U.S. Congressional briefing spotlights plight of ‘Captive Nations’ East Turkestan, Tibet, and Southern Mongolia

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By Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, July 23: A Congressional briefing marked ‘Captive Nations Week 2025’ by spotlighting the ongoing struggles of East Turkistan, Tibet, and Southern Mongolia held in the Rayburn House Office Building of the U.S. Congress in Washington DC on Monday. 

Organised under Public Law 86-90 of the United States , the Captive Nations Resolution of 1959, the event brought together exiled leaders, national security experts, and Congressional staff to address what speakers described as the continued occupation, cultural genocide, and political erasure of these nations under the Chinese Communist regime.

The Captive Nations Resolution formally recognises nations oppressed by communist imperialism and calls on the United States to support their liberation. East Turkestan and Tibet are explicitly named in the resoluti...

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