Tibet Policy

Tibet Brief – Edition 70

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: New ICT report reveals how dams will harm a UNESCO-protected area of Tibet; Rights groups raise China’s systematic human rights violations in Tibet at UN Human Rights Council; ICT commends outgoing European Parliament’s Tibet Interest Group;
US Ambassador to China granted rare visit to Tibet; Monks and nuns expelled from Yachen Gar are forced to undergo “political reeducation” (…)

UN Special Rapporteurs ask China for information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for celebrating Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

Five UN Special Rapporteurs have written to the Chinese government requesting information about a group of Tibetans arrested for celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday.

Tibetan activist, whose lama uncle died in Chinese prison, calls for justice at US religious freedom event

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

The niece of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a revered Tibetan lama who died mysteriously in a Chinese prison in 2015, spoke at a major gathering on religious freedom in Washington, DC this week, where she urged the governments of the world to hold China accountable for his death.

New phase of expulsions at important Buddhist institute leads to rounding up of monks and nuns for “re-education”

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

A new phase of thousands of expulsions of nuns and monks has begun at the well-known religious institute of Yachen Gar in eastern Tibet, with reports that those evicted are now being subjected to “political re-education” in detention in extra-legal facilities where there is a high risk of torture.

Sinicization poses new threats to the survival of Tibetan Buddhist culture and values in Tibet

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

Ahead of the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom hosted by the US State Department in Washington, DC from July 16 to 18, 2019, the International Campaign for Tibet has obtained information from sources inside Tibet about threats to the survival of Tibetan Buddhist culture and values at a time the Dalai Lama has described as “the darkest period” in Tibetan history.

Campaign against “evil forces” targets Tibetans who resist Chinese rule, leads to 21 arrests

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

A nationwide political campaign in China against “black” and “evil forces” has intensified in Chinese-occupied Tibet with a strong emphasis on cracking down on “separatism in the name of religion” and loyalty to the Dalai Lama.

Nepal prevents Dalai Lama birthday celebrations in Kathmandu, further undermining Tibetans’ rights

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

The government of Nepal banned a public celebration of the Dalai Lama’s birthday in Kathmandu on July 6, further undermining the human rights and civil liberties of both Tibetans and Nepalese citizens who revere the Dalai Lama as their spiritual master.

Rights groups raise China’s systematic human rights violations in Tibet at UN Human Rights Council

July 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

China’s ongoing, systematic human rights violations in Tibet have again been raised at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

UNESCO fails its mission to protect unique landscape of Three Parallel Rivers in Tibet

July 2019

International Campaign for Tibet statement on UNESCO’s draft decision on “Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan” The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is gravely concerned about the future of the UNESCO World Heritage-protected site the “Three Parallel Rivers,” which is facing numerous threats due to extensive hydropower projects, mining activities that are opaquely reported and expanding …

ICT commends outgoing European Parliament’s Tibet Interest Group

June 2019 | International Campaign for Tibet

At a meeting of the European Parliament’s Tibet Interest Group (TIG) in Brussels yesterday – the last in the Parliament’s 8th term – the International Campaign for Tibet expressed its deep appreciation for the determined and sustained support of its members for the Tibetan people, and its hope for the group to be reinstated in the next term.