Urge the Human Rights Commissioner to Visit Tibetan Nomads
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, is expected to visit China this year, including to East Turkestan [CH: Xinjiang]. However, despite the deep and worsening situation in occupied Tibet, the High Commissioner has not stated that she has plans to visit Tibet.
URGENT: TIBETAN NOMAD AND ENVIRONMENT ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO SEVEN-YEARS IN PRISON
A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad, environmental activist and respected local leader from eastern Tibet. On 4 September 2018 he was detained and beaten by Chinese security officers in Amdo.
URGENT: TIBETAN NOMAD AND ENVIRONMENT ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO SEVEN-YEARS IN PRISON
URGENT: A-Nya Sengdra's trial will start on 5 December 2019 - he is facing up to 10-years for a crime he did not commit
In 1995 a young Tibetan boy called Gedhun Choekyi Nyima disappeared after he’d been recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet; he was just six years old and he became the world’s youngest political prisoner held captive by the Chinese government.
He is now 30 years old and has been missing for almost 25 years.
In 1995 a young Tibetan boy called Gedhun Choekyi Nyima disappeared after he’d been recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet; he was just six years old and he became the world’s youngest political prisoner held captive by the Chinese government.
He is now 30 years old, and has been missing for almost 25 years.
In November 2018 the UN Human Right Council will once again review and scrutinise China's human rights record during the Universal Periodic Review.
URGENT: Release Tashi Wangchuk
Tashi Wangchuk, an innocent Tibetan shopkeeper and language advocate, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by Chinese authorities on false charges of ‘inciting separatism’. HIS CRIME? Publicly seeking his right to Tibetan language education.
URGENT: Release Tashi Wangchuk
Tashi Wangchuk, an innocent Tibetan shopkeeper and language advocate, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by Chinese authorities on false charges of ‘inciting separatism’. HIS CRIME? Publicly seeking his right to Tibetan language education.
