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News · 01 June, 2026

WORSE THAN HELL : A TIBETAN ACTIVIST TAKES HIS MESSAGE ACROSS FRANCE AND THE WORLD MUST LISTEN

Tibet Rights Collective | May 2026 Advocacy | Human Rights | Tibet Under Occupation When Sonam Dhundup set off from Grenoble on April 1st, 2026, he carried no weapon, no megaphone,…

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News · 07 Oct, 2025

October 7, 1950: The Day Tibet Lost Its Freedom — But Never Its Soul

By Tibet Rights Collective | October 7, 2025 “They crossed our borders with guns. But they could never conquer our spirit.” On October 7, 1950 , the stillness of Tibet&…

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News · 11 Mar, 2025

Czech Republic stands in solidarity with Tibet martin Bursik highlights ongoing repression

On March 10, 2025, over 870 town halls across the Czech Republic raised the Tibetan flag to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising against Chinese rule. This annu…

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News · 26 Mar

Dharamshala: Deputy Speaker Delivers Insightful Briefing to German Parliament Member on Tibet

Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile recently hosted Anna-Elisabeth von Treuenfels-Frowein, a Member of the Hamburg Parliament in Germany, along…

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News · 04 Jan

Thermo Fisher Ceases DNA Kit Sales in Tibet Amid Human Rights Concerns

Boston-based biotech giant Thermo Fisher Scientific has made a significant commitment to halt the sale of its DNA testing kits (known as Human Identification or "HID" pro…

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News · 02 Nov

Global Parliamentarians and Uyghur Advocates Convene in Tokyo to Address Uyghur Rights and Human Rights Abuses

The "International Uyghur Forum: Global Parliamentarian Convention" took place in Tokyo, Japan, from October 30 to 31, 2023, bringing together parliamentarians, Uyghur ri…

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News · 27 Oct

U.S. Lawmakers Call on Biden Cabinet to Act Against Tibet DNA Collection and Family Separation

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China has issued a compelling call to action, urging three key members of the Biden administration's cabinet to address the critical i…

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News · 20 Oct

Tibetan Activist Exposes Chinese Communist Regime`s Repression of Tibet at Oslo Freedom Forum in Taiwan

Chime Lhamo, a prominent Tibetan activist and community organizer hailing from Canada, delivered a compelling address at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Taipei on October 18, 2023, where…

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News · 19 Oct

China Expanding Mass Surveillance Network in Tibet: Concerns Over Increased Intrusion and Oppression

A major recent development inside Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has been the development of a smart platform called “Smart Construction Sites” in housing and municipal …

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News · 27 Sep

EU Raises Dire Situation in Tibet and Xinjiang at UN Human Rights Council Session

During the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the European Union (EU) took a strong stance by addressing the "dire situation" in Tibet and Xinjiang,…

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News · 13 Sep

Chinese appointed Panchen Lama completes perfectly planned tour of Lhasa in Occupied Tibet

China’s appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, on Tuesday completed a nearly three-month tour of Buddhi…

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News · 26 June

China`s Appointed Panchen Lama Undertakes Tour of Tibet Capital, Lhasa

In occupied-Tibet, China-elected Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu is busy orchestrating visits to monasteries, giving lectures on Tibetan Buddhism and meeting Tibetans and Chinese offic…

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News · 26 May

Explained: Thermo Fisher Helping China Steal Mass DNA of Tibetans in Tibet

A worldwide campaign has been organized by a coalition of Tibetan activist groups to once again bring attention to the involvement of Thermo Fisher Scientific, a company based in M…

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News · 16 May

CCP Oppression of Religious Freedom in Tibet Exposed in 2022 US State Department Report

In the recently released 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom, China's treatment of religious minorities in Tibet has come under sharp criticism. The report, compiled…

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News · 03 May

USCIRF Report Exposes China`s Religious Repression in Tibet Amidst Growing Human Rights Concerns

