July 3, 2026 Lobga Rangzen was a beautiful person. Others have already said it, but they were the first words that came to my mind too: kind, dedicated, determined. I can hardly believe what has just happened. I can only imagine the overwhelming mix of emotions that those who knew him best—who worked alongside...
Category: Press Releases
July 4, 2026July 5, 2026
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Rise in PRC’s Transnational Repression On Display at London Tibet Protest
For Immediate Release 4 July, 2026 Contacts:Tenzin Rabga Tashi, Free Tibet: [email protected] Yoko, Tibet Action Institute: [email protected] Rise in PRC’s Transnational Repression On Display at London Tibet Protest China Embassy Personnel Brandish Live Stun Batons As Suspected PRC Agent Provokes Crowd London, 4 July 2026: For the first time ever recorded, UK Chinese Embassy security...
July 3, 2026July 3, 2026
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Statement by Tibet Action Institute on the Self-Immolation Protest by Lobsang Palden
For Immediate ReleaseJuly 3, 2026 Statement by Tibet Action Institute on the Self-Immolation Protest by Lobsang Palden (also known as Lobga Rangzen) Tibet Action Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of long-time Tibetan independence advocate Lobsang Palden (known as Lobga Rangzen) after his self-immolation protest outside the United Nations in New York City on...
June 29, 2026June 29, 2026
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June 8, 2026June 9, 2026
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BESIEGED TIBETAN AREA EXPOSES CHINA’S ATTEMPT TO REMAKE TIBET
For Immediate ReleaseJune 8, 2026 Contact: Lhadon Tethong / Tenzin Dorjee (Tendor) I [email protected] Besieged Tibetan Area Exposes China’s Attempt to Remake TibetTemple Cemented Shut, Children Banned from Monasteries Boston – New information obtained by Tibet Action Institute reveals the intensity of China’s forced assimilation drive in Tibet as the implementation date of its discriminatory...
May 12, 2026May 13, 2026
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Tibet: New Evidence of Abuse in Coercive Boarding Schools Emerges as Trump Heads to China for State Visit
For Immediate ReleaseMay 12, 2026 Contact: Lhadon Tethong I [email protected] Tibet: New Evidence of Abuse in Coercive Boarding Schools Emerges as Trump Heads to China for State Visit Boston – As U.S. President Donald Trump travels to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping, Tibet Action Institute is calling for the closure of China’s mandatory boarding...
March 12, 2026May 13, 2026
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Statement on the Passage of China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress”
March 12, 2026 Contact: Lhadon Tethong I [email protected] Statement on the Passage of China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” Boston – Today the Chinese government’s rubber-stamp parliament approved the new “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress,” which codifies policies and practices already being carried out in Tibet that a UN expert recently described as...
January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
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Letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Demand Closure of Residential Boarding Schools in Tibet on Visit to China
The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer, KCB KC MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A United Kingdom Dear Prime Minister, On the eve of your first official visit to China, I am writing to urge you to uphold the UK’s moral and diplomatic principles as you navigate a crucial moment in UK-China...
January 10, 2026May 13, 2026
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On China Visit, Carney Must Call for Closure of Tibet’s Residential Schools
Contact: Lhadon Tethong I [email protected] Nearly One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated from Families, Language, Culture Boston – As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for his first official visit to China next week – the first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister since 2017– Tibet Action Institute urges him to raise directly with President Xi...
October 7, 2025October 8, 2025
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UN rights experts question Vietnam and China on the suspicious death of senior Tibetan lama
For Immediate Release7 October 2025 [Geneva/ London] A group of UN human rights experts have issued two strong joint communications to both Vietnam and China [1] concerning the suspicious death, subsequent cremation and obstruction of justice in the case of the revered senior Tibetan Buddhist leader, Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche. Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, the highly respected Tibetan Buddhist...