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China has responded to the United Nations review of its human rights record by rejecting most of the recommendations made specifically on Tibet by other member states of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
The International Campaign for Tibet and the International Federation for Human Rights sent an open letter to EU leaders ahead of their upcoming meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Brussels, urging them to place human rights in China and Tibet at the core of their talks.
The European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) President, Henri Malosse, was a special guest and speaker at the ceremony of the 55th anniversary of the Tibet uprising that took place on 10 March in Dharamsala (India).
On Monday, 10 March the Tibetan community in Belgium alongside with Tibet support groups will be leading a procession from the EU External Action Service to the Chinese embassy to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Tibetan national uprising day.
In Geneva today (February 27), Kai Müller, Executive Director, International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) Germany met with the High Commissioner’s Office and handed over letters from Tibet supporters worldwide calling on UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay to raise Tibet in her opening statement at the UN Human Rights Council.
On February 19, the offices of MEP Thomas Mann (Germany, EPP), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Office of Tibet in Brussels jointly organized a special event to mark the 100th meeting of the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup.
Call on the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillay to ask China to adopt recommendations to improve its human rights record at the March 2014 UN Human Rights Council Session.
On January 21, 2014, the International Campaign for Tibet co-organized with the office of MEP Leonidas Donskis the screening of the documentary Leaving Fear Behind by Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, who was sentenced to six years in prison for subversion.
A new report adopted by the European Parliament raises strong concern about the human rights situation in Tibet, detailing the high number of self-immolations, displacement of Tibetan nomads, religious repression, and the threats to the survival of the Tibetan language.
The European Union (EU) must challenge the worsening of the human rights situation in Tibet at the upcoming summit with China on 21st November in Beijing.