News Archive

Letter from The Council of the Tibet Society

Press release: Free Tibet and Tibet Society complete merger in boost for international support for Tibet

Tibet Society and the International Campaign for Tibet Issue a Joint Submission to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee

Four Member Tibetan Delegation Brief Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising

10 March 1959 – 60 Years of Occupation – 60 Years of Resistance

Tibet Society Attends Parliamentary Reception to Mark ‘The Future of Tibet, Heartland of Asia’ Exhibition at the Scottish Parliament

Tibet Society Holds Wreath Laying Ceremony At Westminster Abbey

A Letter to Xi Jinping on International Mother Language Day

Events Planned for the 60th Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising

China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead sensitive anniversaries

A Letter From Fredrick Hyde-Chambers Welcoming Tibet Society’s New Co-Chairs

Tibet Lobby Week 2019: Get involved!

Tibet Society urges UN to adopt resolution on China’s human rights abuses

Tibet Society Organises Its First Tibetan Internship At The UK Parliament

Tibetan activist and political prisoner, Tashi Wangchuk, denied a visit with his lawyer ahead of the three year anniversary of his detention

Protest outside Google office in London puts pressure on Google executives to end controversial Project Dragonfly

FRIDAY 18 JANUARY: Protests at Google’s London King’s Cross Office, Demand Google Scrap Chinese Censorship Effort: Project Dragonfly

“Google should be our ally, not our target” – Coalition of Tibetans, Uyghurs, tech and China experts tells Google to drop Dragonfly, its bespoke censored search engine for China

A Joint Solidarity Statement. UN Human Rights Declaration: 70 Year Milestone – Stand Up for Human Rights for All People Under Chinese Rule

Almost 50,000 people join Tibet groups and corporate campaigners in demanding Google immediately drop “Project Dragonfly’, the censored China search engine

Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese activists unite with Digital tech experts to tell Google: “Respect Human Rights, Don’t do China’s Dirty Work”. Cancel Project Dragonfly

MP raises questions over journalist expulsions from Tibet and access

HELP TIBET SOCIETY THIS CHRISTMAS!

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet welcomes new MP

UN States criticise China’s abuses in Tibet at the Human Rights Council as China says it “cannot accept” rights have deteriorated

China Withdraws From Expotural Due to Tibetan Participation

UK MP Raises Issue of Access to Tibet

UK MP Questions Government’s plans to Raise Tibet at China’s UPR

Take action – tell your representatives to stand up for Tibet at the UN

China Blocks Release Of Jailed Tibetan Rights Activist Tashi Wangchuk

Open Letter to Google

Tibet Campaigners Slam Google’s Plans To Develop Censored Search Engine In China

Conservative Human Rights Commission injury offers unique opportunity to recognise the threats posed by Confucius Institutes to our academic freedoms

‘Missing For Over 20 Years’: Call For Renewed Push For Evidence About The Panchen Lama

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet hosts roundtable discussion on access to Tibet

Cross-Party MPs United To Call On Liverpool FC To Terminate Controversial Deal With Chinese Company

March 2009: Fire Under the Snow UK film screenings

URGENT APPEAL: CAN YOU PLEASE HELP TO SAVE THE TIBET SOCIETY?

High Profile Tibetan Writer Shokjang Released From Prison After Wrongful Conviction And Three Years

Human Rights Day: Tibetans, Uyghurs and Chinese in solidarity

Family forced to deny self-immolation was political

Human rights overshadowed by trade at UK-China summits

Tibet Society briefs Foreign Office prior to UK-China Human Rights Dialogue

Tibet Shawls

China condemns Sikyong and Speaker meeting

Sikyong meets MPs; urges UK government to support Middle Way

Action: Call on China to stop Larung Gar demolition

British MPs urge China to halt demolition of Buddhist institutes in Tibet

London protest: Global Day of Action for Larung Gar

Action: Call on China to stop Larung Gar demolition

Larung Gar nuns told to voluntarily leave or face religious ban

Two monks jailed for sharing information about self-immolation

Singers released after four-year jail term for ‘political’ songs

Tibet Society attends Seventh International Tibet Support Groups Conference

Action: Call on China to stop Larung Gar demolition

Three nuns commit suicide at Larung Gar in protest against demolition

Benefit Night in aid of Tibet Society

China expelling half the population of influential Tibetan Buddhist institute

A Visit to Dharamsala

Film Premiere: A Mother’s Son

Khenpo Kartse released after serving full prison sentence

Yeshe Choedron awarded inaugural ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’

