Dharamshala, Aug. 4 -- The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has urged governments, parliaments, the United Nations and the international community to closely monitor the implementation and human rights implications of China's new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law and ensure sustained international scrutiny.

In an open letter, the Dharamshala-based Parliament-in-Exile, a democratically elected legislative body representing Tibetans across the world, called on the international community to act with urgency in response to China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, which came into force on July 1.

The Parliament said the law further entrenches policies that threaten the Tibetan people's language, religion, culture, identity and fundamental human rights...