August 18, 2026
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 Progress Law,” and Party directives centered on “Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building” signal further consolidation of centralized Party authority through an emphasis on ideological loyalty and implementation of central policy, reinforcing a governance model where political conformity takes precedence over meaningful Tibetan representation.
June 26, 2026
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) today released Justice Denied: The Pattern of Deaths in and After Custody in Tibet, a report documenting at least 16 cases of Tibetans who died in Chinese detention or shortly after release between 2014 and 2026. ICT is publishing the report to coincide with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, both to commemorate the day and to speak out and seek justice for Tibetan victims who have died at the hands of Chinese authorities.
NEW PRC ETHNIC UNITY AND PROGRESS LAW ENFORCES ASSIMILATION [...]
December 11, 2025
The Tibetan language is undergoing a an alarming transformation transformation that is threatening its very survival in Tibet. Subtle changes in official Chinese policies over the years have resulted in the marginalization of the Tibetan language, narrowing scope for further studies for Tibetans, limitations on academic disciplines, and reducing their employment prospects.
May 20, 2025
An analysis of developments relating to Tibetan officials working for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) system since our previous report in March 2024 reveals that China is facing an acute crisis of nurturing credible Tibetan officials who can command the respect of the Tibetan people while doing the CCP’s bidding.
CHINESE HYDROPOWER: DAMNING TIBET’S CULTURE, COMMUNITY, AND ENVIRONMENT
The People’s Republic of China’s hydropower and dam projects are increasingly leading to massive human rights violations and environmental damage in Tibet. Since Asia’s largest rivers originate in the Tibetan plateau, the construction of hydroelectric dams in Tibet also threaten the water supply, livelihoods and health of up to 1.8 billion people across China, South and Southeast Asia.
BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION OF CHINA TAKES A LEADING ROLE IN CHINA’S ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL AND FORCIBLY RESHAPE TIBETAN BUDDHISM
The Buddhist Association of China (BAC), a supposedly non-political organization, is becoming a key instrument in the Chinese Communist Party’s strategy to assimilate and transform Tibetan Buddhism, particularly in relation to the search for and recognition of reincarnate lamas.
March 4, 2024
It is the season of China’s annual meetings in Beijing of its National People’s Congress (parliament) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (political advisory body). Popularly called the “Two Sessions,” China has also been using these sessions to tout how well Tibetans and others who are dubbed “ethnic minorities” are enjoying their rights.
NATIONAL PARKS, RURAL REVITALIZATION?
Over the years, under the pretext of uplifting the Tibetan people, Chinese authorities have been using their policy initiatives in Tibet to fulfill their objective of strengthening their hold on them and using Tibet as a resource to meet the needs of ever-increasing Chinese consumer markets. This report focuses on two such policy initiatives, rural revitalization and national parks.
GENERATION CHANGE: 10 YEARS OF XI JINPING’S SINIFICATION AND SECURITIZATION OF TIBETANS
Looking at the past 10 years of Xi Jinping rule (2012-2022), Tibetan optimism about him ushering in a more lenient policy, including a possible solution of the Tibetan issue, was misplaced. Rather, Xi has brought forth a new period of strengthened control.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OF TIBET: CHINA’S PERSECUTION OF TIBETAN ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
Between 2012 and 2020, approximately 1,540 land and environmental defenders globally were killed. In 2019, an estimated 40% of the 304 human rights defenders killed were environmental defenders.
PARTY ABOVE BUDDHISM: CHINA’S SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF TIBETAN MONASTERIES AND NUNNERIES
In the highly securitized contemporary Tibet, Buddhist monks and nuns form the single largest group assailed by the government of China for their persistent resistance against the state’s destruction of Tibetan culture and identity.