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,…

To Honourable G7 Leaders,  Re: Urgent action against China’s crackdown in Tibet We, a coalition of over 146 Tibet-related rights groups and over 17,400 Tibet supporters, are writing to you ahead of the G7 Leaders Summit in Italy on 13-15 June 2024, urging you to take firm joint action concerning China’s relentless crackdown on Tibet…

Thirty-five years ago, the Chinese government turned weapons against their own people in Beijing. As the tanks rolled into the city, millions of ordinary residents ran into the streets, standing bravely in front of the soldiers. Yet, the young protestors who opposed corruption and stood for freedom were brutally gunned down by the same government…

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 a large hydropower dam on the Drichu River in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,…

24 February 2024: More than 1,000 Tibetans, including monks, have been arrested following protests against the building of a hydropower dam on the Drichu River [1] in Kham, Eastern Tibet [CH: ] Multiple non-violent protests have taken place with objection to the building of the Chinese dam, which will forcibly displace residents of two villages…

Global Outcry: UN States Condemn China’s Human Rights Abuses in Tibet during Major UN Human Rights Review Calls for Justice and Accountability for Tibet Grow Louder, more than doubling the number of States raising Tibet than during last review 23 January 2023 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Geneva] China faced an unprecedented challenge to its human…

Announcement comes after investors join Tibet activists in expressing concern about Thermo Fisher human ID products being used in human rights violations committed by Chinese authorities Tibet rights campaigners are pleased to learn that Boston-based biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific has committed to ensuring its DNA kits (human Identification – “HID” – products) will not…

Tibet campaigners welcome biotech giant’s U-turn following year-long campaign, and pledge to ensure that Thermo Fisher keeps its word Tibet rights campaigners have welcomed a commitment by Boston-based biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific to halt sales of its DNA test kits (“HID”) products to police in occupied Tibet. Thermo Fisher communicated this commitment to shareholders…