Stop forced nomadic resettlement

For centuries, nomads have lived sustainably with the delicate eco-system of the vast Tibetan plateau.

But now, hundreds of thousands of Tibetan nomads are being wrenched off their land and thrown into desolate tenement housing where they are no longer able to sustain themselves. The land is cleared to make way for strip-mining projects which seriously damage the environment.

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China passes death sentences to Tibetans


On 8 April 2009, four Tibetans were sentenced to death for their alleged role in starting fatal fires in Lhasa during the protests which swept across Tibet in March 2008. On 21 April, it emerged that a further Tibetan, 21-year-old Penkyi (left) had also received a death sentence.

Free Tibet condemns the use of the death penalty under any circumstances, and also believes that these trials did not follow universally respected legal safeguards, making the convictions unsafe Help us to pressure the Chinese Government and our own politicians into reversing the death sentences and conducting fair, just trials.
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Help prevent a massacre in Tibet

Last spring, your support helped us to expose brutal crackdowns in Tibet as thousands protested against Chinese rule. Tragically, similar cases are beginning to emerge today.

In just one day this year, 5,766 Tibetans were rounded up and questioned in Lhasa as part of China's 'Strike Hard' campaign. In February 2009, Free Tibet obtained new photos from Labrang which confirm that the Chinese Government is flooding Tibetan areas with troops on the eve of sensitive anniversaries in Tibet. After two days of protests and the shooting of a monk this month, it is clear that the Chinese Government is preparing itself for further protests.

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End torture in Tibet

Following the arrest of thousands of peaceful protesters in March and April, at least 1,249 Tibetan men, women and children are unaccounted for and at serious risk of torture.
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Despite torture being prohibited, Free Tibet has exposed how torture is used by China as a weapon against opposition and protest.

In November, Free Tibet gave evidence to the United Nations of systematic torture in Tibet. We highlighted the failure of legal safeguards and revealed Chinese policies which create the conditions in which torture is likely to occur,

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Tibet is not part of China

The British government issued a Written Statement on 29 October, in which Foreign Secretary David Miliband stated that “we [the British Government] regard Tibet as part of the People’s Republic of China”.

Until now, Britain has been one of the few nations to resist recognising Tibet as Chinese territory. This highly disappointing action has already had some devastating effects.

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