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China postpones EU-China Summit over Dalai Lama meetings
Brussels – Beijing has postponed the EU-China Summit due to be held in Lyon, France on December 1 due to its displeasure over the Dalai Lama’s visits to several European countries from November 29, including a meeting with French President Sarkozy in Gdansk, Poland and an address to the European Parliament in Brussels. Vincent Metten, […]
Tibetan exiles back Dalai Lama, challenge talks with China
The Special Meeting called by the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India closed today with a strong endorsement of the ‘Middle Way’ approach, which seeks a genuine autonomy within the framework of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), but also clearly stated that exile Tibetans might take a position seeking independence if results of engagement were […]
UN Committee against Torture finds “deepened climate of fear” in Tibet
The UN Committee against Torture has today released its concluding observations of China’s report on its adherence to the UN Convention against Torture. China, like other State parties to the Torture Convention is required to submit periodic reports to the Committee on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention. The Committee expressed deep […]
Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People
Delivered to the Chinese government by Envoys of the Dalai Lama during the 8th Round of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue in November 2008, the Memorandum is the most comprehensive explanation of the Tibetan position on Genuine Autonomy within the PRC. Click here to download as a PDF. Update: In February 2010, the Envoys of the Dalai […]
ICT welcomes public scrutiny of memorandum on Tibetan autonomy to counter Chinese propaganda
The Dalai Lama’s envoys today released a memorandum on autonomy presented to Chinese officials during the latest and eighth round of dialogue on November 4 and 5, 2008 in Beijing. The document, which specifies the Tibetan position on genuine autonomy and the “very considerable extent Tibetan needs can be met within the [Chinese] constitutional principles […]
No progress in eighth round of dialogue as Chinese reject autonomy proposal
Chinese official Zhu Weiqun today categorically denounced an autonomy proposal presented by the Dalai Lama’s envoys during the eighth round of dialogue last week in an uncompromising stance that counters the hopes of Tibetans for genuine autonomy in their homeland (see Xinhua). By rejecting the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach as “disguised independence” and openly […]
New British statement on Tibet
The British Government has issued an important statement on Tibet that is a strong assertion of support for the dialogue between the Chinese Government and envoys of the Dalai Lama. The envoys have been pressing the Chinese for a resolution of issues that would lead to a solution for Tibet based on genuine autonomy for […]
Statement of Special Envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari, Head of the Tibetan Delegation, following the 8th round of discussions
Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and I, accompanied by senior aides Sonam N. Dagpo and Bhuchung K. Tsering, both members of the Task Force on Sino-Tibetan Negotiations, and Kalsang Tsering from the Secretariat of the Task Force, visited China from October 30 to November 5, 2008. We returned to India on November 6, 2008. The main purpose […]
ICT expects strong support for Tibet from next U.S. President
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) congratulates Barack Obama on his election to be the 44th President of the United States and anticipates strong support from the Obama Administration for Tibetan issues. “The Tibetan people will have a friend and strong supporter in President-elect Obama,” said John Ackerly, President of the International Campaign for Tibet. […]
Murder in the Snow
The powerful story of a group of Himalayan mountaineers who witnessed and filmed the shooting of Tibetan refugees as they attempted to flee over the mountains into Nepal.