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25 April 2025 marks the 36th birthday of the Panchen Lama, who has remained under continued detention by Chinese authorities since 1995, only for being recognized by the Dalai Lama as a prominent Tibetan Buddhist master. His situation concretely symbolizes China’s abuse of Tibetan religious freedom and tradition.
The body of 57-year-old Tibetan Buddhist leader Hungkar Dorje was cremated on 20 April 2025, in a highly secretive and tightly controlled ceremony in Vietnam, according to information from sources who have been keeping in contact with people close to him.
On 15 April 2025, the Dutch Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) passed three important motions on Tibet, demonstrating that the Netherlands, despite ongoing pressure from China, will raise and defend the rights of the Tibetans.
A highly respected Tibetan religious and cultural leader passed away in Vietnam on 29 March under unclear circumstances, following a pattern of Tibetan lamas targeted by the Chinese authorities for their cultural preservation work.
Multiple UN Special Rapporteur made public a joint communication to the Chinese government related to the summoning and interrogation of environmental human rights defender Tsongon Tsering and his subsequent detention.
When granted access to Tibet by the Chinese government, official delegations should apply extreme caution and avoid amplifying Chinese state propaganda on Tibet, ICT said today, as the organization released “Guidelines for official visits to Tibet”.
During the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Tibetan rights advocates vocally raised the systematic rights violations of the Chinese Communist Party in Tibet.
This year’s annual political meetings in Beijing, popularly known as the Two Sessions, saw indication of not only continued clampdown of Tibetan identity in the coming period, but also that Tibetans are currently being used as the testing ground for broader policy of assimilation.
In his new book “Voice for the Voiceless” the Dalai Lama reflects on his lifelong work to save Tibet’s unique civilization, his efforts to reach a negotiated solution to China’s occupation of Tibet via the Middle Way approach, and writes about the plan for his succession.
On the 66th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetans’ national uprising against China’s illegal occupation of their country, the International Campaign for Tibet calls on the international community to strengthen their support to the Tibetan people’s peaceful struggle, including by pressuring the Chinese government to resume dialogue with the Tibetan leadership to resolve the Tibet China […]