President Macron Urged to Put Human Rights and Tibet at Heart of China visit
April 1, 2023By International Campaign for Tibet|March 30, 2023 PARIS—On the occasion of President Macron’s upcoming visit to China, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (LDH) called on him to place the issue of human read more →
Under Secretary Zeya’s Remarks at the CECC Hearing, “Preserving Tibet: Cultural Erasure, Forced Assimilation, & Coercion of Tibetans in the U.S.”
March 31, 2023-U.S. Department of States Good morning. Thank you, Representative Smith, Senator Merkley, and my fellow distinguished commissioners for the opportunity to speak today on this timely and important topic. And I would also like to welcome our distinguished guests – Sikyong Tsering, Mr. Gere, Ms. Tethong, and Mr. Dorjee – read more →
Tibet dying a ‘slow death’ under Chinese rule, says exiled leader
March 31, 2023Aljazeera News. 30 March 2023. Head of Tibet’s government in exile addresses US Congress for the first time, says Tibetan language, culture and religion facing ‘unprecedented threat of eradication’. Exiled Tibetan leaders and officials in the United States have condemned China’s “cruel” policies in Tibet, accusing Beijing of separating families read more →
Worst in Recent Years: 2022 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet
March 29, 2023Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy, 28 March 2023. Dharamsala, India – The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) reported in its newly released annual report that the human rights situation in Tibet in 2022 has been one of the worst in recent years, with Chinese authorities read more →
Sister of Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Detained and Beaten Overnight
March 24, 2023Gonpo Kyi had come to prison to appeal for release of brother serving life sentence. -By Sangyal Kunchok and Lhuboom Tashi for RFA Tibetan, 23 March 2023 As she had done several times before, Gonpo Kyi went to the prison in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa on Monday to appeal for read more →
New Chinese Leadership and Tibet
March 24, 2023-by International Campaign for Tibet This year’s annual meetings of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)—popularly called the “Two Sessions” (Chinese: Lianghui)—saw a markedly lower level of focus on Tibet than in recent years. The “Two Sessions,” held from March 4 to 13, read more →
U.S. Companies Must Stop Enabling Mass DNA Collection in Tibet
March 21, 2023By Josh Rogin, The Washington Post. March 19, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. EDT The Chinese government is so innovative in applying advanced technology for repression, sometimes it is hard to keep track. Beijing’s latest, horrible abuse of the Tibetan people is to forcibly collect their DNA, their last remaining vestige of read more →
Belgium to become second EU country to recognise Buddhism
March 19, 2023There are currently six worship services officially recognised in Belgium: the Roman Catholic, the Orthodox, the Israelite, the Anglican, the Protestant Evangelical and the Islamic March 17, 2023 02:03 pm | Updated 02:03 pm IST – BRUSSELS REUTERS Belgium is expected to officially recognise Buddhism after the federal government approves read more →
China’s Plan to Assimilate Tibet
March 15, 2023Tibet has been an effective police state for more than a decade, under the authority of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, observers say. They told Newsweek that Beijing’s targets is long-term control over the younger generation, with the goal of indoctrinating them with Communist Party ideology. Activists argue it has come read more →
China is Preparing the Dalai Lama’s Succession
March 15, 2023-By Claude Arpi for Indian Defence Review, 14 March 2023 China is at it again: “Recognition of new Dalai Lama must be conducted in China”, asserted an article in The Global Times on February 22. The mouthpiece of the Communist Party explained that the China Central Television has already given a detailed read more →