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ACTIVISTS TURN SIGHTS TO OLYMPIC BROADCASTERS IN PROTEST OVER PLAN TO AIR BEIJING 2022 OLYMPICS – 
CHINA’S ‘GENOCIDE GAMES’

NBC, BBC, CBC, Sky, Discovery, and Eurosport among over 20 Broadcasters targeted by more than 200 Campaign Groups Today in a public letter [1],  a coalition of over 200 Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Chinese Democracy and human... Read More

200+ Rights Groups Call on Broadcasters to Drop Beijing 2022

VIEW the letter PDF 7 September 2021 Dear Tom Buhrow, Chairman; Tim Davie, Director General; Mirko Bibic, President and Chief Executive Officer; Hubert T. Lacroix, President and Chief Executive Officer; David M. Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer; JB Perrette,... Read More

Remembering Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Today we mark eight years since the untimely death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a highly respected Tibetan lama known for his advocacy for Tibetan communities and the environment. Tenzin Delek died under mysterious circumstances in a Chinese prison after spending... Read More

Rights Groups welcome unprecedented action by politicians calling for a coordinated boycott of Beijing 2022 Olympics

Impacted Communities cite China’s Uyghur Genocide as a ‘Red Line’ and urge Governments, Sponsors, Athletes, and National Olympic Committees to Denounce China’s Crimes Against Humanity and Pledge Not to Attend the Games   [London] Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hong Kong,... Read More

REMEMBERING TIANANMEN

International Tibet Network Joint Statement: 4 June 2021 International Tibet Network Members are today joining the commemoration of the 32nd anniversary of the 4 June Tiananmen Square Massacre when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army opened fire on tens of thousands... Read More

Joint Open Letter to Snickers: Drop Beijing 2022

Dear Mr Grant F. Reid We, a coalition of over 200 global campaign groups, are writing to follow up on an unanswered letter sent to you in January 2021. Our growing coalition is again raising serious concerns that Mars Wrigley’s brand... Read More

A Human Rights Approach to US-China Policy

A Joint NGO letter to the Biden Administration Dear President Biden On behalf of 24 organizations and individuals devoted to improving respect for human rights in China, we write to urge your administration to make human rights a priority in... Read More

Media Release: Rights Groups call on Governments to Boycott Beijing 2022

Over 180 Rights Groups and Activists call on Governments to Boycott Beijing 2022 Activists warn anything less will be an endorsement of China’s blatant disregard for civil and human rights The IOC has failed to uphold ‘Olympic Values’ so far,... Read More

Tibetan rights activist Tashi Wangchuk released after five years in prison

Campaigners express concern for his safety and the five years deprivation of political rights that begins now Chinese lawyer Liang Xiaojun today tweeted news that Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was taken to his family in Trindu county in Kham... Read More

Hong Kong: Human Rights Groups Condemn Mass Arrests

We, the undersigned 35* groups and organizations dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights, condemn the arrests of over 50 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong. The arrests symbolize the ongoing weaponization of law to undermine the democratic aspirations and rights... Read More