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Policy recommendations for the EU and EU Presidency |
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01 July, 2009
International Campaign for Tibet
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A new policy paper by the International Campaign for Tibet calls upon the European Union, including the Swedish EU Presidency, to adopt a consistent new position on Tibet to reflect the importance of Tibet in EU-China relations.
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Specific recommendations on the current situation in Tibet |
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30 April, 2009
International Campaign for Tibet
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These recommendations deal with the current situation on the ground in Tibet one year on from the unrest that swept across Tibet. The recommendations are taken from the ICT report 'A Great Mountain Burned by Fire' (April 2009).
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Specific recommendations on development and the Tibetan economy |
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29 February, 2008
International Campaign for Tibet
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The world's highest railroad across the Tibetan plateau to Lhasa (completed in July 2006) is one component of Beijing's ambitious plans to develop the western regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC). However, the project also represents China's aim to expand the influence and consolidate the control of the Chinese Communist Party over Tibet. ICT argues that only a re-orientation of economic strategy towards local integration – in effect, 'Tibetanizing' development – and the participation of Tibetans in decision-making on their economy could reverse the trend of marginalization and estrangement that remains a factor in ongoing unrest. Taken from ICT's report "Tracking the Steel Dragon: How China's Economic Policies and the Railway are Transforming Tibet" (February 2008).
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Specific recommendations on Tibetan Buddhism and religious freedom in Tibet |
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30 April, 2007
International Campaign for Tibet
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These recommendations deal with the trend towards a tightening of control over religious practice and scholarship in Tibet based on official documents obtained from Tibet and interviews with reincarnate lamas, monks and nuns from Tibet. These recommendations tackle issues related to patriotic education campaigns in religious institutions and a renewed determination by Chinese authorities to crack down on the influence of the Dalai Lama in Tibet. Taken from the ICT report 'The Communist Party as Living Buddha' (April 2007).
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Tibetan exile Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked his life escaping from to carry out secret filming with the award-winning, Bafta-nominated director Jezza Neumann. At the risk to its makers of imprisonment and deportation, this Dispatches film reveals the hidden reality of life under Chinese occupation in Tibet, uncovering evidence of the 'cultural genocide' described by the Dalai Lama.
A Great Mountain Burned by Fire: China’s Crackdown in Tibet