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a new report highlighting the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in China in 2022. The report foc…

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News · 02 May

Tibetan Youth Congress Launches Month-Long March for Human Rights and Sino-Tibet Conflict International Attention

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched a month-long "Tibet Matters March" from Gangtok (Sikkim) to Tezpur (Assam), India on April 29, 2023. The march involves over…

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News · 01 May

Tibetan Youth Congress starts month-long march demanding human rights and international attention to the Sino-Tibet conflict

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has launched a month-long "Tibet Matters March" from Gangtok (Sikkim) to Tezpur (Assam), India on April 29, 2023. The march involves over…

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News · 25 Mar

Free Tibet petitions Thermo Fisher Scientific to end deadly DNA deal with China

Free Tibet, a human rights group, has filed a petition stating that China's repression of Tibet has taken a new, sinister turn. Police are now systematically taking DNA samples…

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News · 20 Mar

Fifth Session of 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile proceeds in Dharamshala

Source: Tibet.net The 5th session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile began in Dharamshala on March 15, afternoon, with Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Dolma Tsering presiding over th…

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News · 07 Feb

Thermo Fisher accused of assisting China in stealing Tibetan DNA featured in Fortune’s Most Admired Companies 2023 List

Despite the fact that Tibetan activists and human rights organisations from around the world have banded together and protested against Thermo Fisher for selling DNA kits to the Ch…

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News · 06 Feb

Explained: Why are Tibetans protesting against ThermoFisher?

Tibetan activists and advocate groups from around the world have joined forces and protested against Thermo Fisher to stop selling DNA kits to the Chinese government, which steals …

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News · 03 Feb

Tibetan activists launch a global campaign demanding Thermo Fisher to stop selling DNA kits to China

Source: The Tibet Netwrok Tibetan activists and advocates from around the world have joined forces to demand that Thermo Fisher stop selling DNA kits to the Chinese government, whi…

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News · 31 January 2023

SFT calls on Thermo Fisher to end complicity in CCP’s DNA collection in Tibet

As part of its Global Week of Action, Students for a Free Tibet has called on Thermo Fisher, a global company that is making huge profits by allowing its DNA kits to be supplied to…

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News · 17 Jan

A coalition of 120 Tibetan organisations protested China's illegal collection of Tibetan DNA

Source: The Tibet Post As part of a signature campaign organised by 120 Tibetan organisations demanding that Thermo Fisher stop selling DNA kits to China that steal Tibetan DNA. Fo…

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News · 12 Jan

HRW World Report 2023 highlights situation in Occupied Tibet

Source: HRW Human Rights Watch highlighted Tibet in their annual report 2023 on human rights around the world. Chinese authorities in Tibetan areas continue to enforce severe restr…

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News · 06 Jan

CCP’s illegal construction of mega dams in Tibet endangering South Asia’s water security: Sikyong Penpa Tsering

The Central Tibetan Administration's Sikyong Penpa Tsering attended the inaugural of the one-day seminar held at EZCC Hall (Salt Lake-Kolkata) and organised by Smt. Ruby Mukher…

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News · 21 Nov 2022

Senator Malcolm Byrne raises PRC mass biometric surveillance in the Irish Senate

In the Irish Senate, the co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), Senator Malcolm Byrne, brought up the issue of mass DNA biometric surveillance in Tibet by th…

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News · 17 Nov 2022

China Commission urges Biden administration and US Congress to work toward resolving China-Tibet conflict

Source: China Commission Congressional-Executive Commission on China in its most recent annual report has urged both the Biden administration and the US Congress to push for a solu…

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News · 7 November 2022

CCP opens new Big Data Centre in Lhasa

Reports have suggested that a new centre for big data began operation in Lhasa. According to local media reports, it is the “first such center at the regional level and a ste…

