Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental rights defender, has been released after serving a 15-year prison sentence. He was first detained in January 2010. Karma Samdrup founded the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection Group and played a major role in protecting Tibet’s fragile ecosystem. His detention followed unsuccessful efforts to secure the release of his…

Mass Trial in Hong Kong: Beijing’s Attempt to Silence Dissent International Tibet Network strongly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. On Tuesday 19 November, 45 Hong Konger Democrats received prison sentences of up to 10 years on baseless ‘national security’ charges that further expose the deteriorating human rights situation in Hong…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 October, 2024 Over 140 global Tibet groups call on Musee Guimet to stop ‘endorsing China’s colonisation of Tibet’ [Paris] A top French museum in Paris is under fire for censoring the identity and cultural history of Tibet and endorsing China’s occupation of Tibet by rewriting history and replacing the word Tibet…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 October, 2024 In a historic move, 15 UN member states [1], including Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK, and the United States, delivered a groundbreaking joint statement at the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee [2] expressing serious concern about “credible reports detailing human rights abuses in Tibet.” China’s abuses in Tibet haven’t…

Dr. Yannick Lintz, President Musée Guimet 6 Pl. d’Iéna, 75116 Paris, France 23 October 2024 Dear Dr. Yannick Lintz We are a coalition of over 140 global Tibet-related organisations, representing the collective voice for the Tibetan people and their struggle for freedom. We are writing to you today to raise the important matter of how…

Dear Foreign Secretary, We write on behalf of UK-based Tibet groups and the thousands of Tibetan community members based in the UK ahead of your first crucial visit to China with a clear message: you must ensure human rights and Tibet remain at the top of the agenda for the UK government. Your meeting takes...

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) in Tibet, warning of “dire and irreversible environmental and climate impacts” and “irreversible destruction of…

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 by governments aimed at improving human rights. In January 2024, 20 UN Member States used…

New global approach is needed to challenge China’s failed Tibet policies 11 June 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  [LONDON] Ahead of the 2024 G7 Summit in Italy[1], Tibet campaigners from all seven countries deliver an urgent message to global leaders to ‘Unite for Tibet’, calling on them to jointly tackle China’s repressive occupation of Tibet…

In Chiang Rai, Thailand on 4-6 June 2024, 125 women leaders, Indigenous Peoples, community members, researchers, youth, legal experts, policymakers, and journalists from 18 countries gathered for the Asia Women and Rivers Congress. We, the women river guardians and stewards, raise our collective voices for our vital role in the protection of our mother rivers,…