Read Dr. Gyal Lo’s powerful remarks from a high-level UN side event in Geneva on June 27, where international experts warned of China’s growing interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession and the threat it poses to Tibetan religious freedom and identity. The event, hosted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights during the 59th UN...
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March 3, 2025March 4, 2025
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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...
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January 10, 2023May 29, 2025
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UN Rights Experts Call China to Account over Residential Schools and Assimilation Policies in Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 January 2023 78% of Tibetan students aged 6 to 18 separated from their families and forced into China’s colonial boarding school system in Tibet UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern about China’s residential [1] schools in Tibet, which are part of a “large scale campaign [by the Chinese authorities]...