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On 19 September 2025, Canadian outdoor apparel brand Arc’teryx, in collaboration with Chinese pyrotechnic artist Cai Guo-Qiang, staged a promotional fireworks display in Tibet’s pristine mountains, sparking widespread outrage, both within China and globally, for its blatant disregard for Tibet’s fragile ecosystem and sacred cultural significance.
Eleven young Tibetans and Tibet supporters from across Europe gathered in Brussels last week for the 2025 edition of the Tibetan Empowerment Days, a training and advocacy program coordinated by the International Campaign for Tibet, with support from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
The International Campaign for Tibet strongly welcomes the formal “Communication” made public over the weekend by United Nations special rapporteurs and working groups to the Chinese government addressing Beijing’s interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama and the enforced disappearance of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima.
For the second year, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) hosted a session at Stockholm World Water Week titled “Water for Climate Action.” The event brought together dignitaries, UN officials, Indigenous representatives, policy practitioners, and nonprofits for discussion, information sharing, and to emphasize that water security and climate can no longer be separated.
In early August, Chinese authorities released popular young Tibetan singer, A-Sang, according to a source who is close to the singer. However, after his release, local public security officials placed him under constant surveillance and are restricting him from live-streaming or communicating on Chinese social media. On 8 July, soon after His Holiness the Dalai […]
On 18 August 2025, Shersang Gyatso, a 52-year-old senior leader at Tsang Monastery, took his own life after facing Chinese authorities’ intense scrutiny, intimidation, and repressive intrusions into his monastic community. His death followed heightened state surveillance around the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on 6 July, mandatory ideological indoctrination, interference with traditional religious practices, and the forced expulsion of young monks from Tsang Monastery.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Lhasa this month, Tibetan activists and individuals perceived by the authorities as undermining the state’s image have faced restrictions on their movement or have been barred from entering Lhasa. The ordeal faced by the family of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi exemplifies the broader climate of heightened security and control.
Le mercredi 20 août, dans un contexte de sécurité renforcée et de répression accrue, le dirigeant chinois Xi Jinping est arrivé à Lhassa, la capitale du Tibet, pour assister à une cérémonie marquant le 60e anniversaire de la création de la soi-disant « Région autonome du Tibet » par le gouvernement chinois.
Amid tightened security and increased repression, on 20 August, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the so called “Tibet Autonomous Region” by the Chinese government.
9 September 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of an entity labeled as “Tibet Autonomous Region”, a province-level administrative division in the People’s Republic of China which encompasses merely roughly half of Tibet. While Chinese state media is striking a predictably upbeat tone on the anniversary, the reality is that Tibetans have little to celebrate.