Tibet Action Institute
China Steals Language and Home Life From Tibetan Kids as Young as 4
By Josh Chin and Niharika Mandhana June 28, 2025 9:00 pm ET China has for at least two decades directed children in Tibet to state-run boarding schools at ever-younger ages, trying to gut Tibetan culture and blunt generations of opposition to...
Dr Gyal Lo at UN Human Rights Council: Tibetan Rights, Religion and Culture Threatened Amid China’s Interference in Dalai Lama Succession
For my generation, and for generations of Tibetans before and after mine, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not only our spiritual leader, but he is the living symbol of the Tibetan nation. He is the link to our...
Tibetan children subject to abuse in Chinese government schools
The World June 2, 2025 Original link: https://theworld.org/segments/2025/06/02/tibetan-children-subject-to-abuse-in-chinese-government-schools A new report from Tibet Action Institute documents a pattern of physical abuse and neglect in Chinese-run boarding schools that many are forced to attend. The report alleges that the schools...
China’s Reply to Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Boarding Schools Threaten Tibet’s Children, Future
May 28, 2025 Contact: Lhadon Tethong, Tibet Action Institute +1 (917) 418-4181 Children Face Abuse, Loss of Language and Culture in Chinese Government Boarding School System DOWNLOAD PDF REPORT HERE Boston – New evidence shows that Tibetan children face...
JOINT LETTER: Governments Must Call On Vietnam For An Independent Investigation Into Detention, Death & Cremation of Tibetan Leader
We, a coalition of 146 Tibet groups, are writing to you regarding the arrest, subsequent death and unauthorised cremation of Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, a highly revered Tibetan leader and the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] following reports that he was arrested in Vietnam in a joint operation between Chinese and Vietnamese authorities.
Tibet Groups Condemn Cremation of Deceased Tibetan Lama in Vietnam Without Family Consent Following his Death in Custody; Demand International Investi...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Body Reportedly Cremated Before Inquiry Fueling Suspicions of Chinese Involvement in Arrest and Death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche 21 April 2025 – Global Tibet groups voice vehement condemnation following reports of the cremation of Tulku Hungkar...
Joint Statement: Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Death in Custody of Tibetan Abbot Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje
We, the undersigned Tibet organisations, express our profound concern regarding the sudden death of 56-year old Tulku Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] while in detention in Vietnam in late March 2025. We note with alarm the lack of clarity around both the circumstances and exact cause of his death.









