We are only three months into 2025, so much has happened for Tibet already! Much of the happenings are part of the ongoing and increasing crackdown – imprisonments, deaths in custody, abuse at colonial boarding schools; the list goes on.... Read More

MEDIA RELEASE: 3 MARCH 2025 [Geneva] Tibetan activists and supporters welcome the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk’s, acknowledgement of the worsening human rights situation in Tibet in his global update at the Human Rights Council today. For... Read More

There are at least 25 outstanding visit requests to China by UN experts, some of which have been outstanding for over 15 years. Since China’s 3rd Universal Periodic Review in 2018, 12 Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups have sent reminder... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 27 February 2025 [Geneva] – With the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights set to deliver his global update on 3 March, all eyes are on Volker Türk and whether he will break his silence on... Read More

Over 140 Tibet groups – joined by 340,000 supporters – call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to “Break the silence on Tibet’s residential boarding school crisis” DOWNLOAD THE LETTER HERE 14 February 2024 To: H.E. Volker Türk,... Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 September 2024 Thirteen UN human rights experts [1] have today made public their concerns about the construction of the Kamtok (Ch: Gangtuo) hydroelectric dam on the Drichu River (Ch: Cháng Jiāng / commonly known as Yangtze)... Read More

China Rejects Almost 70% of UN Member State Recommendations Urging for Justice and Accountability in Tibet 3 July 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tibet campaigners have expressed deep concern following China’s rejection of almost 70% of the Tibet-specific recommendations put forward... Read More

BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN DEGE COUNTY, EASTERN TIBET | APRIL 2024 In late February 2024, Chinese police beat and arrested hundreds of residents of Dege County, including monks from local monasteries, who have been protesting the construction of... Read More

JOINT SUBMISSION BY TIBET ADVOCACY AND INTERNATIONAL TIBET NETWORK MEMBER GROUPS TO THE FOURTH CYCLE OF THE CHINA’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW  The following 125 International Tibet Network Member Groups are signatories to the Joint Submission: Aide aux Refugies Tibetains Alaskans for... Read More

UN EXPERTS CALL ON CHINA TO RELEASE TIBETAN NOMAD, A-NYA SENDGRA Five UN experts [1] have called for China to drop charges against Tibetan nomad and environmental activist A-Nya Sendgra. [2] In a press statement released today, the experts expressed... Read More