DHARAMSALA, 2 April, 2021 (TON): The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) called the U.S. State Department’s annual report “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," a victory for Tibetans as it has described Tibet as an "inalienable part of China."

On Thursday, reacting to the crucial development, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) headquartered in this northern India hill station marked it as a departure from the past reports.

This symbolic yet important gesture has been repeatedly campaigned by the CTA, and this change is welcomed by the Office of Tibet-DC, it said.

This year's report includes over 50,000 words detailing the US's assessment of the deteriorating human rights in China was organized by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,

Reminiscent of past briefings, by the CTA and others, the report details the ongoing human rights issues in Tibet, such as torture, arbitrary detentions, corruption of the judiciary and elections, lack of freedom of association, assembly, movement, religion, censorship, forced sterilization, and violence against indigenous peoples.

The China section details how the Chinese government installed surveillance cameras in monasteries in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and Tibetan areas, which would allow the Chinese government to cut communication systems during "major security incidents",

The report cites Human Right Watch's findings that the Ministry of Public Security has been partnering with technology companies to create a "mass automated voice recognition and monitoring system" that was created to help the Chinese government more easily understand Tibetan and Uyghur languages.

However, further the fingerprints and DNA profiles, and other biometric data were also being stored by the Ministry of Public Security, this practice is implemented for all Uighurs applying for passports and addressed the racist discriminatory practices that deprive Tibetans, Mongolians, Uighur, and other ethnic minority groups of their rights.