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EU opposes Chinese interference in Dalai Lama succession
With the Dalai Lama just having turned 85, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has expressed the EU’s position on his succession, stating that it opposes any interference in the process by the Chinese government.

Top Chinese political advisor makes “inspection tour” of Tibetan region
The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit the Tibet Autonomous Region this year brought with him a familiar message of controlling Tibetans’ religion and culture, while implying that more repression could be on the way.

Two Tibetans imprisoned for a song praising the Dalai Lama
Two Tibetans are facing multiple years in a Chinese prison on charges of “subversion” and “leaking state secrets” after they composed and circulated a song in praise of the Dalai Lama.

China imposes draconian restrictions on fifth anniversary of revered lama’s death
Five years after the renowned monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche died in a Chinese prison, new restrictions have been imposed on Tibetans in his hometown of Lithang to prevent them from noting the occasion.

ICT welcomes US ban of former CCP secretary in Tibet Autonomous Region
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the United States’ decision to bar Chen Quanguo, the architect of mass human rights violations in the Tibet Autonomous Region, from entering the US.

China vows to retaliate against US Tibet access law, while European legislators mobilize
As the US announced visa restrictions for Chinese officials under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, and a British lawmaker introduced a similar bill in the UK, the Chinese government vowed to retaliate with restrictions of its own.

US bans Chinese officials under Tibet access law
In yet another action showing its intention to take China to task under the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, the State Department announced today that Chinese Communist Party and government officials responsible for keeping Americans out of Tibet will be denied entry to the US.

The EU must oppose China’s interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession
In this oped published on the occasion of the 85th birthday of the Dalai Lama, ICT’s EU policy director Vincent Metten warns that China’s plan to interfere in the Tibetan spiritual leader succession is likely to cause great unrest in Tibet with the potential to destabilize the surrounding region.

ICT denounces China’s national security law for Hong Kong
The International Campaign for Tibet expresses solidarity with the people of Hong Kong after the Chinese government imposed a new national security law on them.

Tibet Brief – Edition 75
In this edition: New ICT report documents need for EU reciprocal access to Tibet; Journalism ethics council rebukes Belgian newspaper for ethical misconduct in the publication of Chinese propaganda; New measures criminalize discussion of Tibetan autonomy; Concerns about construction at UNESCO-protected Jokhang Temple in Tibet (…)