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A delegation of four members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPIE) concluded on Nov. 24 a week-long advocacy tour that took them to France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

In a public communication to the Chinese government, United Nations human rights experts have raised serious concerns regarding China’s “counter-terrorism law” and called for a review of the legislation that came into force in 2016 in order to bring it in line with international human rights standards.

Thousands of religious masters, monks and laypeople gathered in Tibet earlier this month to mourn the death of Geshe Jampel Loshe, a Buddhist teacher who played a critical role in revitalizing Buddhism in Tibet after returning to his homeland from India.

Vincent Metten, EU Policy Director of the International Campaign for Tibet, participated this week in the International Federation for Human Rights’ (FIDH) 40th Congress in Taipei.

A security clampdown of unprecedented severity took place in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu prior to Chinese Party Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s visit on Oct. 12-13, 2019, raising alarm among Nepalis and increasing concerns about the future of Tibetans in Nepal.

New job postings reveal that Chinese authorities are requiring college graduates from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) who apply for jobs in public institutions to “expose and criticize the Dalai Lama” and “have clear and firm political principles.”

Security has tightened this week in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit from Saturday, Oct. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 13, with a particular focus on Tibetans.

A Tibetan American protestor is speaking out after he and a friend were ejected from the Washington Wizards game against the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

China’s leader Xi Jinping seeks to present the People’s Republic of China as an “ecological civilization” with Tibet as a key element. But China’s policies on the Tibetan Plateau exacerbate the detrimental impacts detailed in the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

In this edition: Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers and Chinese dissidents hold demonstration in Brussels on China’s National Day; China steps up its attempts to control the Dalai Lama’s succession; Tibet at the 42nd UN Human Rights Council session; US lawmakers introduces legislation inspired by US Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act; Tibetan activist whose lama uncle died in Chinese prison calls for justice at US religious freedom event; New EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs appointed; UN Special Rapporteurs ask China for information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for celebrating the Dalai Lama’s birthday; New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet expand China’s control over Tibetans’ lives (…)