UN
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
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
7 June 2024: Over the past 18 months, multiple UN human rights bodies have raised the alarm at the escalation of human rights violations in Tibet 6 Feb 2023 | China: UN experts alarmed by separation of 1 million Tibetan... Read More
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process that involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. The process provides an opportunity for all States to review what progress on human rights... Read More
For Immediate Release: 10 October 2023 Tibet Activists call the re-election of China to the Human Rights Council an undeserved reward for repression Awarding a major human rights violator like China a seat on the leading rights body undermines Council’s... Read More
