Geneva [Switzerland], October 1 (ANI): Tibetan activists gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Thursday to protest China’s newly implemented Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, raising concerns over its impact on Tibetan language, culture, religion and identity.

The demonstration was held during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, with activists and members of Tibetan communities from several European countries calling for greater international attention to the situation in Tibet.

Thinlay Chukki, Representative of the Dalai Lama for Central and Eastern Europe, alleged that more than one million Tibetan children were being subjected to residential schooling and claimed they were being deprived of opportunities to practise their religion, learn their language and participate in cultural activities.

“More than 1 million Tibetan children are being subjected to forced residential schools," Chukki said, adding that Tibetans we...