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News · 03 Oct 2022

Tibetans all over the world stage protests on China’s National Day

New Delhi: Anger that has been building for a long time came out on 01 October, when the Tibetan men and women all around the globe protested outside their respective Chinese Embas…

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Report · 14 October 2023

Indian interests are intertwined with the resolution of the Tibetan issue: RK Khrimey on role of CGTC I and importance of Tibet

Excerpts from our conversation with Shri R. K. Khrimey , National Convener of Core Group for Tibetan Cause and former Parliament member. 1. What are your thoughts on the CCP’…

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Report · 1 October 2023

An Open Letter to World Leaders

Dear world leaders, As you know, China is celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st. While the Chinese Communist Party celebrates with pomp an…

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Report · 30 Sep 2023

China`s National Day: Examining Tibet`s Ongoing Struggles Under CCP Control

As China celebrates its National Day, it's crucial to shed light on the persisting issues faced by Tibetans, particularly the Tibetan Autonomous Region, under the rule of the C…

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Report · 06 September 2023

The Urgent Need for Tibet to Feature on the G20 Summit 2023 Agenda: A Multi-Faceted Concern

The G20 summit is a global forum where leaders of the world's most influential economies come together to address pressing global issues. In 2023, there is an undeniable and ur…

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Report · 22 May 2023

I will keep speaking out about Tibet: Senator Rice

By Senator Janet Rice Imagine your country being violently invaded. Tens of thousands of people killed as they defended your country. Imagine your invaders telling you that your co…

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Report · 25 April 2023

Life and Legacy of 10th Panchen Lama

25th April 2023, marked the 34th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedun Choekyi Nyima, who has remained till now, missing for 28 years, after the Chinese government kidnapped him …

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Report · 6 February 2023

Mass Protest Rally by pan-Europe Tibetans in Rome this March

By Tenzin Kunga, Advocacy Officer, Free Tibet Large contingents of Tibetans living across Europe will gather in Italy’s historic capital city on 10th March to mark the 64th a…

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Report · 12 January 2023

Humanity should not be a dead species! Panchen Lama: A Life in Prison

By Tenzin Jampa A Life In Prison 17 May 1995. It was like any other day for him. He was happy. He was content. After all, for the whole afternoon, he had been running around the gr…

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Report · 22 November 2022

Big Brother is Watching You: Surveillance in Tibet

By Jyotsna Jayaram, Tenzin Tsetan and Tenzin Samphel Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about the use of surveillance by China in occupied Tibet. Thanks to reports by Human…

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Report · 19 October 2022

20th CCP Congress & Tibet: What are the Implications?

By Tenzin Samphel The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is underway in Beijing. Ahead of the event, China had started reinforcing its tight control over occu…

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Report · 17 October 2022

The Book Xi Jinping doesn’t want you to read: Benedict Rogers on his new book, Tibet issue and how Dalai Lama has influenced him

Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at the international human rights o…

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Report · 23 September 2022

An Open Letter to World Leaders: Help raise the issue of Tibet Climate Crisis

By Tenzin Tseten "I often joke that the moon and stars look beautiful, but if any of us tried to live on them, we would be miserable. This planet of ours is a delightful habit…

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Report · 21 September 2022

The Need to Discuss the Human Rights Situation in Tibet

Tenzin Tsetan and Lakshmi P The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its fifty-first regular session from 12 September to 7 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. D…

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Report · 6 September 2022

From Colonial Schools to DNA Collection: Time for a Fact-Finding Mission to Tibet

Tenzin Tseten and Lakshmi P Two key events that transpired last week have brought the attention of the world, albeit for a short time, on Tibet again. One when Michelle Bachelet, t…

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Report · 25 April 2022

The Luminescence of the Moon Captured by Beijing, The Panchen Lama Conundrum

By T enzing Dhamdul Key Words Panchen Lama: The second highest lama in Tibet especially in the Gelugpa tradition. Gelugpa: One of the major sects in Tibetan Buddhism with its found…

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