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Uyghurs are facing a struggle for survival in the face of growing repression, exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer said Monday as she launched a biennial meeting of the World Uyghur Congress hosted by Japan against China’s objections."Before, we were fighting for our rights, we were protesting against China's oppression," Kadeer told reporters after the opening of the four-day WUC talks in Tokyo."But now we face a fight for our existence,” said Kadeer, the president of the WUC, a Germany-based group representing Uyghurs worldwide and holding its biennial meeting in Asia for the first time, after

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China just closed down the 'Gangjong Sherig Shedhe Woekar Ling' orphanage school this month and arrested two of its teachers.This school counted almost 50 students orphans and semi-orphans from the nearby regions.
The reason was school's strict adherence to teaching Tibetan language and culture instead of following the chinese school programs.Last month, one same event happened in Karzde region of eastern Tibet. Chineses shutdown a two-decade old Tibetan school 'Khadrok Jamtse Rokten School' and arrested two of its most senior teachers.

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A Tibetan man died of emotional shock after security officers arbitrarily arrested his son at Tretroh village in Dopay Township in Ngamring County of Shigatse (Chinese: Xigaze) Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region.
According to information received by TCHRD, Tsetan Tashi, in his 60s, died of shock after security officers arrested his 30-year-old son, Tsewang Norbu, who was a monk at Ngamring Riwoche Monastery in Ngamring County.The Ngamring County Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers arrested Tsewang Norbu for writing Tibetan independence slogans, according to sources.

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