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UN Special Rapporteur warns of consequences to nomad settlement
At the conclusion of his mission to China today (Dec. 15 – 23, 2010) the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, said that Tibetan and Mongolian nomads should not be compelled to settle. It is Chinese government policy to implement policies of settling Tibetan nomads, confiscating their land, and fencing […]
ICT report shows one Europe with many voices on Liu Xiaobo
ICT report shows one Europe with many voices on Liu Xiaobo; Calls on EU Foreign Policy Chief Ashton to attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony A new ICT report released today at the European Parliament points to a diversity of reactions in the European Union to Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize and calls on foreign policy […]
Will Ashton attend Nobel ceremony?
The EU needs a strategic approach to its dealings with China, writes ICT’s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten in this opinion piece published by Politico.
Tibet Brief – Edition 22
The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: Celebration of 50 Years of Tibetan democratic institutions in exile Tibetan Students protest over Education Reforms U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s 2010 Annual Report on Human Rights and […]
“I Saw It with My Own Eyes” Abuses by Chinese Security Forces in Tibet, 2008-2010
This 73-page report is based on more than 200 interviews with Tibetan refugees and visitors conducted immediately after they left China, as well as fresh, not previously reported, official Chinese sources. The report details, through eyewitness testimonies, a broad range of abuses committed by security forces both during and after protest incidents, including using disproportionate […]
Dangerous Crossing 2009 Update
In 2009, the situation for Tibetans deteriorated further in Nepal as the Chinese sought to block protests about repression in Tibet. Border security was still tight following the crackdown in Tibet as a result of unrest that swept the plateau from March, 2008, and numbers of Tibetans escaping into exile were low compared to previous […]
A Raging Storm: The Crackdown on Tibetan Writers and Artists after Tibet’s Spring 2008 Protests
There has been a vibrant literary and cultural resurgence in Tibet since Spring 2008 when protests against government policy and in support of the Dalai Lama swept across the plateau. Writers, using print and the internet, who are often fluent in Chinese as well as Tibetan, in Xining and other areas of Amdo (now part […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 21
The Tibet Brief is an ICT publication for policy-makers, providing concise information and perspectives on the political, economic and human rights situation in Tibet. In this edition: Meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama 10 March statement by the Dalai Lama Summary of recent protests in Eastern Tibet Polish NGO raises case of […]
Choosing the direct, democratic approach
Chris Patten understates the nature of US engagement on the issue of Tibet, an engagement that the EU could learn from, write ICT’s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten in this opinion piece published by Politico.
The Obama-Dalai Lama meeting should inspire European leaders
The meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama should inspire European leaders not to shun the Tibetan leader, argues ICT’s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten in this opinion piece published by Euractiv.