Brussels – Eleven young Tibetans and Tibet supporters from across Europe gathered in Brussels last week for the 2025 edition of the Tibetan Empowerment Days, a training and advocacy program coordinated by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), with support from the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
The four-day event in the Belgian capital, also home to the EU’s main institutions, opened on September 22nd with a one-day capacity-building workshop at ICT offices, where participants – coming from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands – deepened their knowledge about the EU and its human rights policies and the current situation in Tibet. They also took part in communications exercises that strengthened their confidence in advocating for the Tibetan cause clearly and persuasively.
They then took their concerns and messages directly to policymakers through meetings with Members of the European Parliament (M...