Tory Commission slams UK government’s relationship with China

Tashi Lhunpo Monks in London: 5 July 2016

Internationally renowned Tibetan film director detained in China

Obama meets Dalai Lama and encourages China-Tibet dialogue

MPs call on UK to raise Tibet at UN Human Rights Council

Second Tibetan writer imprisoned in 2016 for expressing views

Report: The Human Rights Situation in Tibet: 2013-2016

China attempts to cover-up self-immolation in Tibet

Observing Tibetan democracy in action

Lobsang Sangay elected to second term as Tibetan PM in exile

UK Foreign Office to answer human rights questions on Twitter

Action: Call for release of Tibetan language advocate

MPs criticise UK government policy on human rights

Jailed Tibetan blogger appeals sentence with assertive letter

“A mere palm cannot hide the sun”: Tibet Uprising Day 2016

Tibet Uprising Anniversary 2016: UK Events

David Cameron called upon to meet Dalai Lama

Two teenagers self-immolate on same day; one in Tibet, one in exile; both call for independence

ACTION: Tibetan blogger jailed for three years

Tibet second only to Syria for lack of freedom

Tibetan former political prisoner to speak at UK Parliament

China omits Dalai Lama from database of “verified” living Buddhas

2016 News

Larung Gar demolitions and evictions recommence

Tibet: Less freedom than North Korea

Tibetan language advocate’s detention epitomises China’s brutal regime

Action: Call for release of Tibetan language advocate

Tibetan language advocate indicted, trial imminent

China’s rule over Tibet “highly repressive”: Human Rights Watch

Two Tibetan women self-immolate in run-up to anniversary

Family forced to deny self-immolation was political

A Special Talk by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa on Tibet’s Environment

Report – Commemoration of the 58th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day (2017)

UK MP raises concern over Tibetan Buddhist Institutes

Tibet Events in the UK

Press Release: President Emmanuel Macron must raise Tashi Wangchuk’s case during visit to China

Press Release: Tibetan Uyghur & Chinese Solidarity UK call for renewed efforts to combat human rights violations in China

Letter to the Prime Minister on Human Rights Day

APPG on Tibet – Autumn Update

“Tibet Society has a special place in the hearts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. We wish them the very best.”

Direct Action: Tibetan activist groups meet with supporters outside the Liverpool FC vs Watford match

Press Release: Own Goal for Liverpool Football Club as it Endorses Chinese Water Company

Two Tibetans arrested during Xi Jinping visit; homes raided

‘Stateless Lunch’ held at Parliament to highlight China’s human rights abuses

Chinese President’s UK State Visit: 20-23 October

Ai Weiwei: To improve Tibet situation ‘system must change’

Protests against Chinese rule continue in Tibet

Spate of arrests in Tibet as China celebrates 50th anniversary of TAR

Mother of five self-immolates after house demolition

Chinese President calls for “anti-separatism battle” in Tibet

Tibetan nomad Runggye Adak released after eight year prison sentence

Sister and niece of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche released

Chinese authorities cremate Tenzin Delek’s body

State media say Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s death was due to heart attack

Sister and niece of Tulku detained

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s ashes confiscated

Sisters of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche temporarily detained

ACTION: Call on China to investigate death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Chinese authorities cremate Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s body

UK & US government statements on death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

Update on protests in Tibet; at least 15 injured

Self-immolation in Tibet following Dalai Lama’s birthday

Rinpoche denied visits from family

Lack of official information on Rinpoche’s death

Tibetans protest over death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

MP says ‘China has Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s blood on its hands’

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche dies in Chinese prison

Dalai Lama birthday celebrations banned in Tibet; three detained

China: End the repression of Uyghurs in East Turkestan

The Dalai Lama brings happiness to Glastonbury

The Dalai Lama to headline Glastonbury!

Family ordered to lie following self-immolation; five detained

UK parliament debates Tibet; government lacklustre in its response

Tibet to be debated in UK Parliament on Thursday 18 June

Mother of two self-immolates in Chone

Sunday: Mobile Billboard Calling on Liverpool FC Owner to Drop Controversial Deal With Chinese Company, Tibet Water, to tour the city ahead of Manchester City Match

LIVERPOOL FC SIGNS DANGEROUS DEAL WITH TIBET WATER