Dharamshala, March 21 -- Leaders of the Tibetan Government in Exile on Saturday strongly condemned China's newly passed Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, saying it will further intensify repression in Tibet and other regions.

The law, signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 12, calls for ethnic unity and will come into effect on July 1, 2026.

It is widely seen as a legal mechanism to assimilate China's 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities into the dominant Han Chinese population, raising concerns over potential human rights violations.

The leaders described the move as a longstanding repression that accelerates the erasure of Tibetan, Uyghur, and other minority cultures.

Dorjee Tseten, a member of the Tibetan Parl...