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Un nouveau rapport d’International Campaign for Tibet révèle comment le programme de construction intensive de barrages hydroélectriques de la Chine cause des dommages irréparables à la civilisation tibétaine, à l’environnement, aux pays en aval et au climat.

The People’s Republic of China’s hydropower and dam projects are increasingly leading to massive human rights violations and environmental damage in Tibet. Since Asia’s largest rivers originate in the Tibetan plateau, the construction of hydroelectric dams in Tibet also threaten the water supply, livelihoods and health of up to 1.8 billion people across China, South and Southeast Asia.

Prominent Tibetan environmentalist and philanthropist, Karma Samdrup, who has been serving a 15 year prison sentence, has been released upon completion of term.

Tibetan parliamentarians have been busy in Europe this month, where they’ve working to garner support for Tibet with visits to Latvia and Estonia, among other countries.

Chinese authorities detained prominent Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk on 20 October 2024, for his language rights activism on Chinese social media platforms.

ICT will be present at the event “Asie sous influence, Asie en résistance” taking place in Paris on 30 November.

In yet another assault on Tibetan language in eastern Tibet, Chinese authorities have forcibly removed younger monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School and pressed them into state-run schools over recent months.

A 29-year-old Tibetan environmental whistleblower from Ngaba is currently under detention for his exposé on Chinese social media of illegal sand and gravel mining in his native Tsaruma hometown.

In a brave act that highlights the challenges of environmental stewardship in Tibet under Chinese rule, a young Tibetan whistleblower from the Tibetan town of Ngaba has taken to WeChat, China’s ubiquitous social media platform, to expose the ecological devastation occurring in his native Tsaruma hometown.

Kai Mueller, Executive Director of ICT Germany, addressed the 6th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference in Berlin last week, raising the dystopian proportions of surveillance in Tibet, particularly in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.