This year’s annual political meetings in Beijing, popularly known as the Two Sessions, saw indication of not only continued clampdown of Tibetan identity in the coming period, but also that Tibetans are currently being used as the testing ground for broader policy of assimilation.
In his new book “Voice for the Voiceless” the Dalai Lama reflects on his lifelong work to save Tibet’s unique civilization, his efforts to reach a negotiated solution to China’s occupation of Tibet via the Middle Way approach, and writes about the plan for his succession.
On the 66th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetans’ national uprising against China’s illegal occupation of their country, the International Campaign for Tibet calls on the international community to strengthen their support to the Tibetan people’s peaceful struggle, including by pressuring the Chinese government to resume dialogue with the Tibetan leadership to resolve the Tibet China […]
ICT echoes criticism by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, regarding the human rights situation in Tibet. In his Global Update before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, Türk expressed that he is “concerned about the impact of education policy and the restriction of freedom of expression and religion in the Tibet Autonomous Region.”
On Monday 10 March, Tibetans and Tibet supporters in Belgium will mark the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day with a protest in Brussels.
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.
Report Summary 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. The BAC has a special Tibetan Buddhism Working Committee […]
This report examines two large-scale policy initiatives – rural revitalization and national parks – that are resulting in a tightening Chinese grip on Tibet, as well as upending Tibetans’ traditional lifestyles, displacing Tibetan pastoralists and violating the Tibetan people’s Buddhist values.
