Counter-espionage regulations force Tibetans to spy on Tibetans
The Tibet Autonomous Region recently issued regulations encouraging Tibetans to spy on each other and on foreigners in the name of China’s national security.
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UN Human Rights Council urged to ask China to allow an investigation into the coercive labor program in Tibet by independent human rights experts
Today at the 46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Kai Mueller delivered a statement on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), asking it to ask China to allow an investigation into its coercive labor program in Tibet by independent human rights experts, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
2021 Tibetan Uprising Day brings protests, statements, solidarity
As Tibetans protested yesterday on the anniversary of their historic uprising against Chinese rule, civil society, parliamentarians and government around the world voiced support for the Tibetan people and their 62 years of struggle against China’s oppression.
New ICT report shows growing CCP control of Tibetan Buddhism
A new report by the International Campaign for Tibet shows how new measures of surveillance and control are threatening to turn the Tibetan Buddhist monastic community into a tool of the Chinese Communist Party.
Solidarity with Tibetans on 62nd anniversary of national uprising
The International Campaign for Tibet expresses its solidarity with the Tibetan people on the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 10 March 1959.
UN Human Rights Council urged to hold China accountable for the pattern of deaths of Tibetans after torture and mistreatment in detention
Today at the 46th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, ICT delivered a statement on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR), asking it to hold China accountable for the pattern of deaths of Tibetans after torture and mistreatment in detention.
Freedom House: Tibet ties Syria as world’s least free
Tibet is now tied with Syria as the least-free country in the world, according to the latest rankings from the influential watchdog group Freedom House.
Foreign journalists say China blocked independent reporting in Tibet
The Chinese government restricted foreign journalists’ ability to report in Tibet last year while obstructing coverage of COVID-19 and carrying out the largest expulsion of foreign journalists from China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, says the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China.
NGOs call on French media regulator to reject the broadcasting license request by China Global Television Network
On 1 March 2021, the International Campaign for Tibet, together with FIDH and its French member organisation Ligue des droits de l’Homme, addressed an open letter to the CSA, the French media regulator, expressing their concern regarding the broadcasting authorization request introduced by Chinese state-media China Global Television Network.
New clergy regulations hurt Tibetan Buddhists, Catholics
The Chinese government will soon have even more power to control religious clergy under new regulations that will undermine the authority of Tibetan Buddhist leaders and the Catholic Church.