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Statement of the Kashag on the 66th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day

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10th March 2025
On this date, sixty-six years ago, in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, Tibetans from all three provinces unitedly rose up against the illegal occupation of Tibet and China’s brutal inhumane policies and practices in Tibet. Under the violent suppression of Chinese forces, over a million Tibetans lost their precious lives and compelled the legitimate Tibetan government led by His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama, followed by approximately 80,000 Tibetans into exile. This marks the darkest and most critical period in the history of Tibet. As we commemorate the Tibetan National Uprising Day, we honour our brave martyrs, and express solidarity with our brothers and sisters inside Tibet who continue to languish under the oppressive Chinese government.

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Sikyong Corrects Losar Announcement: Only USAID Cut, PRM Funding Remains Intact

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 4 March: Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has confirmed on Monday that US foreign aid under the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) to the Tibetan exile community will continue, despite his earlier announcement about a complete halt to US foreign aid to Tibetans, including USAID and PRM, on the second day of the Tibetan new year (Losar) on 1 March.

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58th  UN Human Rights Council: China Preemptively Dismisses Human Rights Violations as Interference in Internal Affairs 

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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 26 Feb: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemned human rights as a pretext for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, an excuse often used by Beijing to hide from its gross violation of human rights in occupied Tibet and other occupied areas. Wang Yi made the remarks during the first day of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, which is scheduled to continue till 4 April.

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From Chinese Prison to Geneva, Namkyi Details Surveillance and Torture in Occupied Tibet

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 19, Feb: After being released from a Chinese prison, an exiled Tibetan activist and former political prisoner, Namkyi, faced an impossible choice: either continue staying in occupied Tibet under perpetual repression and round-the-clock Chinese surveillance or flee her homeland to expose the plight of other Tibetan political prisoners in occupied Tibet under Chinese rule.

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No Space For Dissent, China Turns Occupied Tibet Into Panopticon

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 17, Feb: Heavy state surveillance coupled with China’s authoritarian rule have effectively eradicated every space for dissent in occupied Tibet,  the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said in its latest report asserting that China has transformed occupied Tibet into a “panopticon”, where individuals are constantly conscious of being monitored, regardless of whether an actual observer is present.

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112 Years After Independence Declaration: China’s ‘Xizang’ Term Threatens Tibet’s Identity

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: A panel of leaders issued a joint statement today condemning China’s use of the colonial term “Xizang” for Tibet, calling on the international community to reject this nomenclature and take immediate action against attempts to erase Tibet’s distinct identity from global discourse on the 112th anniversary of the proclamation of Tibetan independence by the 13th Dalai Lama.

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