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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 to the building of the Chinese dam, which will forcibly displace residents of two villages…

UN States Condemn China’s Human Rights Abuses in Tibet during Major UN Human Rights Review

Global Outcry: UN States Condemn China’s Human Rights Abuses in Tibet during Major UN Human Rights Review Calls for Justice and Accountability for Tibet Grow Louder, more than doubling the number of States raising Tibet than during last review 23 January 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Geneva] China faced an unprecedented challenge to its human…

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 has committed to ensuring its DNA kits (human Identification – “HID” – products) will not…

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 kits (“HID”) products to police in occupied Tibet. Thermo Fisher communicated this commitment to shareholders…

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 credibility [10 October 2023] Tibet rights activists have today slated China’s re-election to the UN Human…

Global Tibet Groups Urge Governments to ‘Vote No’ to China’s seat on the UN Human Rights Council


21 September 2023 - We, a global coalition of over 143 Tibet-related organisations, are writing to you concerning the upcoming UN Human Rights Council election on 10 October in which China is running for a seat. As you will be aware, members of the Human Rights Council are expected to maintain the highest standards of human...

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 prison sentences of up to 11 years. [1] The statement was issued by Special Rapporteurs…

G20 Ministers: Joint Letter 2023

To Honourable G20 Leaders,  Re: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet  We, a coalition of over 143 Tibet-related rights groups, are writing to you ahead of the G20 New Delhi Leader’s Summit on 9-10 September 2023, urging you to take firm joint action concerning the Chinese government’s relentless colonisation of Tibet and attempts to eradicate…

Tibet groups challenge Thermo Fisher over its continued evasions

[8 AUGUST 2023] [LONDON] Today, Tuesday 8 August, 14 Tibet groups have made public a letter (1) written to US biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific. The letter challenges the company over its continued refusal to engage with concerns(2) that it is enabling the ethnically targeted DNA collection from over a million Tibetans. In the letter,…

Remembering Tiananmen: 34th Anniversary Joint Statement 4 June 2023

International Tibet Network Members are today joining the commemoration of the 34th anniversary of the 4 June Tiananmen Square Massacre when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army opened fire on tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators killing untold numbers of peaceful protesters and bystanders.  In the weeks leading up to 4 June students, democracy activists, and…

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