International Campaign for Tibet

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has been closely monitoring the humanitarian disaster following the devastating mudslides and flooding on Aug. 26, 2026 in Kyirong (Chinese: Gyirong) County in Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet, and in several districts of Nepal, including Rasuwa and Nuwakot. ICT mourns the loss of life among local communities on both sides of the Nepal-Ti...

Recent photographic evidence and satellite imagery show Chinese authorities are continuing their latest round of demolitions of monastic residences at the Serthar Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy, popularly known as Larung Gar, in Serthar (Chinese: Seda), Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province in eastern Tibet. The International Campaign for Tibet...

Despite guarantees under China’s Prisons Law, Chinese authorities have repeatedly denied requests by lawyers of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi (Duoji Zhaxi) to visit him, including requests made as recently as July-August, according to an August 12, 2026-dated post on Chinese social media describing lawyers’ failed attempts to arrange such visits. Authorities hav...

Seventh-generation leadership in Tibet will be shaped by two guiding principles that institutionalize centralized Party control and accelerate Beijing’s forced assimilation of Tibetans: the Ethnic Unity and Progress Law and Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building.

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) released its 2026 Tibet Leadership Report, an annual rep...

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) prepares for its 21st Party Congress in 2027, developments in 2025–2026 indicate that Beijing is cultivating a more repressive leadership in Tibet to deepen political control and accelerate its policies of forced assimilation of Tibetans. Leadership appointments, new legislation such as the “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Pr...