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The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) called on Latvia to ensure that the Tibet issue is brought back to the forefront of the Foreign Affairs Council’s political agenda, as the Baltic country assumed the six-monthly rotating presidency of the Council on 1st January 2015.
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is concerned that the EU policy on China will be weakened at the summit of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European countries that will take place on 15-17 December in Belgrade, Serbia.
The European Union (EU) must address the worsening of the human rights situation in Tibet at the upcoming 33rd round of the EU-China human rights dialogue to be held on 8 – 9 December 2014 in Brussels.
Richard Gere, Chair of the International Campaign for Tibet, called upon the Members of the European Parliament to vote for the Tibet Intergroup on 26 November.
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) welcomes the investiture of Mrs. Federica Mogherini as the new High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission and looks forward to her continued interest in the issue of Tibet.
The pledge “2014 for Tibet” launched by The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has gained the support of 73 candidates to the European Parliament (EP). There are 41 re-running Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and 32 candidates, who have promised to stand for the rights and freedoms of the people of Tibet during the upcoming mandate.
New article by Sophie Richardson from Human Rights Watch on the EU’s role in confronting China on human rights ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4.
Chinese Party Secretary and President Xi Jinping arrives in Europe on March 22 for his first visit to Europe as China’s leader after assuming full power a year ago in March 2013. After attending the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, President Xi will visit France and Germany and conclude his European tour in Belgium where he will meet with both EU leaders and Belgian authorities on March 31.
The International Campaign for Tibet and the International Federation for Human Rights sent an open letter to EU leaders ahead of their upcoming meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Brussels, urging them to place human rights in China and Tibet at the core of their talks.
The European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) President, Henri Malosse, was a special guest and speaker at the ceremony of the 55th anniversary of the Tibet uprising that took place on 10 March in Dharamsala (India).