FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 18, 2020 CONTACT: Lobsang Gyatso, Tibet Action Institute |+91 98824 07365 | [email protected] Pema Doma, Students for a Free Tibet | +1 617-792-3606 | [email protected] “Freedom of Expression Concert” & “Worldwide Developers Against Apple Censorship Conference” to Coincide with Apple’s Famed Developers Conference [New York / Dharamsala] – As Apple...
Author: Tibet Action Institute (Tibet Action Institute)
Creating a Culture of Responsibility Online
Host: Sonam Wangdue, Actor and Comedian Speakers: Lobsang Gyatso Sither, Digital Security Program Director Tenzin Choedon, Manager of Educational Initiatives
Tibetan netizens express the need for their mother-tongue
In early April, schools in Ngaba, eastern Tibet reopened following the Covid-19 outbreak. However, schools were told the use of Tibetan language in classes would be scrapped as of September, when the next academic year begins. Human Rights Watch detailed that threat in primary schools in Tibet: the gradual replacement of Tibetan-language instruction with the...
Press Statement: Uncover Beijing’s Coronavirus Agenda
For Immediate Release: 8 April, 2020 Contacts: John Jones, Free Tibet, UK | +44 (0)777 068 1938 | [email protected] Mandie McKeown, Tibet Network | +44 (0)7748 158 618 | [email protected] Dorjee Tseten, Students for a Free Tibet, [Tibetan, English] +1 (646) 753 3889 | [email protected] Uncover Beijing’s Coronavirus Agenda: Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese rights experts...
Tech Tips for Navigating a Pandemic
With so many of us now working from home, a key question we cover in this post is how to practice good security and best practices around privacy at home. At Tibet Action, our team works remotely, so we’ve learned a thing or two about building a foundation of security that relies on individuals rather...
Live Online Briefing: Uncovering China’s Coronavirus Agenda
Online Briefing: Uncovering China’s Coronavirus Agenda: Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Chinese activists speak up WHAT: On World Health Day, Tuesday 7 April 2020, a panel of Chinese, Tibetan, and Uyghur rights leaders joined by Chinese-focused human rights experts conducted an online media briefing on the People’s Republic of China’s escalating repressive agenda in the age of...
Misinformation in the Tibetan Community in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic
A few weeks ago, I was driving from Dharamsala to McLeod and gave a lift to an old Tibetan Amala. During the ride, she told me that she was going to Mcleod Ganj to buy a facemask for Coronavirus as she was unable to buy any in Gangkyi. I was curious to know what prompted...
40.6% of Apple Shareholders want Apple to do better on freedom of expression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Dorjee Tseten | [email protected] | +1 (646) 753-3889 Sondhya Gupta [email protected] / Jon Date [email protected] +447533011983 40.6% of shareholders defy Apple management in vote on China cyber surveillance Today, 40.6% of Apple shareholders voted in favour of policies to uphold and promote freedom of expression at the company’s shareholder meeting. The...