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China’s 20th Party Congress: intensification of security and assimilation
The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held between 16 and 22 October 2022, laid out priorities for the next five years that will profoundly impact the lives of the Tibetans living under China’s rule.
Tibet raised at FIDH 41st Congress in Paris
The plight of Tibetan environmental rights defenders was raised at an international gathering of human rights defenders in Paris this week.
6 Tibetan writers and former political prisoners sentenced to 4 to 14 years
China’s authorities in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture have sentenced six notable Tibetan writers and former political prisoners to four to 14 years in prison on charges of “inciting separatism” and “endangering state security.”
Family of famous imprisoned Tibetan businessman campaign for justice
After exhausting all official mechanisms to find justice for the famous Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, his family members have now resorted to open advocacy for his release.
Adrian Zenz, Tibet Film Festival to receive ICT’s Snow Lion prize
The International Campaign for Tibet will award its first Snow Lion human rights prize, worth 3,000 euros, to anthropologist and China researcher Adrian Zenz and to the Tibet Film Festival.
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.