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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 17 Sep 2022

Tibetans in exile Protest against China collecting DNA samples in Tibet through demonstration

Dharamshala: There has been a huge protest in Himachal Pradesh against the Chinese authorities for arbitrarily collecting DNA samples of children in Tibet. A demonstration has been…

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News · 15 Sep 2022

Sikyong greets new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration wrote to new UN High Commissioner Volker Turk extending congratulations on the latter’s appointment l…

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News · 15 Sep 2022

China is building a database of collecting DNA from Tibetan citizens

According to two reports by research groups in Canada and the US, Chinese authorities have been collecting the genetic information of Tibetans and building a database. The collecti…

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News · 14 Sep 2022

Thermo Fisher aids China in DNA surveillance of Tibetans

Thermo Fisher is an American biotechnology company, based in Massachusetts, is selling DNA testing kits that the Chinese government is using to put all its men in a DNA surveillanc…

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News · 14 September 2022

Mass DNA Collection in the Tibet Autonomous Region from 2016–2022: Citizen Lab

A new report for Citizen Lab has revealed that since 2016, police in the Tibet Autonomous Region have conducted a mass DNA collection program targeting entire communities across th…

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News · 9 September 2022

Deeply disturbed by reports documenting involuntary DNA collection in Tibet: Uzra Zeya

"Deeply disturbed by recent reports documenting involuntary, mass DNA collection throughout Tibet, including from children as young as 5 years old. We call on the PRC to stop …

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News · 6 September 2022

US Experts downplay Chinese achievements in Tibet: China

Despite what it calls “a smear campaign against China by Western rights groups such as the U.S.-controlled Human Rights Watch (HRW)”, a growing number of countries cont…

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News · 05 Sep 2022

Chinese authorities involved in Mass collection of DNA in Tibet: HRW

New York: Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibet Autonomous…

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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 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 · 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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