May 26, 2023
…in Xinjiang. https://ipac.global/uk-parliament-unanimously-declares-the-chinese-government-is-committing-a-genocide-against-uyghurs-in-historic-first/ [49] United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), “To Make Us Slowly Disappear,” https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/reports-and-resources/the-chinese-governments-assault-on-the-uyghurs. [50] Pico Iyer, ‘China’s Buddha Complex,’ Snow Lion Newsletter, Winter 1996, Shambala Publications, https://www.shambhala.com/snowlion_articles/tibet_china_conflict/…
April 9, 2018
…Jewish Community Struggles to Retain Its Cultural Heritage, Muftah, Apr. 21, 2017, https://muftah.org/egypts-jewish-community-struggles-retain-cultural-heritage/#.WqchopPwa2w. [108] New head of Egyptian Jewish community: Zionism is racism, Times of Israel, July 18, 2013, https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-head-of-egyptian-jewish-community-zionism-is-racism/….
April 10, 2018
…of the Implementation of the 1970 Convention in Asia at 3 (2012) http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CLT/pdf/Lee_en.pdf. [38] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-yue-box-and-cover-tang-dynasty-6099610-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099610&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [39] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-small-blue-glazed-reserve-decorated-circular-box-and-6099623-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099623&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [40] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-bronze-lion-and-grapevine-mirror-tang-6099664-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099664&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [41] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-gilt-bronze-figure-of-a-standing-luohan-6099787-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099787&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [42] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-yue-box-and-cover-tang-dynasty-6099610-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099610&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [43] http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-yue-box-and-cover-tang-dynasty-6099610-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6099610&sid=1c403687-f965-4571-83dc-d8a12d3b448c [44] http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/chinese-art-hk0732/lot.426.html [45] http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2017/chinese-art-hk0732/lot.423.html [46]…
February 20, 2024
…Against India, N.Y.Times, November 30, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/canada/india-assassination-plot-canada-sikh.html [134] Robert W. Worth, The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise, N.Y. Times, July 26, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/magazine/the-billionaire-yogi-behind-modis-rise.html (Noting broad calls for Hindu nationalist reforms…
November 1, 2017
…decrees, http://www.gtlaw-culturalassets.com/2014/11/in-love-with-diego-or-frida-a-brief-look-at-mexican-art-regulations/ [45] https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/ivory-artworks-denied-entry-us-313792 [46] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/arts/design/the-ultimate-temple-raider-inside-an-antiquities-smuggling-operation.html [47] http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/08/31/140090116/why-gibson-guitar-was-raided-by-the-justice-department [48] A nice summary of several cases and the questions they raise, see http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=jatip [49] The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property: A…
May 5, 2022
…‘Fasting Buddha’ damaged during cleaning, Dawn, June 26, 2014, https://www.dawn.com/news/1115168 [6] Anil Datta, An exposition of pre-historic pottery from Balochistan, The News, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/237131-Demolition-of-wedding-hall-in-historical-Gor-Khatri-startshttps://www.thenews.com.pk/print/74228-an-exposition-of-pre-historic-pottery-from-balochistan [7] Inquiry report points out irregularities in…
March 10, 2021
…Songfacts, https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/steve-martin/king-tut. See also, https://youtu.be/FYbavuReVF4 [40] Sarah Buder, “A Rare Exhibition of Egyptian Treasures Will Debut in the US this Year,” 3 February 2021, AFAR, https://www.afar.com/magazine/massive-exhibition-of-egyptian-gold-treasures-to-debut-in-2021. [41] Letter to Secretary…
May 17, 2021
…Trade, December 2018. https://av.sc.com/corp-en/others/Combating-Illegal-Antiquities-Trade_FINAL.pdf [85] Real Clear Arts, Judith H. Dobrzynski, Antiquities and ISIS: Something Doesn’t Add Up, 10 January 2016. https://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2016/01/antiquities-and-isis-something-doesnt-add-up.html [86] Europol Press Release concerning Operation Pandora, 23…
August 2, 2022
…29, 2022, https://www.nbcnews.com/video/mariupol-s-local-history-museum-ruined-by-russian-invasion-138906693721 [12] Gareth Harris, Russia bombs Mariupol art school sheltering 400 civilians, Ukraine claims, 21 March 2022, https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/03/21/mauripol-art-school-bombed-ukraine-russia-war-crisis [13] Taylor Defoe, Russian Forces Bombed an Art School in…
June 23, 2021
…Undeniable.” Project Syndicate, June 3, 2021. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/evidence-of-china-uyghur-genocide-by-irwin-cotler-and-yonah-diamond-2021-06 Crane, Brent. “Stolen By the State: Four Years Ago, A Famous Uyghur Anthropologist Disappeared.” Elle, May 21, 2021. https://www.elle.com/culture/a36421114/rahile-dawut-disappearance-china/ [About the folklorist Rahile…