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...
‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood By Kris Cheng Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had “completely stopped speaking Tibetan”, according to her...
The World Hannah Chanatry A new law in China will promote “ethnic unity,” making it compulsory to use Mandarin in schools, government and other public-facing activities. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Lhadon Tethong, director of the Tibetan Action Institute, about what this means for the ethnic minority groups in China. Article Link:...
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...
New York Times investigation finds Tibetan children suffering widespread and systematic physical and psychological harm, cultural erasure in Chinese government-run boarding system For Immediate Release January 9, 2025 Boston – A groundbreaking exposé in the New York Times published today paints a disturbing picture of the severe mental, emotional, and physical harms being inflicted on...
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...
