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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... Read More

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... 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

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More