China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

China: ‘Vocational training’ programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour

“Hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have reportedly been ‘transferred’ from their traditional rural lives to low-skilled and low-paid employment since 2015, through a programme described as voluntary, but in practice their participation has reportedly been coerced,” they said in a statement.  ‘Cultural and political indoctrination’  They noted that the labour transfer programme is facilitated by…

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Peshawar;  A 14-year-old student was killed in a shooting over a dispute over standing in the street

Peshawar; A 14-year-old student was killed in a shooting over a dispute over standing in the street

Photo: Express News Peshawar: A 14-year-old student, Hamza son of Tariq Khan, was killed over a dispute over standing in the street in Pashtakhara area. According to preliminary details, the accused Farhan, Adnan and Ibrahim Pasran Niaz Muhammad killed Hamza son of Tariq and injured his uncle Muhammad Sohail due to the dispute of standing…

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A former representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader and a well-known religious scholar were killed

A former representative of the Iranian Supreme Leader and a well-known religious scholar were killed

Tehran: The representative of Iran’s Supreme Commander Ayatollah Khamenei and well-known religious scholar Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani was killed. According to the details, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Commander Ayatollah Khamenei and a powerful and scholarly Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani were killed in the assassination attack. Iran’s official media say that 75-year-old Ayatollah Abbas Ali…

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