241. Conference: “Does China Want Real Ethnic Harmony? Professor Ilham Tohti in Perspective”   … Tohti Initiative and the Society for Threatened Peoples, will be convening a conference entitled “Does China Want Real Ethnic Harmony? Professor Ilham Tohti in Perspective” at the European Parliament in Brussels.  

242. Compulsory boarding school for Uyghur children   Compulsory boarding school for Uyghur children: - Kindergartens in a district in Xinjiang are to become boarding schools - Uyghur pre-school children are supposed to stay there Monday through  

243. Complaint filed with UN against birth limitation for Muslims in Burma   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has filed a complaint against the official birth restrictions for Muslims in Burma at the United Nations Human Rights Council. These discriminations are based  

244. Commitment to human rights instead of kowtowing: Internet industry should advocate for more Internet freedom in China   … fair in Hanover – and appealed to the Internet industry to advocate for more Internet freedom in China. Instead of kowtowing to China's state and party leaders, Internet companies such as Facebook and…  

245. Commemorating the national uprising in Tibet (Mar. 10, 1959)   The Tibet question is more pressing every day. More Tibetan individuals than ever are taking dramatic action, including self-immolations, to draw attention to the problem, notes the Society for  

246. City of Weimar honors China’s most prominent political prisoner   … (STP), the fact that Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur professor of economics who is currently imprisoned in China, will be honored with the Weimar Human Rights Award is an obligation for the German Federal Government…  

247. Christmas in China – the festival of locking away human rights activists   …The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) has accused China of systematically using the celebration of Christmas to lock up prominent human rights activists for years, trying to avoid major international protests.  

248. Chinese parliament makes persecution of dissidents and Uyghurs easier!   …The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) warns that the new anti-terror laws in China will make the persecution of Uyghurs and dissidents easier - rather than protect critics. The controversial law gives the impression…  

249. Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner is incurably ill   … the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has been set free is not to be seen as a sign that China’s leaders have become more tolerant or open towards criticism.  

250. Chinese National People's Congress begins (March 5)   …Chinese National People's Congress begins (March 5): Massive restrictions on media freedom in China since the last People's Congress Many foreign media representatives expelled Chinese media workers suffer from…