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Posts filed under: UN

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

VoteNoChina: Tibet groups urge UN Member States to “Take a Stand”

Over 100 Tibet groups urge UN States to “take a stand” and ensure China is not elected to the top human rights body next week The catalogue of evidence of China’s brutal assault on human rights in Tibet, East Turkestan,... Read More

Open Letter to UN Member States – VoteNoChina

8 October 2020 To: The Member States of the UN General Assembly We the undersigned 115 global Tibet related groups – all committed to promoting and protecting the human rights of those living under Chinese rule – urge you to... Read More

UN Experts call on China to release Anya Sengdra

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. In a press statement released today, the experts expressed deep... Read More
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