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Tibet Advocacy Coalition regrets US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council

Tibet Advocacy Coalition regrets US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, expressing fear that China’s bullying will prevail Contacts: Urgyen Badheytsang, Students for a Free TIbet, +1 413 310 8160, ugen@studentsforafreetibet.org Iona Liddell, Tibet Justice Center, execdir@tibetjustice.org Migmar Dhakyel, Tibet... Read More

Tashi Wangchuk Sentenced to Five Years

Media Release: For Immediate Release 22 May 2018 High profile Tibetan rights activist Tashi Wangchuk sentenced to five years, despite committing no crime. Tibetans and Tibet campaigners express outrage and vow to continue to press for his release at highest... Read More

‘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

Shokjang Released

High Profile Tibetan Writer Shokjang released from prison after wrongful conviction and three years in a Chinese prison. Shokjang will remain under extreme scrutiny with a further two years’ “deprivation of political rights” Tibet Activists express concern for his welfare... 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

Mobile Billboard Calls on Liverpool FC Owner to Drop Tibet Water Deal

SUNDAY: Mobile Billboard Calling on Liverpool FC Owner to Drop Controversial Deal With Chinese Company, Tibet Water, to Circle Team’s Bus Route Before Manchester City Match Over 80,000 Demand  Liverpool FC Owner John W. Henry Cancel Deal with Tibet Water... Read More

Tashi Wangchuk Tried 4 January 2018

Language Rights Advocate Tashi Wangchuk tried 4 January 2018 – No Verdict Yet Tashi Wangchuk, a 32-year old Tibetan shopkeeper and advocate for the rights of Tibetans to learn and study in the Tibetan language, went on trial in Yushu,... Read More