Dharamshala — Gaden Tri Rinpoche, Jangtse Choeje Rinpoche, the abbots of the member monasteries of Geluk International Foundation, and their academic advisors, Prof Virander Chauhan, Ashok Thakur, and Prof Prakash Chandra, met His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to discuss the establishment of a "Buddhist Institute" to preserve the unique form of study introduced at Nalanda Monastic University in Bihar, India in the 5th century.
Stop genocide in Tibet: Tibetans protest at Chinese Consulate in New York
New York — Tibetans staged a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in New York on June 25, 2022, to raise awareness of the Tibetan issue and human rights violations committed in the region by the Chinese authorities. "Stop killing in Tibet, stop torturing in Tibet, stop the genocide in Tibet, stop lying to the world, Free Tibet, China out", they shouted in protest against the Chinese government.
Chinese ambassador meets Tibetan and East Turkestan protest at UTS
Several peaceful protests disrupted a speech by the Chinese ambassador at the University of Technology Sydney on Friday, over genocide and human rights abuses in Tibet and East Turkestan, and the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong.
8th World Congress of Parliamentarians on Tibet wraps up with a Declaration
Washington, D.C — “The participants call on all parliaments to take coordinated action, and to hold their governments accountable for upholding international law in regard to Tibet, including by fulfilling their States’ obligations and responsibilities under international law to treat Tibet as an occupied country and not as a part of China,” stated the Washington DC Declaration of eighth World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet, held from 22 to 23 June 2022.
Tibet was never part of China: Prof Hon-Shiang Lau
Washington DC — “China’s pre-1949 official historical records clearly show that, before the PRC invaded Tibet in 1950, Tibet was never part of China. Sadly, today many governments incorrectly believe this ridiculous lie, and this is part of the reason why many western democracies fail to provide adequate support for upholding Tibet’s sovereignty,” said Hon-Shiang Lau, in his testimony at Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing entitled “Tibet: Barriers to Settling an Unresolved Conflict.”
Tibetan children become the target of Xi's campaign to establish a Han-centred education system
Geneva — The Chinese government's policies to reform Tibet's education system by violating the fundamental rights of Tibetans to receive education in their mother tongue was raised at the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on June 24, 2022.
Tibetans in Tibet continue to face political repression: Tibetan Parliament at WPCT
Washington DC — “Tibetans in Tibet continue to face political repression, cultural and social exclusion, economic and educational marginalization, and massive environmental destruction,” said the Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile at the eighth World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet, June 22, 2022.