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News · 13 Nov 2025

East Turkistan National Day & Uyghur Struggle for Self-Determination

Each year on November 12, the global Uyghur community unites to commemorate East Turkistan National Day. The day marks two historic moments of independence by the Uyghur people: th…

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News · 03 Oct, 2025

Global Resistance on China’s 76th National Day: Protests, Locations, and Digital Defiance

China marked its 76th National Day on October 1, 2025, commemorating the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949, the official celebrations in Beijing—complete with f…

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News · 01 Feb

China Tightens Religious Regulations for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Aiming to Sinicize Places of Worship: HRW

The Chinese government's latest move to tighten control over the religious practices of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region drew criticism from Human Rights Watch . Effective Februa…

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News · 01 Dec

World Uyghur Congress Advocates Urgent Action Against Uyghur Genocide at UN Event

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) marked a pivotal moment on 30 November 2023 at the United Nations (UN) event focused on utilizing the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to shed light …

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News · 22 Nov

Tibetan Exiles Testify on Chinese Human Rights Violations at Canadian Hearing

At the China Human Rights Forum in Ottawa organized by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held on November 20, Chemi Lhamo, a member of the "Free Tibet Student Movement…

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News · 02 Nov

Global Parliamentarians and Uyghur Advocates Convene in Tokyo to Address Uyghur Rights and Human Rights Abuses

The "International Uyghur Forum: Global Parliamentarian Convention" took place in Tokyo, Japan, from October 30 to 31, 2023, bringing together parliamentarians, Uyghur ri…

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News · 19 Oct

Canada issues Travel Advisory for Tibet and East Turkistan, Cautions Citizens about Security Risks

The Government of Canada has issued a travel advisory, urging its citizens to exercise caution when planning visits to Tibet and East Turkistan. This advisory comes amidst growing …

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News · 27 Sep

EU Raises Dire Situation in Tibet and Xinjiang at UN Human Rights Council Session

During the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the European Union (EU) took a strong stance by addressing the "dire situation" in Tibet and Xinjiang,…

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News · 25 July

U.S. Representatives Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle Imports Linked to Uyghur Forced Labor

U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL) have collaborated to introduce the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act, aimed at combating…

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News · 21 June

Australian MPs express concerns on ‘Colonial Boarding Schools’ and China’s interference in Dalai Lama’s succession

In a notable event held at the Australian Parliament on June 20, 2023, the House of Representatives and Senate paid tribute to Sikyong Penpa Tsering and his delegation from Tibet. …

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News · 08 June

APPG Tibet AGM held in UK Parliament: Concerns raised on Human Rights violations in Tibet

In a recent parliamentary session, concerns were raised about the ongoing human rights violations in Tibet, including restrictions on freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and a…

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News · 31 May

Lord David Alton Raises issue of forced labour in Tibet by CCP

Lord David Alton, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in a Parliamentary question, has asked the UK government about their assessment of the 2022 Trafficking in P…

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News · 18 May

World Uyghur Congress Urges Central Asian Governments to Speak Up Ahead of China-Central Asia Summit

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) alerted the Central Asian Governments’ responsibility to speak up, ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit, taking place on May 18-19 in Xi&rsq…

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News · 03 May

USCIRF Report Exposes China`s Religious Repression in Tibet Amidst Growing Human Rights Concerns

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released a new report highlighting the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in China in 2022. The report foc…

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News · 23 Mar

Chinese Nation Community Consciousness Building Research Centre inaugurated in occupied Tibet

A Chinese Nation Community Consciousness Building Research Center has been inaugurated in occupied Tibet. The center, which is located in the regional capital of Lhasa, is aimed at…

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News · 17 Mar

UN report exposes China’s human rights violations and oppression against Tibetans

Source: UN report The United Nations Convention on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights have recently released th…

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News · 29 Aug 2022

UHRP releases new report on Uyghur red dates Forced Labor

The Uyghurs Human Rights Project (UHRP) new report found that 20 percent of red dates in the global supply chain are likely tainted by Uyghur forced labor. The Xinjiang Constructio…

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News · 23 August 2022

China's development narrative fails to hide its invasion of Tibet

Lhasa: Continuing the narrative that Chinese Communist Party brought ‘development’ to an erstwhile undeveloped, poor Tibet, a Xinhua report has claimed that Tibet&rsquo…

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News · 19 August 2022

China focusses on Pairing assistance program in Tibet amid concerns

Lhasa: Chinese news media reports suggest that a conference on “pairing-up support for the Tibet Autonomous Region” was held on Thursday in Beijing, with focus on enhan…

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News · 17 August 2022

A new UN assessment points towards forced labor in Tibet and Xinjiang

According to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Modern Slavery, it is "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour has been occurring in the Ch…

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News · 20 July 2022

US Trafficking in Persons Report calls out Tibet's labor dispatch program

Washington DC: United States State Dept Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has listed China among the worst offenders of human trafficking and has also mentioned coercive elements…

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News · 25 June 2022

The Washington Declaration adopted at 8th WPCT

Washington DC : The eighth World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) was held in Washington DC, with over 100 participants…

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News · 22 June 2022

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) comes into force in US

Washington DC : The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which came into force on June 21, 2022, assumes that any product partly or wholly made in Xinjiang, north-west China…

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News · 10 June 2022

New research shows Xinjiang's labor transfers became acutely coercive in the first half of 2017

In a new paper titled "Unemployment Monitoring and Early Warning: New Trends in Xinjiang’s Coercive Labor Placement Systems”, Senior Fellow and Director in China S…

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News · 10 June 2022

EU parliament passes resolution recognizing China’s crimes against Uyghurs

Brussels : Members of the European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution calling the Chinese government’s systemic human rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uyghur m…

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News · 3 June 2022

PRC continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs: USCIRF Report

Washington DC: The Chinese government continued to vigorously implement its “sinicization of religion” policy and demand that religious groups and adherents support the…

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News · 28-Apr-22

USCIRF Recommends China as Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

Dharamshala : The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended China along with other countries such as Afghanistan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russ…

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Report · 30 August 2022

Looking Back at the Outgoing UN Rights Chief’s Uncertain Tibet Legacy

By Tenzin Samphel and Lakshmi P Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and head of the office is set to step down after her term ends on August 31…

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Report · 28 June 2022

What Chinese Media Coverage of Michelle Bachelet’s China Visit Tells Us

The visit of the United Nations Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet to China was a golden chance to probe the human rights situation in areas like Xinjiang and Tibet and to hold it acco…

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Report · 1 January 2022

Tibet Brief 2021

Introduction “My message for the Chinese government is Free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans.” Enes Kanter Freedom is perhaps the one significant voice in 2021 that mad…

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