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Celebrating in fear  China’s Crackdown on Dalai Lama Birthday Tributes in Tibet

June 10, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetResearch

Celebrating in fear China’s Crackdown on Dalai Lama Birthday Tributes in Tibet

This reports highlights the threats faced by Tibetans in Tibet who celebrate the birthday of their Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and urges the international community — including United Nations bodies, national governments, parliaments, and civil society organizations—to call on China to cease its repressive actions.

Tibetans inside Tibet face severe risks in celebrating birthday of Dalai Lama

June 6, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Tibetans inside Tibet face severe risks in celebrating birthday of Dalai Lama

As the 14th Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday and Tibetans, Tibetan Buddhists, and supporters around the world are preparing to celebrate the life and legacy of the exiled spiritual leader, a new ICT report shows how Tibetans in Tibet face severe risks for doing the same.

ICT urges UNESCO to designate Potala Palace Ensemble as “World Heritage in Danger” amid cultural heritage violations in Tibet

June 2, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

ICT urges UNESCO to designate Potala Palace Ensemble as “World Heritage in Danger” amid cultural heritage violations in Tibet

The International Campaign for Tibet is calling on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to designate the “Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace” in Lhasa, Tibet, as a World Heritage Site in Danger during its upcoming 47th session in July 2025

Monastic schools in Ngaba targeted amid crackdown on Tibetan-language education

November 8, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Monastic schools in Ngaba targeted amid crackdown on Tibetan-language education

In yet another assault on Tibetan language in eastern Tibet, Chinese authorities have forcibly removed younger monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School and pressed them into state-run schools over recent months.

Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin

October 16, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Surveillance in Tibet: ICT delivers remarks at 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin

Kai Mueller, Executive Director of ICT Germany, addressed the 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin last week, raising the dystopian proportions of surveillance in Tibet, particularly in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

China Misuses Law to demolish historic Atsok Monastery for dam construction

August 16, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

China Misuses Law to demolish historic Atsok Monastery for dam construction

The Chinese government has demolished the 135-year-old Atsok Monastery in northern Tibet to make way for the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The monastery had previously enjoyed protected status as a cultural heritage site, but this status was unilaterally revoked by Chinese authorities in order to push the demolition forward.

Chinese authorities force closure of popular Tibetan school

July 18, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Chinese authorities force closure of popular Tibetan school

Amid an ongoing government campaign to close private Tibetan schools, the Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational School in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, was shut down on 12 July 2024.

China’s top leaders visit Tibet, seeking to assimilate Tibet’s religion and children

July 10, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

China’s top leaders visit Tibet, seeking to assimilate Tibet’s religion and children

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning, visited the Tibetan regions of Amdo and Kham last month, where they called for the full implementation of the Party’s policy to Sinify Tibetan Buddhism – essentially, converting it into a tool of the Chinese state.

Buddhist Association of China takes a leading role in China’s attempts to control and forcibly reshape Tibetan Buddhism

May 29, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetResearch

Buddhist Association of China takes a leading role in China’s attempts to control and forcibly reshape Tibetan Buddhism

This report shows how the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism – particularly in relation to the search for and recognition of reincarnate lamas.

New report: Beijing uses Chinese Buddhist group to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

May 29, 2024 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

New report: Beijing uses Chinese Buddhist group to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

In a new report, the International Campaign for Tibet shows how the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism

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