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A security clampdown of unprecedented severity took place in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu prior to Chinese Party Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s visit on Oct. 12-13, 2019, raising alarm among Nepalis and increasing concerns about the future of Tibetans in Nepal.

New job postings reveal that Chinese authorities are requiring college graduates from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) who apply for jobs in public institutions to “expose and criticize the Dalai Lama” and “have clear and firm political principles.”

Security has tightened this week in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu in advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit from Saturday, Oct. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 13, with a particular focus on Tibetans.

A Tibetan American protestor is speaking out after he and a friend were ejected from the Washington Wizards game against the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

China’s leader Xi Jinping seeks to present the People’s Republic of China as an “ecological civilization” with Tibet as a key element. But China’s policies on the Tibetan Plateau exacerbate the detrimental impacts detailed in the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

In this edition: Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers and Chinese dissidents hold demonstration in Brussels on China’s National Day; China steps up its attempts to control the Dalai Lama’s succession; Tibet at the 42nd UN Human Rights Council session; US lawmakers introduces legislation inspired by US Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act; Tibetan activist whose lama uncle died in Chinese prison calls for justice at US religious freedom event; New EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs appointed; UN Special Rapporteurs ask China for information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for celebrating the Dalai Lama’s birthday; New ‘social security’ cards in Tibet expand China’s control over Tibetans’ lives (…)

After largely overlooking Tibet in its past reports, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has now raised the alarm on the state of the environment of the Tibetan plateau, warning of serious sequences.

Thousands of monks and laypeople across Tibet have been roped into participating in a series of major staged performances symbolic of the Communist Party’s control over their lives as Chinese authorities mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Oct. 1, known as National Day. The celebrations focused on “telling the story of the Communists” and erasing the stories of the Tibetans.

As part of the 70th anniversary of its founding on October 1, the People’s Republic of China is touting “70 years of progress” in Tibet. However, the truth is that it has been 70 years of subjugation and oppression for the Tibetan people.

On 1 October, the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese dissidents will gather in Brussels to commemorate the victims of Chinese repression and call for an end of China’s gross human rights abuses.