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All posts by: Mandie McKeown

‘Missing For Over 20 Years’: Call for Renewed Push for Evidence about the Panchen Lama

Press release:  17 May 2018 Global Tibet Campaigners launch Renewed Call to World Governments to seek tangible evidence of the well-being and whereabouts of kidnapped Tibetan religious leader, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama [London] For over 20 years,... Read More

Joint Letter to Xi Jinping: Release Tashi Wangchuk

Open Letter To President Xi Jinping RE: Immediate and unconditional release of Tibetan language advocate, Tashi Wangchuk  Our organisations are committed to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and human rights in Tibet and China. We are writing today,... Read More

Linguists Call for Release of Tibetan Language Advocate

LINGUISTS ADD VOICE TO CALL FOR RELEASE OF DETAINED TIBETAN LANGUAGE ADVOCATE CHINA REMAINS SILENT ABOUT TASHI WANGCHUK’S VERDICT NEARLY THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS ‘CLOSED DOOR’ TRIAL 17 April 2018 Nearly three months after Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was... Read More

China Remains Silent About Tibetan Rights Activist Tashi Wangchuk

Media Statement: Immediate Release – 14 April 2018 China Remains Silent About Tibetan Rights Activist Tashi Wangchuk, 100 Days After His ‘Closed Door’ Trial Tibetans and Global Tibet Groups Demand His Immediate Release, Echoing Calls from United Nations Human Rights... Read More

UPR 2018 Joint Signatories List

The following 167 International Tibet Network Member Groups are signatories to the Joint Submission by Tibet Advocacy Coalition and Member Groups of the International Tibet Network to China’s Universal Periodic Review 2018 Western Europe: Aide aux Refugies Tibetains Association Dorje Association Drôme... Read More

Open Letter | Prime Minister May – Do Not Be Bullied By China

Joint Letter to Prime Minister Theresa May The Rt. Honourable Theresa May, MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Madame Prime Minister, Theresa May As you prepare for your first visit to China as British Prime Minister, we... Read More

Xi opens 19th Party Congress with stark warning to any territory seeking independence

Press Release: Tibet Network’s report demonstrates Xi’s crushing of dissent both at home, and increasingly abroad, since taking power Xi Jinping opened China’s 19th Communist Party Congress today with a lengthy speech that included a strong reiteration of his intolerance of... Read More

Xi Jinping | Five Years of Failure in Tibet

Press Release: New report released ahead of China’s 19th Communist Party Congress Undoubtedly the most dominant leader that China has seen since Deng Xiaoping, Xi Jinping is expected to cement the power he has built over China’s Communist Party (CCP),... Read More

Tashi Wangchuk, awarded the 2017 ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’ as he awaits trial for “inciting separatism”

Tashi Wangchuk, [1] a young Tibetan entrepreneur and language rights advocate who is awaiting trial on charges of “inciting separatism”, [2] has been awarded the ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’ in recognition of his courage and dedication to promoting... Read More

World Water Day 2016: Concern for impact of China’s policies on Asia’s regional water security

22 March 2016 To: Foreign and Environment Ministers of the Governments of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. cc Mrs Irina Bokova, Director General, UNESCO; UNFFCC Your Excellencies, We are writing to you on World... Read More