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Six Tibetans in Gansu sentenced after protecting body of self-immolator in aggressive drive to criminalize self-immolations
This report was updated on February 7, 2013 Six Tibetans in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture received sentences ranging from three to 12 years for attempting to protect a Tibetan who set fire to himself. A Chinese official has announced that similar cases are pending in a new drive to criminalize self-immolations and Tibetans who can […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 35
The latest edition of the Tibet Brief, an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet.
ICT testifies in Spain’s National Court on Chinese leadership policies in Tibet
The International Campaign for Tibet has testified in Spain’s National Court to the direct responsibility of senior Communist Party leaders for policies in Tibet as part of a ground-breaking lawsuit under the principle of “universal jurisdiction,” a doctrine that allows courts to reach beyond national borders in cases of torture and terror perpetrated by states. […]
International Campaign for Tibet Germany criticizes Daimler corporation for sponsoring Chinese Communist Party propaganda
Berlin, November 9, 2012: German corporation Daimler has sponsored a series of propaganda events for the Chinese Communist Party – known for its suppression of dissidents and crackdown in Tibet – ahead of its Party Congress in Beijing this week. Along with Swiss watchmaker Rolex and two Chinese sponsors, the Daimler brand Mercedes Benz is […]
EU Human Rights Strategy must include a Special Representative for Tibet
The EU should prove its dedication to the policy of peaceful dialogue and support for human rights and democracy with a strong and consistent EU strategy for human rights. This was the overriding message of a report voted in Plenary in Strasbourg today by ALDE MEP Leonidas Donskis (Liberal Movement, Lithuania). The Annual report on […]
Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on Tibetan self-immolations
Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on Tibetan self-immolations, 14 December 2012 The EU is profoundly saddened by the increasing number of Tibetans committing self-immolation, many of them young people. We are concerned by the restrictions on expressions of Tibetan identity, which appear to be giving rise to […]
Storm in the Grasslands: Self-immolations in Tibet and Chinese policy
Since February 2009, 94 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet, with a dramatic acceleration in frequency since the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese Communist Party Congress in November. Twenty-eight Tibetans self-immolated in November alone, marking a new phase in the political struggle in Tibet. Many acts of self-immolation – that have recently been clustered in […]
EU Council Building in Brussels illuminated by the International Campaign for Tibet
New Nobel Prize Winner, the European Union, must address crisis in Tibet.
On the occasion of the Peace Nobel Prize Ceremony, the International Campaign for Tibet projected on 10 December an image onto the EU Council building in Brussels of the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping meeting in order to convey a strong message of the urgent need for such a meeting.
Self-immolation: Ritual or political protest?
‘Tibet is burning. Self-immolation: Ritual or Political Protest’ is a set of 18 papers which are the result of a conference bearing the same name, held at the Collège the France in Paris in May 2012. The study was published in December 2012 by the Revue d’Études Tibétaines. Click here to download as […]
Norwegian website blocked in advance of Tibet meeting featuring ICT
The website of a Norwegian organisation dedicated to freedom of expression has been blocked in China in advance of a Tibet program on Thursday (November 29) featuring a speaker from ICT. This latest incident of censorship occurs two weeks ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, this year to be awarded to the […]