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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.
UN experts’ call for special session on China human rights must include Tibet
The special session or mechanism that 45 UN experts called for today to monitor and report on human rights in China must include Tibet, said the International Campaign for Tibet.
ICT welcomes UN report on China’s human rights violations in Xinjiang
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the much-delayed report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Xinjiang (known to the Uyghur people as East Turkestan).
On International Day of the Disappeared, advocacy groups highlight China’s use of enforced disappearances
On the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Campaign for Tibet joins over 30 groups advocating for human rights and freedom in issuing a joint statement asking the international community to put an end to all forms of enforced disappearance in the People’s Republic of China.
Chinese tourists suspected cause of COVID outbreak in Tibetan cities
The reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Tibet may be the result of Chinese tourism encouraged by the Chinese government, according to observers inside Tibet.
Ban on Tibetan Buddhist teachers in Guangdong’s Yunfu City
The government-backed Chinese Buddhist Association in the coastal province of Guangdong has called to “resolutely resist illegal preaching by Tibetan monks” in a move similar to previous notices issued in China’s Shanxi Province.