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The Dalai Lama delivers a statement at a prayer ceremony in Dharamsala, India on April 5, 2008.The Dalai Lama has made an important statement about his role and Tibet’s future in which he admits that his faith in the present Chinese government is ‘thinning’. He also advances a historic precedent for a Dalai Lama by […]

Analyses the present autonomy arrangement in Tibet and recommends a change in China’s policy toward Tibet to better conform to national commitments and international obligations. Click here to download as a PDF.

Designed to fill the information gap on Tibet for a broader Chinese-speaking audience, a new website in Chinese www.liaowangxizang.net underwritten by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) launches today. Rinchen Tashi, Deputy Director for Chinese Outreach at ICT said, “Despite advances in China’s internet infrastructure and information technology, the Chinese people have few options to […]

The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: Concern over Beijing’s post-Olympics response in Tibet President Sarkozy assures December Dalai Lama meeting India Okays Karmapa’s Visit to Border Areas Tibetan filmmakers detained for documenting Tibetan Olympics […]

Explores the meaning of sovereignty and self determination in International Law and its relevance to Tibet. Click here to download as a PDF.

The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: New ICT report reveals intensification of crackdown in Tibet as Olympics opens Barack Obama expresses support for Tibet in letter to Dalai Lama Dalai Lama’s Office says the […]

In spring 2008, a tidal wave of mainly peaceful protests against the Chinese government swept across Tibet. Tibetans risked their lives to demonstrate that their exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, and not the Chinese state, represents their interests. This uprising is a result of more than half a century of Communist Party misrule and revealed […]

Leaving Fear Behind is a film shot by Tibetans from inside Tibet in the period leading up to the Beijing Olympic Games.

‘Interpreting Tibet’ gives a reality check on the sights of Lhasa, exploring how both China’s assertions of power and Tibetan expressions of identity are revealed in the architecture of the city, as well as the reality behind Tibet’s apparent economic progress.

This 60-page report documents numerous violations of human rights by the Nepali authorities, particularly the police, against Tibetans involved in peaceful demonstrations in Kathmandu, including: unnecessary and excessive use of force; arbitrary arrest; sexual assault of women during arrest; arbitrary and preventive detention; beatings in detention; unlawful threats to deport Tibetans to China; restrictions on […]