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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

UN women’s rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet

[Geneva] On 30 May, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) raised concerns about the Chinese Government’s coercive residential school system in Tibet and called for it to be abolished. The findings were released in today’s... Read More

Global Tibetan Leaders & Activists Issue Statement of Support for Dalai Lama

We are Tibetan leaders and activists writing to address the media storm surrounding His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Language, culture, and context define how people view any given situation. For Tibetans who see the video clip of the Dalai Lama’s... Read More

UN rights body calls on China to abolish coercive residential schools in Tibet, slams Communist Party’s assimilation policies

6 March 2023 [Geneva] On 6 March, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) [1] strongly criticised the Chinese Government’s coercive residential school system in Tibet and called for it to be immediately abolished [2]. The findings... Read More

Open letter to Marc Casper, CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dear Marc Casper It has been over 100 days since Tibetans and Tibet supporters around the world first reached out to you and your company, Thermo Fisher, with a simple, decisive demand: End the supply of your DNA kits into... Read More

G20 Foreign Ministers: Joint Letter 2023

To Honorable G20 Foreign Ministers, Re: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet We, a coalition of over 125 Tibet-related rights groups, are writing to you ahead of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in New Delhi urging you to take firm... Read More

Over 100 Global Rights Groups Call for the Immediate Release of Mongolian writer and activist Munkhbayar Chuluundorj

World leaders urged to jointly press for all charges against him to be dropped and for him to be freed FULL STATEMENT PDF Human rights groups have today called on the Mongolian government to immediately release human rights defender Munkhbayar... Read More

UN Human Rights Experts Raise “Serious Concern” About China’s Assimilation Policies and Residential Schools in Tibet

78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in Tibet UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern about China’s residential schools in Tibet, which are part of... Read More

Tibetans demand answers from US company over supply chain linked to China’s mass DNA collection in Tibet

[BOSTON] Global Tibet activists are challenging Thermo Fisher Scientific following revelations that the US company’s equipment is being used by Chinese police to carry out a massive program of DNA harvesting targeting over a million Tibetans. Since October, Tibet groups... Read More

Joint Letter to G7 Foreign Ministers

Re: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet 25 October 2022 Honorable G7 Foreign Ministers: Rt Hon James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, UK; Mr. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State, United States of America; Hon. Annalena... Read More