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Sophie Richardson

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China’s ‘White Paper’ Protests: 3 Years Later

More than 100 people were arrested over the White Paper protests. Three years later, the status of many of those people remains unknown.

27.11.2025 10

The Diplomat

Sophie Richardson

Damming the Climate for Rights in Tibet

It’s not just the new mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River. For years, Tibetans who draw attention to environmental damage have faced detention and...

09.08.2025 10

The Diplomat

Sophie Richardson

How Beijing’s 1995 Disappearance of the Panchen Lama Enabled Crimes Against Humanity

China weathered no consequences for abducting a 6-year-old in 1995. That same impunity continues to fuel collective punishment, enforced...

17.05.2025 5

The Diplomat

Sophie Richardson

It’s Past Time to End Chinese Government Impunity for Genocide

The U.N. and the foreign ministers of concerned democracies should prepare to mark the second anniversary of the OHCHR report by recommitting to...

16.08.2024 1

The Diplomat

Sophie Richardson