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Fireworks Stunt in Tibet Highlights China’s Negligence Toward Fragile Plateau
A massive fireworks show in Tibet has once again exposed how China exploits the plateau for reckless publicity stunts, ignoring both its fragile environment and the rights of Tibet…
Read more →No One is Safe under Authoritarian China: A New Report Finds
On April 15, 2024, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a coalition of Chinese and international human rights non-governmental organizations, released its annual report, If I Dis…
Read more →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…
Read more →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,…
Read more →Chinese Authorities unjustly sentence Uyghur Scholar Professor Rahile Dawut to Life Imprisonment
Chinese authorities have confirmed that renowned Uyghur intellectual and folklore expert, Professor Rahile Dawut , has been sentenced to life in prison for alleged state security o…
Read more →Chinese Authorities Erasing Records of Politically-Motivated Verdicts Against Tibetans, Concealing Repression
Chinese authorities have been systematically removing records of court verdicts involving Tibetans accused of "endangering state security" from publicly accessible databa…
Read more →Tibetan Activist A-nya Sengdra`s Lawyer Faces Hostility in Pursuit of Justice, Demands for Immediate Release Escalate
Source: Phayul Tibetan activist A-nya Sengdra's lawyer, Lin Qilei, faced a hostile reception at the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court in Xi'an on July 1…
Read more →Serf Emancipation Day: Propaganda documentaries spread misinformation about Tibet
Tibetans in exile across the world observed the 64th Tibetan National Uprising Day on March 10th, 2023. Tibetans and allies held demonstrations to mark the day and called on the in…
Read more →Joint statement of 49 human rights groups calls on the Chinese authorities to respect fundamental freedoms
Source: 29 Principles 49 human rights organisations have signed the joint statement which demand that the Chinese government strictly adhere to its obligations under the Chinese Co…
Read more →Tibetan student activist who hung a Tibetan Flag on the Acropolis cleared by a Greek court
Source: The Guardian A Greek court has acquitted activists who were accused of attempting to "pollute, damage, and distort" the Acropolis after they hung a banner there i…
Read more →Tibetan man sentenced for helping his cousin to send money to India
Dharamshala: Lhamo's cousin, Tenzin Tharpa was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2020, but his conviction was only recently revealed, due to the crackdown on Tibet…
Read more →Tucker Carlson recordings show how NBA doesn’t allow criticism of China
Washington DC: According to a report by Fox News, "Tucker Carlson Tonight" obtained exclusive recordings of NBA officials that suggest the league was trying to tamp down …
Read more →Nury Turkel Elected as Chair of USCIRF
Washington DC : The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ) unanimously elected Nury Turkel as its Chair to lead the Commission for 2022-2023. USCIRF…
Read more →UHRP Board Chair Nury Turkel reappointed to USCIRF
Washington DC: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today welcomed the reappointment of Nury Turkel. The Uyghur-American human rights advocate Nury Turke…
Read more →CHRD urges Chinese government to immediately end the practice of arbitrary detentions
Shanghai: Chinese human rights defenders (CHRD) report urged the Chinese government to immediately end the practice of arbitrary detention, particularly targeting those who are adv…
Read more →David Kilgour, Canadian lawmaker and longtime supporter of Tibet, passes away.
Ottawa: David Kilgour, a former Canadian cabinet minister and renowned defender of human rights who advocated for human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang, passed away on April 5 at age …
Read more →Favourite Tibet Reads Of 2023
2023 is over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2023 that left an impression on them. Here are th…
Read more →We must continue our resistance, keep the Tibet issue alive: Tsering Passang on Tibetan Resistance Movement
Excerpts from our conversation with Tsering Passang la, Founder and Chair of Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM), London, England. 1. Could you share the …
Read more →Fighting for the Truth: Gonpo Kyi’s Relentless Fight for Dorje Tashi
Tibet, which was unlawfully occupied by China, is the least-free country on earth . According to a report released by freedom watchdog Freedom House, Tibet has a global freedom sco…
Read more →We want to help the Tibetan youth achieve their dreams: Kunsang Tsephel on Empowering the Vision Project and youth empowerment
Empowering the Vision Project (ENVISION) was set up in December 2007 as a Trust to strengthen the Tibetan community through youth empowerment. Its vision is to see genuinely self-r…
Read more →Every Tibetan born after 1959 is born as an activist: Chemi Lhamo on her love for the Land of Snow, No Beijing 2022 protests and Tibetan Resilience
A human rights activist and community organiser, Chemi Lhamo is recognized in Canada’s national current affairs and news magazine Maclean’s Top 50 Power List of 2022. L…
Read more →Favourite Tibet Reads of 2022
2022 is almost over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2022 that left an impression on them. Here…
Read more →Chinese officials in Tibet who killed Tibetans and schemed the Galwan incident sanctioned
Introduction This International Human Rights Day, we Tibetans and all those who suffer and continue to suffer under the strict authoritarian Chinese Communist regime were given fur…
Read more →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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