EU Statement at UNHRC38: Human Rights situation that require the Council’s attention
EU Statement at the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council – Item 4 – Human Rights situation that require the Council’s attention – 27 June 2018
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China identifies new ‘terrorist crimes’ strengthening legal stranglehold on Tibetans
China has identified “new crimes of terrorism” in a further escalation of oppressive measures that are focused less on protecting China’s citizens and more on the elimination of dissent and enforcement of compliance to Communist Party policies.
Mass migration program highlights contested nomads’ resettlement policies in Tibet
China has announced the displacement of more than 1,000 Tibetans from a nature reserve in northern Tibet to a settlement site in Lhasa, describing it as the first “high-altitude ecological migration”.
International Campaign for Tibet welcomes statements in support of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes recent statements by the United Nations experts, governments, parliamentarians worldwide and civil society organisations in support of the Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk.
Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk sentenced to five years in prison
On 22 May 2018, Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of ‘separatism’ after appearing in a New York Times video speaking of the importance of protecting Tibetans’ ‘mother tongue’.
Tibetan prisoner released after more than a decade in prison following 2008 protests
A Tibetan who participated in the March 2008 protests in Lhasa has returned home two months after the end of a decade-long prison sentence.
Monks who studied in India banned from teaching in Tibet; new ruling bans schoolchildren from religious activity
In new alarming measures, the Chinese authorities have banned highly educated Tibetan monks who studied in India from teaching Buddhism when they return home to Lithang, and prohibited Tibetan schoolchildren in the Tibet Autonomous Region from engaging in traditional devotional practices during the holy Buddhist month of Saga Dawa.
FIDH, LDH and ICT’s letter to Le Figaro concerning the insertion of supplements of the China Daily
On 24 April 2018, 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 Director General of Le Figaro, expressing their concern about the insertion of the supplement China Watch of the China Daily in the French newspaper every month since January 2015.
China: Dramatic deterioration of human rights situation in Tibet detailed in report for UN review
In a joint report submitted ahead of the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China, FIDH and the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) documented a dramatic deterioration of the human rights situation in Tibet. The joint FIDH-ICT report also offers a set of concrete recommendations that United Nations (UN) member states should make during the third UPR of China, which is scheduled to be held in November 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.
ICT Completes 30 Years of Service to the Tibetan People and Receives Video Message of Support from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
March 15, 2018, marked the 30th year of the International Campaign for Tibet’s service to the Tibetan people.