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Google: Where is your response to Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese rights activists?

[London] In May 2019 a coalition of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Chinese and ethical consumer activists sent a fourth follow up letter to Google management raising strong and legitimate concerns about the companies search engine project, Dragonfly. The coalition say it “fail... Read More

Media Release: Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China’s Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11 December 2024 Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China’s Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit Tibet activists worldwide have expressed alarm at reports[1] that Gyaltsen Norbu (CH: Gyaincain Norbu), Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama, is due... Read More

Nepal: Beijing’s illegitimate Panchen Lama must not be allowed to visit

His Excellency Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli Prime Minister of Nepal Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal 12 December 2024 Dear Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli We, a coalition of global Tibet-related organisations, are... Read More

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama: The start of celebrations!

Today we mark the 35th anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize award. In 1989 His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual... Read More

Young Tibetan imprisoned after speaking out against illegal mining

Tsongon Tsering, a resident of Tsaruma village in Kakhog County, Ngaba, Amdo, was sentenced to eight months in prison on 27 October by the Qiongxi County People’s Court on charges of “disrupting social order.” On 14 October, Tsongon Tsering posted... Read More

Tibetan environmental rights defender released!

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... Read More

Hong Kong Democracy Advocates Harshly Sentenced

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... Read More

French Museum bows to China’s push to wipe out the use of Tibet

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... Read More

Tibet Advocacy Coalition Applauds Joint Statement on Tibet at UN General Assembly

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... Read More

Musee Guimet: Joint Letter from Global Tibet Organisations

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... Read More