March 13, 2025 "The right of the Tibetan people to be the custodians of their own homeland cannot be indefinitely denied, nor can their aspiration for freedom be crushed forever through oppression." These are the Dalai Lama’s words as...

March 11, 2025 China’s 14th Five-Year Plan in Tibet targets forced assimilation of Tibetans and gateway to South Asia This year China’s 14th five-year plan enters its final year of implementation (having begun in 2021). An analysis of the...

March 7, 2025 On the 66th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetans’ national uprising against China’s illegal occupation of their country, the International Campaign for Tibet calls on the international community to strengthen their support to the Tibetan people’s peaceful...

March 5, 2025 This weekend saw the beginning of a somber observance of the Tibetan New Year as Tibetans reflected on the recent earthquake inside Tibet and the death of Kasur Gyalo Thondup, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s brother....

March 3, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) echoes criticism by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, regarding the human rights situation in Tibet. In his Global Update before the UN Human Rights Council in...

February 25, 2025 This year, New York City is adding another holiday to the list that determines administrative functions such as parking restrictions: Losar, the Tibetan New Year. Losar – which is celebrated by Tibetans and other Himalayan communities,...

February 24, 2025 China announced on Feb 23, 2025 that it had expelled two former senior Tibetan officials from Yunnan from the Communist Party after being investigated for “serious violations of discipline and law.” This is the usual vague...

February 8, 2025 Kasur Gyalo Thondup, one of the prime figures in modern Tibetan history and the second eldest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, passed away today at his home in Kalimpong, India. He was 97 years...

February 7, 2025 Are you interested in the US political process and discourse around foreign policy vis-à-vis China and Tibet? Do you feel driven to become a leader within the Tibetan community? Established in 2001, ICT’s Tibetan Youth Leadership...

February 5, 2025 As an organization dedicated to working for human rights and the democratic freedom of the Tibetan people, the International Campaign for Tibet deeply regrets the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Human Rights Council....

January 30, 2025 The European Parliament’s Friends of Tibet group held today its first meeting following last year’s European elections, marking a significant step forward in continued support for Tibet within the European Union. Convened by Member of the...

January 24, 2025 The new year opened with a devastating 7.1 magnitude (6.8 according to the Chinese Government) earthquake in western Tibet amid the freezing winter. Unlike crisis reporting from around the world, not a single international media outlet...

January 24, 2025 During the just concluded annual meetings of the People’s Congress and the Political Consultative Conference, popularly called the “Two Sessions” (Chinese: Lianghui), of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Chinese authorities announced the “election” of new leaders...

January 15, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) welcomes a statement by several UN human rights experts, whose comments included a discussion of the cases of nine missing Tibetans. The post UN human rights experts demand information from...

Tibet is the source of the headwaters of the 8 major rivers of Asia. These rivers are the lifeblood of South and Southeast Asia, providing sustenance, livelihoods, and economic opportunity to 1.8 billion people downstream. However, the Chinese government...

January 7, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) expresses its deep sorrow following the powerful earthquake that struck the Shigatse region in Tibet on January 7, 2025. ICT calls on the Chinese government to ensure that all relief...

January 6, 2025 The Rowell Fund for Tibet’s Advisory Board has awarded $26,000 in grants to support eight distinctive projects for 2025. These projects aim to preserve Tibetan culture and heritage in the face of contemporary challenges. These include...

January 3, 2025 The International Campaign for Tibet and our members across America and the globe join in mourning the passing of President Carter, reflecting on his life and considering the messages of fairness, kindness, compassion, and respect for...

December 26, 2024 The Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) released its annual report on December 20, highlighting severe human rights violations in Tibet. The report indicates a lack of interest from Chinese officials in resuming negotiations with the...

December 20, 2024 In a startling revelation 14 years after the devastating 2010 Kyegudo (Jyekundo) or Yulshul (Yushu) earthquake that left around 3000 dead, a former Tibetan member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has accused local authorities in...

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is now accepting applications for the Washington Internship Program for Tibetan Americans (WIPTA) for summer 2025. The deadline to apply is January 17, 2025. WIPTA will provide two to three Tibetan American undergraduate...

December 20, 2024 The Advisory Board of the Schrucker Fellowship for the Arts is pleased to announce the awarding of $20,000 in grants through the inaugural cycle of the Schrucker Fellowship for the Arts, supporting eight innovative projects by...

December 17, 2024 Three important provisions defending the rights of Tibetans were approved by Congress today with the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The success of these provisions despite the obstacles posed by a divided Congress...

December 16, 2024 Geshe Lobsang Monlam, founder of Monlam Tibetan IT Research Center, delivered remarks at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China as a witness for a hearing entitled “The Preservation of Memory: Combating the CCP’s Historical Revisionism and Erasure...

December 12, 2024 In a statement delivered yesterday at the 17th UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, the International Campaign for Tibet expressed its deep concern over the Chinese government’s systematic erasure of the Tibetan people’s identity through...

December 10, 2024 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) briefed Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the dire human rights situation in Tibet during a meeting of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights this week. The meeting,...

December 9, 2024 Washington, D.C. – This evening, the International Campaign for Tibet presented the Light of Truth Award to Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi for her career long commitment to the people of Tibet and bringing light to the...

December 6, 2024 Washington, D.C. - The Boards of the International Campaign for Tibet have decided to bestow Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi with the Light of Truth Award in consideration of her nearly four decades of putting a spotlight...

December 5, 2024 A new International Campaign for Tibet report finds China’s rapid hydropower dam scheme is causing irreparable damage to the Tibetan civilization, the environment, downstream nations, and the climate. Its agenda disregards the human impact, the science,...

CHINESE HYDROPOWER: DAMNING TIBET’S CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND ENVIRONMENT The People’s Republic of China’s hydropower and dam projects are increasingly leading to massive human rights violations and environmental damage in Tibet. Since Asia’s largest rivers originate in the Tibetan plateau,...