CTA condemns China’s ‘Weapon of Fear’ on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 31 (ANI): On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) condemned what it described as China’s systematic use of enforced disappearances in Tibet, calling it a “weapon of fear" that silences entire communities.

In a statement shared on X, the Tibetan government-in-exile said that Chinese authorities routinely detain Tibetans in secrecy, depriving them of their rights and subjecting them to inhuman torture.

“On International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we remember those who have been silenced by injustice. In Tibet, Chinese authorities routinely use enforced disappearances as a weapon of fear–detaining Tibetans in secrecy, stripping them of their rights, and subjecting them to inhuman torture," the statement read.

Marking the occasion, the CTA also released a video highlighting the devastating impact of disappearances on Tibe...

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