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International Campaign for Tibet. December 3, 2019. Read article here. In a statement delivered last week at the 12th Forum on Minority Issues taking place in Geneva on the theme “Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities,” ICT highlighted the difficulties that Tibetans in China face to learn in their …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Reps. James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) released a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, signed by 32 Members of Congress, urging the Trump Administration to promptly implement key legislation passed by Congress to guide United States policy on Tibet. Independent …

Dharamshala: CTA President Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s visit to Lithuania once again triggered criticism from the Chinese Embassy in Lithuania. In a press release issued this afternoon, the embassy of China in Lithuania strongly opposed and openly condemned the press conference organized by Andrius Navickas in the Seimas this morning where …

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with a group of business leaders and professionals, 35 from India, 45 from Vietnam and 18 from Russia this morning at his residence, according to the official website of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At the meeting, His Holiness said: “The purpose of …

Minnesota: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC in collaboration with Youth 4 Umaylam and the Tibetan American Students Association at the University of Minnesota organized a Sino-Tibetan dialogue event titled The Dalai Lama Through The Perspective of Chen Guangcheng at the Mayo campus building on 3 May. Around 30 Tibetan …

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, issued the following statement in recognition of the 30th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism:   “Gedhun Choekyi …