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As COP30 continues in the heart of the Amazon, the International Campaign for Tibet urges negotiators and stakeholders to ensure that the principle of a just transition becomes reality. This depends on concrete action to recognize the rights of those whose voices are systematically silenced, such as the Tibetan people.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), of which ICT is a member, held its 42th Congress from 27 to 31 October 2025, in Bogotá, Colombia. The event brought together 117 member organizations from across the world to reflect on key human rights challenges and strengthen strategies for collective action.
The International Campaign for Tibet bestowed the 2025 Snow Lion Human Rights Award on long-time human rights defender Dr. Sophie Richardson and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lobsang Monlam.
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), held in Geneva from 8 September to 8 October 2025, the situation in Tibet was a focal point of concern among governments and civil society organizations commenting on China’s human rights record.
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.