimates look around 300k or so.

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      Why wouldn’t you believe it? That only proves they have bias, not that they’re lying. At worst it’s no better than US, Russian, or Chinese state media. Which many happily accept. If there’s a problem with the message counter the message, not the messenger.

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        15 hours ago

        Im saying they are driven by western interest and not actual human rights watch issues.

        Human rights apply to white people only and political issues that the west doesn’t agree on, this is what they have turned the UN to. Their credibility isn’t there.

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          I don’t disagree that they are pointing out things for their own agenda. But just because someone has an agenda and points something out doesn’t make it false. The fact that they haven’t pointed out nor ever made claims about groups XY and z. Doesn’t mean they lack credibility. They generally been correct when pointing out abuses of the groups they have pointed out. You’re still attacking the messenger and cannot disprove the message.