Human Rights in Tibet

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR Dharamshala: News emerges from Tibet that Chinese authorities have sentenced Lodoe Gyatso, a former Tibetan political prisoner, to 18 years in prison while his wife has been given a two-year prison term. More

By Tibet Bureau Geneva Geneva: At the ongoing 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Dhondup Wangchen and a Tibetan delegation led a side event to uncover China’s 60 years of gross human rights violation in Tibet. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Foreign travelers are barred from visiting Central Tibet for two months as China has closed the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to the world. This closure comes just ahead of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising Day and the 2008 mass protests. More

Brussels: Members of European Parliament Bas Belder (ECR), Christian Dan Preda (EPP) and Josef Weidenholzer (S&D) hosted a two-hour long conference on 'Freedom of Religion in China' in the European Parliament on 23 January.  The session was attended by a jam-packed audience of MEPs, their assistants, diplomats, members of NGOs, press and public. More

  -Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Dharamshala: Choekyi, a Tibetan monk from Phugu Monastery, Serta (Ch: Seda) from Sichuan Province arrested in 2015 for celebrating His Holiness Dalai Lama's 80th birthday was released due to his critical health condition, as per our source. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA In 2018, China has sentenced 25 Tibetans in the central Tibet, the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under charges of "inciting separatism" and endangering "national security," reported the state mouthpiece Global Times. The TAR high court presented the information in its work report last weekend. More

Dharamsala: A former Tibetan political prisoner, Shonu Palden, aged 41, passed away on 30 September 2018, after battling prolonged illness due to torture in detention as confirmed by our sources. Shonu Palden was arrested on 18 June 2012 for his involvement in 2008 mass protest. More

Geneva: The deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet and China’s unfulfilled promises made in the second cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) were brought to the attention of the UN member states at the UPR pre-session this afternoon. More

Darmstadt, Germany: Three Nobel peace laureates; His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lech Welesa, former President of Poland and leader of Solidarnosch movement that overthrew communism and Rebecca Johnson, founding president of International Campaign for abolition of nuclear weapons (ICAN), recipient of 2017 Nobel peace prize, extolled non-violence as the ‘only method’ to resolve conflicts and to mo More

Geneva: The human rights situation in Tibet under the Chinese occupation was brought under spotlight once again at the UN Human Rights Council this afternoon at its ongoing 39th session. More

-Filed by Tibet Policy Institute- Chennai: The research wing of the Central Tibet Administration, Tibet Policy Institute visited IIT Madras on 11 September. The delegation from Tibet Policy Institute includes three researchers led by Deputy Director, Mr Tenzin Lekshay. More

Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, Department of Information and International Relations The European Parliament’s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has categorised China under “severe violations” group. China is also ranked amongst the worst violators of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance in the World. More

Chinese delegates try to play down and suppress evidence of Beijing’s repression in Tibet Over the past few days the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has reviewed China’s efforts to combat and eliminate racial discrimination. The Committee’s review of China took place at the United Nations in Geneva on 10 and 13 August. More

Dharamshala: A group of UN experts sought additional information and comment from the Chinese government on its “two-track” passport issuing system that systematically discriminates and obstructs Tibetans from acquiring passports. More

Dharamshala: Chinese authorities in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region has ordered Tibetan children not to take part in any religious activities during their summer vacation. According to the Chinese state media Global Times, all underage Tibetan students are banned from "religious influences" citing school regulations. More

Geneva: In his final address made to the UN Human Rights Council's 38th session on 18 June, Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, rebuked China for not allowing his staffs "unfettered access" to China, including Tibet and Xinjiang, where the human rights situation is worsening. More

Geneva: In an encouraging development, several UN member states including Germany, France, Canada, US and Bulgaria-on behalf of the EU- expressed concern over human rights situation in Tibet at the on-going 37th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The member states have also called China to release all who have been detained for exercising their fundamental rights. More

European Parliament Passes Urgency Resolution on Tibet (Reiterates calls on Chinese government to engage with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his representatives) BRUSSELS:  Once again the European Parliament has come out strongly on cases of human rights in China including the recent case of Tashi Wangchuk and Tibetan monk Choekyi. More

WASHINGTON DC: On Wednesday this week. More

  DHARAMSHALA: Amidst reports of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s planned trip to China in December, Conservative Senator Dennis Patterson plans to shine a spotlight on China’s human rights abuses in Tibet. More