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Dalai Lama written statement in response to Wen Jiabao
The Dalai Lama responded yesterday to Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, who made a strong statement earlier in the morning accusing the Dalai Lama of instigating the current unrest in the region. “There is ample fact and plenty of evidence proving this incident was organised, premediated, masterminded and incited by the ‘Dalai clique’”, Wen told a […]
UN Secretary-General urges China for restraint in Tibet
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Chinese authorities to exercise restraint in Tibet in the wake of disturbances in the region, according to the United Nations News Center. Speaking to reporters following a luncheon with members of the Security Council on March 17, 2008, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that he is “increasingly concerned” about […]
Statement by the ICT on recent events in Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet LogoThe International Campaign for Tibet strongly condemns the suppression by Chinese security forces of peaceful demonstrations by Tibetan monks, and the shutdown of monasteries around Lhasa. These actions have provoked disturbances among Tibetan lay people that are escalating to a dangerous level in the streets of Lhasa and spreading to different […]
Dalai Lama urges China to halt Tibet policies saying they are obstacles to unity of nationalities
The Dalai Lama has said that the Chinese government’s own actions relating to Tibet are posing major obstacles in the way of its policy of unifying nationalities. In his statement (see below) on March 10, 2008, on the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959, the Dalai Lama outlined the various policies being […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 08
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: Tracking the Steel Dragon: New ICT report reveals the impact of Beijing’s economic policies on Tibet and Asia US and China to resume human rights dialogue 17th Party […]
Dispatches: Undercover in Tibet
Tibetan exile Tash Despa returns to the homeland he risked his life escaping from to carry out secret filming with the award-winning, Bafta-nominated director Jezza Neumann.
Tracking the Steel Dragon: How China’s economic policies and the railroad are transforming Tibet
The first major report on the impact of the world’s highest altitude railway across the Tibetan plateau reveals how it is changing Tibet, to the detriment of the Tibetan people and land, and details the dramatic implications for the whole of Asia. Mary Beth Markey, Vice President of the Washington, DC-based International Campaign for Tibet, […]
European Parliament resolution on the arrest of the Chinese dissident Hu Jia
The European Parliament has passed a resolution in which it ‘strongly condemns’ the detention of Chinese human rights campaigner Hu Jia and demands his prompt release, as well as the release of all dissidents who have been arrested and jailed for crimes of opinion. Resolution text follows: The European Parliament, – having regard to […]
China steps up resettlement of Tibetan herders
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government will move more than 52,000 Tibetan herders and farmers into permanent housing this year, state media said on Thursday, a practice rights groups say has been marked by abuses. “The project to improve their living conditions began in 2006, when the regional government set a target of building […]
Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
At the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March 2009, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders reported back to the UN HRC on cases transmitted to governments and the replies received. The PDF below highlights the Tibetan cases submitted to the Chinese government by the […]