‘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 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...
On Friday, November 28, 2025, Tendor (Tenzin Dorjee) Tibet Action Institute’s Senior Researcher and Strategist, delivered powerful remarks at the United Nations in Geneva. **Scroll down for the full transcript** Despite both China and Iran interrupting multiple times and demanding he be stopped from speaking, Tendor was able to continue to rousing applause...
Outraged Activists Call On G7 To Do Better 14 March 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [LONDON] Tibet activists are outraged about the failure of G7 Foreign Ministers to raise concern about the human rights situation in occupied Tibet in the 2025 joint statement. Just weeks before the summit Tibet was ranked as the ‘least free’ place on earth,...
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 3, 2025 [Geneva] Tibetan activists and supporters welcome the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk’s, acknowledgement of the worsening human rights situation in Tibet in his global update at the Human Rights Council today. For the first time since he became the highest-ranking human rights official, Türk expressed concern over “education...
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...
