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Ahead of the upcoming Plenary session of the European Parliament, ICT and 35 other civil society organisations have launched a Joint Appeal to the European Institutions calling for the inclusion of enforceable human rights clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.

A number of schools built for Tibetan students to study in Chinese provinces are now increasingly seen by Chinese authorities as avenues for indoctrination.

Several thousand Tibetans in exile voted on Jan. 3, 2021 in the first round of the two-round elections for the president and the parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration.

In this edition: New ICT analysis shows that Tibetans are denied effective government leadership roles; ICT welcomes EU Global Human Rights Sanction Regime, urges its use in Tibet; Chinese response to UN experts on Panchen Lama is absurd historical falsehood; First visit to The White House for Head of Tibet Government in Exile (…)

Update: The Tibetan Policy and Support Act was signed by the US president on 27 December 2020. It is now US law. Congress today passed a bill that will dramatically upgrade US support for Tibetans in key areas, including by sanctioning Chinese officials if they try to appoint the next Dalai Lama. The Tibetan Policy […]

For expressing her thoughts on the popular Chinese social media app WeChat, the Trika County Public Security Bureau placed a Tibetan woman named Tsering Tso in 10 days of administrative detention last month.

As the Council of the European Union today a new framework for sanctioning human rights violators around the world, the International Campaign for Tibet called on the EU and its Member States to use this new mechanism to target Chinese officials responsible for grave human rights violations in Tibet.

Religious freedom and the succession of the Dalai Lama should be at the top of the human rights agenda in dealing with China, the International Campaign for Tibet’s outreach director said at a US Mission in Geneva event last week.

Coinciding with the World Press Freedom Conference, this episode of Tibet Talks Europe explored the lack of access to Tibet for foreign journalists through the first-hand testimonies of journalists who have tried to uncover the reality of the situation in Tibet.

The Chinese government has included several Tibetan officials working in stability maintenance in restive Tibetan regions on a list of honorees in 2020, sending a clear message to Tibetans that those working within the Chinese security apparatus will be rewarded.