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European Parliament resolution on China and Tibet – Poettering not attending opening ceremony
In a new resolution on China and Tibet adopted on the 10 July, European Parliament remains concerned about human rights abuses in China and Tibet. Contrary to the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering, announced that he will not be attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in […]
Mission to the Roof the World
Describes the relationship between China, Britain and Tibet in the early twentieth century, and shares the unique experiences of the first European women to be invited to Lhasa by the 13th Dalai Lama. Click here to download as a PDF.
Statement by Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Kasur Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari
Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and I accompanied by senior aides Sonam N. Dagpo, Bhuchung K. Tsering, both members of the Task Force on Sino-Tibetan Negotiations, and Jigmey Passang from the Secretariat of the Tibetan Task Force, visited Beijing from June 30 to July 3, 2008. Special Envoy Lodi Gyari making a point during his meeting on […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 09
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: Overview of the Tibetan Uprising since 10 March 2008 7th Round of Sino-Tibetan dialogue: no progress as situation in Tibet remains tense ICT’s 8-point plan to put Tibet […]
Governments criticize Nepal authorities for detention of three Tibetans and mistreatment of Tibetan protestors in Nepal
The governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Australia, Finland, and France have issued a joint demarche to the Nepal government objecting to the detention of three Tibetan community leaders on June 19, and to the harsh treatment of Tibetans in Kathmandu protesting against the Chinese crackdown in Tibet since March […]
US and EU issue joint statement supporting Tibetan-Chinese dialogue and calling for human rights improvements
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the statement on Tibet made by the governments of the United States and the European Union at the U.S.-EU Summit on June 10. The governments should be commended for insisting that the dialogue between the representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government be “substantive, constructive and results-oriented […]
ICT delivers UN statement on illegal killings by security forces in Tibet
On 3 June, ICT delivered an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the use of extrajudicial and summary executions in Tibet. As ICT does not have an official status at the UN, the statement was delivered under the name of France Libertés. ICT’s director for government relations in Europe, Stewart […]
Dalai Lama’s envoys hold press conference following talks
The Dalai Lama’s envoys reported back today on talks with officials from the United Front Work Department in Shenzhen, China, on Sunday [May 4]. Special Envoy Lodi Gyari, speaking to press in Dharamsala, India, after briefing the Dalai Lama, referred to the significance of a comment by Chinese President and Party Secretary Hu Jintao yesterday […]
The Spring Uprising in Tibet and China’s Crackdown
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Dalai Lama lauds Japan’s concerns over Tibet
Nottingham: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is currently visiting Britain, on Sunday expressed his appreciation for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda’s series of remarks on Tibet, in an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. “We very much appreciate them,” His Holiness the Dalai Lama said in the interview in this city in central England. His […]