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Tibetan activist dies after years campaigning for a free Tibet

22nd June 2017
Sherab Tsedor passed away yesterday after a heart attack A Tibetan activist and self-immolation...Read more

Blog: A shout for Tibet

21st June 2017
In 2008, China was hosting the Olympic Games and whilst making an international public show of beating its chest with...Read more

Blog: How it feels to lead a nationless nation

13th June 2017
An interview with Dr Lobsang Sangay by guest writer Charlotte Wigram-Evans.Read more

Blog: From the Highlands to the Himalayas

7th June 2017
In 1995 I was working in north-east India, in an area with a strong Tibetan community, called Kalimpong.Read more

Blog: The great firewall of China

1st June 2017
As the Digital Officer at Free Tibet, I spend much of my time in the online world. A large part of my job is taking the...Read more

Restrictions limit Tibetans at key Saga Dawa festivities

31st May 2017
Authorities in Lhasa have imposed harsh controls on hotels, restaurants and a school in the city...Read more

Trump budget proposal slashes aid to Tibetans

30th May 2017
State Department budget proposal would cut aid to two key Tibetan organisations Over a million...Read more

Blog: Not made in China

23rd May 2017
The shop not only acts as a mechanism for raising funds to support our campaigning work, but also as a vehicle for...Read more

Tibetan monk dies after self-immolating in eastern Tibet

20th May 2017
Jamyang Losel is the fourth Tibetan to have carried out a self-immolation protest this year A Tibetan...Read more

Parents of self-immolation protester Chakdor Kyab held by police

19th May 2017
This is the second time that Chakdor Kyab's parents have been detained this month The parents of...Read more

Self-Immolation Protestor Released

15th May 2017
Lobsang Gyatso has been released after five years’ imprisonment A monk who carried out a self-...Read more

First Ever Tibetan Calligraphy Day Celebrated

12th May 2017
Tibetan Calligraphy Day was devised to celebrate Tibet's unique language and writing system On 30...Read more

Tibetan teenager sets himself on fire

10th May 2017
16-year-old Chakdor Kyab is one of the youngest Tibetans to have carried out a self-immolation protest...Read more

Blog: Free Tibet in Latvia

10th May 2017
I’ve recently returned from an exhausting but wonderful trip to Riga, the capital of Latvia. This was the...Read more

Two Tibetan prisoners released

4th May 2017
Tsedup Kyi and Jamphel returned home to grand welcomes following their releases Free Tibet has...Read more

Tibetan environmental protest leader Tsewang Kyab dies

3rd May 2017
The leader of protests against a gold mine has died 11 months after police left him hospitalised...Read more

Tibetan political prisoner freed after nine-year jail term

28th April 2017
The monk, in his mid-40s, was arrested following widespread protests across Tibet in March 2008...Read more

Monk released after three years in prison

21st April 2017
Lobsang Gyatso was imprisoned for protesting with a hand-drawn Tibetan flag in 2014 A Tibetan monk...Read more

Blog: Back from Brussels

20th April 2017
This year, the “intersection of technology and human rights” was located in Brussels. I’m talking...Read more

VIDEO: Monk carries out self-immolation protest in Tibet

16th April 2017
The unnamed monk was taken away by police, his current condition and whereabouts are unknown A monk...Read more

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