Category: Press Releases

Open Letter: To UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves
January 9, 2025January 9, 2025
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Open Letter: To UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MPChancellor of the Exchequer11 Downing StreetLondon SW1A 2AB 9 January 2024 Dear Chancellor, We are writing to you on behalf of UK-based Tibet groups and thousands of Tibetans living in the UK. As you prepare to travel to China, we urge you to ensure that trade and access to Chinese markets...

Video Shows Principal Beating Tibetan Child in Boarding School
December 16, 2024February 3, 2025
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Video Shows Principal Beating Tibetan Child in Boarding School

Reports of Child’s Death at Separate School Trigger Calls for Investigations For Immediate Release December 16, 2024 Boston – Footage of the principal of a boarding elementary school in Tibet beating a young Tibetan boy around November 18th 2024 has gone viral on Chinese social media. While reports of the death of a child at...

Open Letter: To Foreign Secretary David Lammy
October 15, 2024October 21, 2024
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Open Letter: To Foreign Secretary David Lammy

  Dear Foreign Secretary, We write on behalf of UK-based Tibet groups and the thousands of Tibetan community members based in the UK ahead of your first crucial visit to China with a clear message: you must ensure human rights and Tibet remain at the top of the agenda for the UK government. Your meeting...

Closure of Prominent School in Rural Tibet Undermines China’s Justification for Boarding Schools Holding 1 Million Children
July 20, 2024September 12, 2024
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Closure of Prominent School in Rural Tibet Undermines China’s Justification for Boarding Schools Holding 1 Million Children

For Immediate Release July 20, 2024 Boston – Chinese authorities forced the closure of Gangjong Sherig Norbu Lobling [1], a renowned Tibetan-run private school [2] located in one of Tibet’s most sparsely populated regions. The move starkly contradicts China’s chief justification that the controversial boarding school system, holding at least one million Tibetan children, is...

Press Release: UN Member States Slam China for Coercive Residential Schools System in Tibet at Major Rights Review.
January 23, 2024September 10, 2024
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Press Release: UN Member States Slam China for Coercive Residential Schools System in Tibet at Major Rights Review.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2024 Contact: Lhadon Tethong, Director +1-917-418-4181 (In Geneva) Gyal Lo, Tibet Specialist +1-647-619-9821 (In Geneva) UN MEMBER STATES SLAM CHINA FOR COERCIVE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TIBET AT MAJOR RIGHTS REVIEW Geneva – In a dramatic departure from 2018 when only 9 States made 11 Recommendations on Tibet during the...

China Takes UN Ambassadors on Propaganda Tour of Tibet
September 4, 2023September 10, 2024
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China Takes UN Ambassadors on Propaganda Tour of Tibet

For Immediate Release September 4, 2023 Statement of Lhadon Tethong, Director of Tibet Action Institute, in response to the recent PRC Government-organized trip of UN Ambassadors to Tibet, August 28-September 2, 2023. Boston – The Chinese government organized a tour of Tibet from August 28-Sept 2 [1] for a group of Ambassadors to the UN...

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