International Campaign for Tibet - Brussels Office

August 27, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Tsang Monastery senior leader commits suicide amid Chinese oppression

On 18 August 2025, Shersang Gyatso, a 52-year-old senior leader at Tsang Monastery, took his own life after facing Chinese authorities’ intense scrutiny, intimidation, and repressive intrusions into his monastic community. His death followed heightened state surveillance around the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on 6 July, mandatory ideological indoctrination, interference with traditional religious practices, and the forced expulsion of young monks from Tsang Monastery.

August 22, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Tibetan activists face intense scrutiny during state-orchestrated celebrations for Xi Jinping’s Lhasa visit

As Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Lhasa this month, Tibetan activists and individuals perceived by the authorities as undermining the state’s image have faced restrictions on their movement or have been barred from entering Lhasa. The ordeal faced by the family of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi exemplifies the broader climate of heightened security and control.

August 20, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

Xi Jinping in Lhasa, amid apparent lack of confidence in CCP’s rule over Tibet

Amid tightened security and increased repression, on 20 August, Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the so called “Tibet Autonomous Region” by the Chinese government.

August 19, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetEvent

Tibet at World Water Week 2025

The International Campaign for Tibet is organizing an important panel on 27 August during the annual World Water Week in Stockholm, one of the world’s leading conferences on water policy and sustainability.

August 11, 2025 ・ International Campaign for TibetNews

ICT statement: China’s broken promises to Tibetans cloud the TAR’s 60th anniversary

9 September 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of an entity labeled as “Tibet Autonomous Region”, a province-level administrative division in the People’s Republic of China which encompasses merely roughly half of Tibet. While Chinese state media is striking a predictably upbeat tone on the anniversary, the reality is that Tibetans have little to celebrate.

June 10, 2025Research

Celebrating in fear China’s Crackdown on Dalai Lama Birthday Tributes in Tibet

This reports highlights the threats faced by Tibetans in Tibet who celebrate the birthday of their Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and urges the international community — including United Nations bodies, national governments, parliaments, and civil society organizations—to call on China to cease its repressive actions.

December 5, 2024Research

Chinese hydropower Damming Tibet’s culture, community and environment

The People’s Republic of China’s hydropower and dam projects are increasingly leading to massive human rights violations and environmental damage in Tibet. Since Asia’s largest rivers originate in the Tibetan plateau, the construction of hydroelectric dams in Tibet also threaten the water supply, livelihoods and health of up to 1.8 billion people across China, South and Southeast Asia.

May 29, 2024Research

Buddhist Association of China takes a leading role in China’s attempts to control and forcibly reshape Tibetan Buddhism

This report shows how the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism – particularly in relation to the search for and recognition of reincarnate lamas.

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