‘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...
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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...
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...
Tibetan children subject to abuse in Chinese government schools
The World June 2, 2025 Original link: https://theworld.org/segments/2025/06/02/tibetan-children-subject-to-abuse-in-chinese-government-schools A new report from Tibet Action Institute documents a pattern of physical abuse and neglect in Chinese-run boarding schools that many are forced to attend. The report alleges that the schools are designed to separate Tibetan children from their parents and away from their language and culture....
G7 Fails To Challenges China’s Abuses In Tibet
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,...
UN Human Rights Chief Speaks on Tibet but Falls Short in Condemning Colonial Boarding School System
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...









