Over 1 million Tibetan children have been separated from their families, language and culture at China’s state-run boarding schools in Tibet. These schools target the most vulnerable and impressionable minds and seek to make them loyal followers of the CCP. The goal is to sever the Tibetan way of life and cement China’s control over Tibet. In this Tibet Talk, we’ll speak to Lhadon Tethong, director of Tibet Action Institute, an organization that has been raising awareness about the boarding schools. In conversation with ICT President Tencho Gyatso, Lhadon will discuss the impact of these schoo ..read more

The US Congress members chairing the Congressional-Executive Commission on China are condemning violent attacks by pro-China demonstrators against Tibetans and others who protested Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit this month to the United States. Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., chair and co-chair of the commission, said in a statement this week: “We are outraged by videos showing harassment and assault against human rights advocates who gathered in San Francisco last week to protest [Chinese Communist Party] General Secretary Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States and ..read more

PRAGUE—Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Mongolia, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, delivered remarks here at the 5th International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference. The topic of the conference this year was “Freedom of Religion or Belief under Authoritarian Regimes.” Telo Tulku Rinpoche spoke in the first session on “Misuse of Religion for Political Purposes and Building Resilience.” He addressed the influence of Tibetan Buddhism in Asia and China’s repressive policies against the Tibetan Buddhist community ..read more

A bill to strengthen US efforts in pushing China to negotiate with the Dalai Lama’s envoys to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute can now proceed to the House floor after an important committee vote today. With several Tibetan Americans in attendance, the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously at a markup hearing today, Nov. 29, 2023, to approve the bipartisan Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, known as the Resolve Tibet Act. The bill—an amended House version of legislation introduced last year by Reps. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas ..read more

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has announced that it will take up the Resolve Tibet Act for a vote on November 29. HR.533 has received an amendment from House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-NY. The International Campaign for Tibet supports the modifications made to the bill and urges the House Foreign Affairs Committee to pass the bill without delay. The text of the amended bill represents an important step forward for American support for the people of Tibet and is a sign of Congress’ enduring commitment to finding a peaceful resolution to the Tibet issue. “The ..read more

STATEMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: The senior leadership of the International Campaign for Tibet is pleased to have concluded a recent visit to Dharamsala, India to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the leaders of the Central Tibetan Administration. Our delegation included ICT President Tencho Gyatso, Head of Research and Monitoring Bhuchung Tsering, ICT Germany Executive Director Kai Mueller and ICT Europe Executive Director Wangpo Tethong. We had meetings with the Tibetan leadership, including the Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering; Information and International Rel ..read more

Analysis by the International Campaign for Tibet: The new “White Paper” on Tibet released on Nov. 10, 2023 by China’s State Council unsurprisingly presents an overwhelmingly flowery image of the situation in Tibet, while its barrage of figures and alleged achievements, along with language characteristic to the Communist Party under Xi Jinping, remain silent on core projects of the party-state in Tibet, namely the boarding school system and the massive relocation programs, both of which are having a tremendous impact on the Tibetan people and their culture. During a recent UN review, the Chine ..read more

As a result of China’s invasion and occupation of Tibet, over 100,000 Tibetans now live outside “the rooftop of the world”—their homeland of Tibet. For many people, these Tibetans are merely an abstraction; they’re either mystical monks or the faceless victims of China’s oppression. But a new book shows there is a lot more to the lives of Tibetan exiles. In this Tibet Talk, we speak to Amy Yee, author of the new book, “Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents.” We discuss the 15-year journey—and the life-changing interaction with the Dalai Lama—that ..read more

The International Campaign for Tibet urges President Joe Biden to raise the issue of Tibet-China conflict resolution with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, both internally and publicly, during their expected meeting in the US next month. “The Tibetan Policy Act mandates that the president and the secretary of state should in their meetings with Chinese leaders encourage them to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet,” ICT President Tencho Gyatso says. Biden is expected to meet Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooper ..read more

The chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China have written to three Biden administration cabinet members urging action, including possible Global Magnitsky sanctions, on mass biometric data collection and family separation in Tibet. In their letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Wash., ask the three officials to impose export controls on technology used by China’s Public Security Bureaus and other entities in Tibet to collect biometric data for ..read more