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ICT Urges UN Members to Vote Against China’s Candidacy for Human Rights Council
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and other human rights groups are calling on UN member states to vote against China’s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, which will be decided on October 10. Due to China’s devastating human rights record, the organizations are urging as many states as possible to express their rejection […]
UN Human Rights Council told: ‘End repression in Tibet; reject China’s membership bid’
The International Campaign for Tibet once again drew attention to the alarming human rights deterioration in Tibet during the General Debate of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Nepal-China joint statement has implications for Tibet
The joint statement issued by Nepal and China in Beijing on 26 September following the visit by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ institutionally strengthens China’s hand on matters relating to Tibet and Tibetans.
EU Statement at UNHRC54: Human Rights situation that require the Council’s attention
EU Statement under Item 4 at the 54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council – 26 September 2023
ICT founder Jan Andersson honored by the Dalai Lama
In the presence of the Board and nearly 30 staff of the International Campaign for Tibet, Dr. Jan Andersson was thanked at a dinner in Pomaia, Italy last week for his decades of service to Tibet.
ICT calls for information on disappeared Tibetans at UN Human Rights Council
At the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has once again highlighted the worrying pattern of enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests in Tibet.
Chinese authorities attempt to limit access to Gungthang Rinpoche’s Kalachakra teaching
In a notice dated 10 September, the government of Dzoghe Mema (Chinese: Zuogaimanma) Town in Tsoe (Hezuo) city, Gansu, ordered thousands of out-of-town Tibetan Buddhist devotees, who had congregated to receive a Kalachakra religious teaching, to leave the town. The religious teaching took place from 15 to 17 September.
New religious affairs order requires adherence to CCP
China has put into force a major religious affairs decree that will lead to strengthening Communist Party control over Tibetan Buddhism and further the objective of the religion’s “Sinification.”
Masked men attack Tibetan ex-political prisoner
In a recently published personal account, Tibetan language rights activist and ex-political prisone Tashi Wangchuk describes how a group of masked men attacked him in the night of 19 August 2023 in his hotel room.
ICT welcomes US visa restrictions over Tibet boarding schools
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s announcement of visa restrictions on Chinese officials for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of over 1 million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.