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All posts by: Mandie McKeown

BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN DEGE COUNTY, EASTERN TIBET | APRIL 2024

BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN DEGE COUNTY, EASTERN TIBET | APRIL 2024 In late February 2024, Chinese police beat and arrested hundreds of residents of Dege County, including monks from local monasteries, who have been protesting the construction of... Read More

Tsewang Choegyal Tethong – 1935 to 2024

We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Tsewang Choegyal – TC – Tethong. As DIIR Kalon in 2000 TC Tethong was extremely supportive of the founding of International Tibet Network. We feel honoured to have worked with... Read More

TIBETANS ARRESTED IN ANTI DAM PROTEST – February 2024

24 February 2024: More than 1,000 Tibetans, including monks, have been arrested following protests against the building of a hydropower dam on the Drichu River [1] in Kham, Eastern Tibet [CH: ] Multiple non-violent protests have taken place with objection... Read More

Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan New Year!

On behalf of International Tibet Network, I would like to extend our heartfelt wishes to you for a peaceful, healthy, and happy Losar 2151, Year of the Wood Dragon. The Year of the Wood Dragon aims to provide power, ambition, and creativity; in... Read More

Thermo Fisher Scientific commits to end sales of DNA test kits in occupied Tibet

Announcement comes after investors join Tibet activists in expressing concern about Thermo Fisher human ID products being used in human rights violations committed by Chinese authorities Tibet rights campaigners are pleased to learn that Boston-based biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific... Read More

Tibet campaigners claim victory as Thermo Fisher commits to end sales of DNA kits in occupied Tibet

Tibet campaigners welcome biotech giant’s U-turn following year-long campaign, and pledge to ensure that Thermo Fisher keeps its word Tibet rights campaigners have welcomed a commitment by Boston-based biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific to halt sales of its DNA test... Read More

For Immediate Release:  10 October 2023 Tibet Activists call the re-election of China to the Human Rights Council an undeserved reward for repression Awarding a major human rights violator like China a seat on the leading rights body undermines Council’s... Read More

UN Human Rights Experts Question China’s ‘Deliberate Attempt”  To Forget Tibetan Human Rights Defenders

Repression and Environmental Damage Renew Tibetan Calls for Occupied Tibet to Become a “No Extraction Zone” UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern and pressed the Chinese government to provide information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders serving... Read More