On 22 December 2024, the Chinese government issued sanctions against the Canada Tibet Committee and five individual Tibetan human rights defenders. The sanctions appear to be issued as “countermeasures” in retaliation for the sanctions imposed by the government of Canada... Read More

UK Chancellor urged to challenge China on Tibet during her Visit Rachel Reeves set to visit China to ”revive” UK-China economic talks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 9 January 2025 [LONDON] Ahead of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ visit to... Read More

Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP Chancellor of the Exchequer 11 Downing Street London SW1A 2AB 9 January 2024 Dear Chancellor, We are writing to you on behalf of UK-based Tibet groups and thousands of Tibetans living in the UK. As... Read More

For Immediate Release, 7 January 2025 TIBET QUAKE VICTIMS NEED HELP, NOT HARM Tibetans and Tibet organisations around the world are deeply saddened by the devastating earthquake [1] that struck Chinese-occupied Tibet on 7 January 2025 [2]. At this critical... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11 December 2024 Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China’s Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit Tibet activists worldwide have expressed alarm at reports[1] that Gyaltsen Norbu (CH: Gyaincain Norbu), Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama, is due... Read More

His Excellency Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Prime Minister of Nepal Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal 12 December 2024 Dear Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli We, a coalition of global Tibet-related organisations, are... Read More

Today we mark the 35th anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize award. In 1989 His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual... Read More

Tsongon Tsering, a resident of Tsaruma village in Kakhog County, Ngaba, Amdo, was sentenced to eight months in prison on 27 October by the Qiongxi County People’s Court on charges of “disrupting social order.” On 14 October, Tsongon Tsering posted... Read More

Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental rights defender, has been released after serving a 15-year prison sentence. He was first detained in January 2010. Karma Samdrup founded the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection Group and played a major role in... Read More

Mass Trial in Hong Kong: Beijing’s Attempt to Silence Dissent International Tibet Network strongly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. On Tuesday 19 November, 45 Hong Konger Democrats received prison sentences of up to 10 years... Read More