A Letter to Xi Jinping on International Mother Language Day
Dear Chairman Xi, We are writing to you on International Mother Language Day, a day to embrace and enjoy cultural and linguistic diversity and multilingualism. Every year since 2000, this…
Events Planned for the 60th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising
The Tibetan National Uprising is commemorated annually by exiled Tibetans and Tibet supporters, with events remembering its victims and those of the ongoing occupation, as well as calling for an…
China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead sensitive anniversaries
China is preventing foreign travellers from entering Tibet from 30 January until 1 April 2019, in a further effort to crack down on possible dissent within Tibet. Why is China…
A Letter From Fredrick Hyde-Chambers Welcoming Tibet Society’s New Co-Chairs
Dear Friends of Tibet, 2019 is well under way and I am sure that you are all busy going about your lives and hopefully looking after yourselves and loved ones.…
Tibet Lobby Week 2019: Get involved!
The Tibet Lobby Week is a key opportunity for supporters of Tibet to call for action for Tibet from their elected representatives. It gives supporters the chance to…
Tibet Society urges UN to adopt resolution on China’s human rights abuses
30 January 2019 Tibet Society UK joined today with over three dozen organisations to launch a call on governments to adopt a resolution addressing human rights in China, with particular…
Tibet Society Organises Its First Tibetan Internship At The UK Parliament
Thupten reports on his experience as our first Parliamentary intern I was very fortunate to be selected to be the first Tibetan to intern for a UK MP. The internship…
Tibetan activist and political prisoner, Tashi Wangchuk, denied a visit with his lawyer ahead of the three year anniversary of his detention
19 January 2019 Tashi Wangchuk to launch new appeal against his five-year sentence for ‘incitement to separatism” Tibetans and Civil Society Groups call for his immediate release as he has…
Protest outside Google office in London puts pressure on Google executives to end controversial Project Dragonfly
Friday, 18 January 2019 LONDON, UK -- To mark Internet Freedom Day, Tibetans, Tibet supporters and corporate campaigners gathered outside Google’s King’s Cross office in London this afternoon, calling on the…
FRIDAY 18 JANUARY: Protests at Google’s London King’s Cross Office, Demand Google Scrap Chinese Censorship Effort: Project Dragonfly
International Coalition Demands Google Stand Up for Free Speech and Human Rights on Internet Freedom Day LONDON, UK -- On Friday, 18 January, a coalition of Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur,…