-By International Campaign for Tibet
Tibet is the least-free country on Earth, in a tie with South Sudan and Syria, according to new rankings from the watchdog group Freedom House.
Tibet—a historically independent country that China has brutally occupied for over 60 years—has a global freedom score of 1 out of a possible 100 in Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2022 report.
“The world is seeing right now what happens when authoritarian governments invade their smaller neighbors. Although China’s occupation of Tibet has lasted for over six decades, Tibet’s plight remains a warning to freedom-loving people everywhere,” said the International Campaign for Tibet, an advocacy group in Washington, DC and Europe that promotes human rights and democratic freedoms for the Tibetan people.
ICT added: “In order to protect freedom around the globe, we have to demand it in the places that are least free.” Click here to read more.