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DHARAMSHALA: Speaker of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Mr Penpa Tsering has been appointed as the new Representative for the Office of Tibet, Washington, DC. He will take charge either from 1 July 2016 or when the necessary documents are issued by the US government, a release from the Kashag secretariat …

Photo/RFA China’s pervasive use of torture was the subject of a hearing convened by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on April 14, 2016 in the U.S. Congress. The witnesses who testified and made policy recommendations to the U.S. Government were: Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch; Margaret K. …

April 14, 2016 The US Department of State Released its 2015 Annual Human Rights Report on April 13, 2015. In his remarks to the press, Secretary of State John Kerry stated that “ government that fails to respect human rights, no matter how lofty its pretentions, has very little to …

April 1, 2016: “We write today to express our deep concern about three Tibetan political prisoners, while noting that there are hundreds of other documented Tibetan political prisoners currently being held in Chinese prisons similarly worthy of our concern and attention. We urge you and others at State Department, the …

Washington, DC: The final results of the 2016 North American Tibetan Election of Sikyong and Chithue can be viewed here.

Delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the HRC Keith Harper Geneva, March 10, 2016  Mr. President, I have the honor to read this statement on behalf of a group including: Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. We share the concerns expressed by …