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UN: China Rejects Calls for Human Rights Reform and Doubles Down on Abuses in Tibet

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

UN human rights bodies have raised the alarm at the escalation of human rights violations in Tibet

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

China’s Human Rights Abuses in Tibet atUN Human Rights Review

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

China Human Rights Council 2023

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

UN Human Rights Experts Question China’s ‘Deliberate Attempt”  To Forget Tibetan Human Rights Defenders

Repression and Environmental Damage Renew Tibetan Calls for Occupied Tibet to Become a “No Extraction Zone” UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern and pressed the Chinese government to provide information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders serving... Read More

2023 Universal Periodic Review Joint Signatories List

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

Over 220 groups urgently demand UN High Commissioner immediately postpone her visit to China

Activists warn the upcoming visit risks aiding Beijing’s attempts to whitewash repression against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians, and others We, a coalition of over 220 Tibetan, Uyghur, Hongkonger, Southern Mongolian, and Chinese democracy groups, are demanding the High Commissioner... Read More

Tibet groups join with Hong Kong, Uyghur, Chinese and international NGOs to raise joint demands ahead of UN High Commissioner’s visit to China

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet must ensure her announced UN visit is credible, unfettered and meaningful, and that it is preceded by the prompt release of the much-awaited UN report on serious violations in Xinjiang, the Uyghur region. 60 human rights... Read More

Votes in favour of China’s seat on the UN Human Rights Council down by 30%

Tibet Activists call for more UN Member States to join the growing move to hold China accountable Tibet rights activists have slammed UN Members for electing China to the UN Human Rights Council today in light of its ruthless crackdown... Read More
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