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China’s 100-day “crackdown on crimes” and Tibet ahead of Party Congress
Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party Congress beginning this week, the Chinese government has launched a 100-day crackdown labelled “Hundred Days Action” targeting illegal activities related to crimes against women, children, the elderly, the disabled and powerless groups in society.
Chinese woman’s racist WeChat post calls for Tibetans in Lhasa to be “wiped out”
A Chinese woman’s racist social media post on Saturday calling for the extermination of Tibetans in Tibet’s capital city led to her apprehension after the post went viral.
38 Tibetan delegates at China’s 20th Party Congress
Thirty-eight delegates listed as Tibetan—including one from the Monpa people, one from the Lhoba people and one without any ethnic identification—are expected to participate in the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, scheduled to begin on 16 October 2022.
Dalai Lama: COVID hardships should not make Tibetans ‘disheartened’
The Dalai Lama has called on Tibetans not to feel disheartened amid the Chinese government’s inhumane COVID-19 restrictions in Tibet, which have led to at least five suicides in the past two weeks.
Inhumane COVID restrictions lead to despair and suicides in Tibet
With Chinese officials making no significant changes to their inhumane COVID-19 restrictions in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa despite issuing a recent public apology, a spate of suicides has taken place in the city over the past week.
Lhasa authorities admit mishandling COVID outbreak, silence Tibetan outrage
In a rare admission to the public, the municipal government of Lhasa City on Saturday 17 September admitted mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak in Tibet’s capital since the beginning of August.
EU Statement at UNHRC51: Human Rights situation that require the Council’s attention
EU Statement at the 51st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council – 26 September 2022
ICT denounces Tibet arbitrary arrests, calls for independent investigation
At the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, the International Campaign for Tibet reaffirmed its call for an independent mechanism for Xinjiang (which Uyghurs know as East Turkestan), Tibet, Hong Kong and China.
Tibet labor transfer programs discussed at UN Human Rights Council
Today at the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Palmo Tenzin, on behalf of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, delivered a statement highlighting labor transfer programs in Tibet.
Reported mass DNA collection aims to undermine Tibetan identity
Two recent reports document a systematic DNA collection program involving Tibetans, the political objective of which can only be the undermining of Tibetan identity.