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U.S. Congress Urges Focus on Tibet’s Human Rights at Upcoming UN Review of China
A bipartisan initiative by more than 20 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Jim McGovern, has called upon Secretary of State Antony Blinken to emphasize the e…
Read more →Relocation of Tibetan Villagers in Tibet Raises Concerns Over Cultural Impact and Community Consent
The news report highlighted the resettlement of Tibetan villagers from Jigkyob village in Tibet to a lower altitude settlement, portraying the move as an initiative to provide impr…
Read more →Chinese State Media Announces New Regulations in Lhasa Amidst Tight Information Control
China's Tibet Network News recently reported on the promulgation and implementation of two regulations in Lhasa, Tibet, which they claim are aimed at enhancing ethnic unity and…
Read more →China`s Greenwashing Conceals Environmental Crisis and Cultural Displacement in Tibet`s Sanjiangyuan Area
In a concerning case of greenwashing, Chinese media has been touting the conservation efforts in the Sanjiangyuan area of Tibet while concealing the grim reality of ongoing ecosyst…
Read more →China Faces Scrutiny as Three Human Rights Reports Expose Alarming Issues
China has come under scrutiny with the submission of three human rights reports for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). These reports shed light on various human rights issues, in…
Read more →UN report exposes China’s human rights violations and oppression against Tibetans
Source: UN report The United Nations Convention on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights have recently released th…
Read more →China’s Draft Ecological law for Tibetan Plateau to displace Tibetan nomads in the name of ecological restoration
The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, started its 38th session Tuesday to review multiple draft laws and law revisions. Am…
Read more →Video shows racist Chinese woman calling on Tibetans in Lhasa to “disappearâ€
Source: ICT A Chinese woman’s racist social media post on Saturday calling for the extermination of Tibetans in Tibet’s capital city led to her apprehension after the p…
Read more →China resettled Tibetan nomads in order to transform them into solar farms
Tso Nyi (Shuanghu; Twin Lakes) solar farm: highest district on the Tibetan plateau. At 4920m (16,142 ft), Tso Nyi, now called Shuanghu by China is the highest district centre. By r…
Read more →China says new biodiversity law for Tibetan plateau on the anvil
Reports suggest that a new draft law for the “ecological conservation of Qinghai -Tibet” plateau has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People'…
Read more →China to relocate thousands of Tibetan people, claims to improve living conditions and protect environment
Lhasa: According to some reports , China is planning to relocate thousands of Tibetan people away from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, Southwest Tibet Autonomous Region under a…
Read more →China sees Tibet’s environment as a Dumping Zone: Report
Lhasa: According to Tibet Press, the White Paper of Tibet titled ‘Tibet since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity from Beijing’ highlighted very clearly how th…
Read more →Why China’s national park building spree in Tibet is raising concerns
Lhasa: China will set up a new batch of national parks this year on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and in the basins of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, according to the Nationa…
Read more →Conference on ‘Resilience, Resistance and Resettlement of Tibetans in exile, Uyghur diaspora, and Hong Konger Refugees in the Post-Cold War Era’
Taipei: A conference titled ‘Resilience, Resistance and Resettlement of Tibetans in exile, Uyghur diaspora, and Hong Konger Refugees in the Post-Cold War Era’ is being …
Read more →Environment Disinformation: China media claims Tibet “still among world's best regions in environmentâ€
Lhasa : “ Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region remains one of the best environmental areas in the world, with local biodiversity and ecosystems remaining stable in 2…
Read more →Fears of removal of Tibetan nomads as China plans more national parks in Tibet
Lhasa: An announcement that China has made to mark Earth Day 2022 has raised concerns of more forceful removal and resettlement of Tibetans, especially nomads, from their own lands…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →On National Parks in Tibet
By Gabriel Laffitte For China, the elaborate creation of a national parks “system”, mostly in Tibet, is not an end in itself, but a means to other ends. The formal desi…
Read more →Tibetans inside and outside of Tibet continue to be persecuted for their culture and beliefs by Chinese authorities: Senator Janet Rice
To the readers of the Tibet Rights Collective and to all Tibetans across the world, I would like to wish you Losar Tashi Delek! Although Losar is a time of celebration for the Tibe…
Read more →SANG-SOL or LHA-SANG
By Jigme Yeshe Lama (Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta) This year (2023), the Tibetan New Year or Losar will be celebrated on the 21st of February. As Tibetans follow the…
Read more →Tibetans in Occupied Tibet: Second-Class Citizens in their own Land
By Tenzin Tsephel On October 8 2022, a Chinese woman named Liu posted a racist video on WeChat, where she talked about wiping out Tibetans from Lhasa and called for the Chinese to …
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →Why Should China Be Called Out for Green-Washing in Tibet
With a landscape of enormous glaciers, massive snow cover, mountains and uplands, Tibet is the world’s largest and highest plateau and a storehouse of freshwater. However, al…
Read more →Relocation and Resettlement of Tibetan Nomads
“You are the first to uphold our plateau’s foundation You are the last to uphold our plateau’s foundation Ah…nomads” - “Nomads” (translat…
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