NEWSLETTERS
Tibet Update – April 2026
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ICT President provides Updates from India
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ICT President Tencho Gyatso shares updates on the latest news, including the just concluded Central Tibetan Administration elections, direct from India.
ICT and partners prepare to galvanize Congressional support during Tibet Lobby Day 2026
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The International Campaign for Tibet and partner organizations are organizing Tibet Lobby Day on June 8 and 9, 2026, when hundreds of Tibet supporters and Tibetan Americans from across the United States will come to Washington, DC to meet with their Members of Congress.
China’s enforced disappearance and sentencing of Venerable Dhargye
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ICT spotlights the enforced disappearance and secret sentencing of Venerable Dhargye, a 63-year-old Tibetan monk, as a stark illustration of China’s escalating campaign of religious repression and judicial secrecy in Tibet.
New Czech Senate resolution challenges China’s interference in Dalai Lama’s succession
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The Senate of the Czech Republic last month adopted a resolution opposing Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama and affirming the Tibetan people’s right to choose their own spiritual leader.
China’s new five-year plan drives enforced assimilation in Tibet
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) makes clear that the Chinese Communist Party is prioritizing its own political goals over the development of the Tibetan people.
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- ICT President provides Updates from India
- ICT and partners prepare to galvanize Congressional support during Tibet Lobby Day 2026
- China’s enforced disappearance and sentencing of Venerable Dhargye
- New Czech Senate resolution challenges China’s interference in Dalai Lama’s succession
- China’s new five-year plan drives enforced assimilation in Tibet
- Sign up to get texts from ICT!
- Days of Compassion at the Museum of Moving Images
- Keep an eye on ICT’s online store…
- Smarter ways to fund ICT’s work and save on taxes
EVENTS
Days of Compassion at the Museum of Moving Images
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If you are in the New York City area on May 9-11, please join the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Museum of Moving Images (MoMI) for Days of Compassion, a special two-day cultural program presented in honor of the Year of Compassion, celebrating the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Immerse yourself in Tibetan culture through art, film, and community workshops.
Weekend Highlights
- Sand Mandala Creation: Observe the meticulous two-day creation of a sand mandala by monks from the Gyumed Tara Temple in Queens. The program concludes Sunday afternoon with a ceremonial destruction of the mandala, honoring the Buddhist ideal of impermanence.
- Saturday: Film Screening: In Conversation with Richard Gere
- Sunday: Film Screening: New Tibetan Films, featuring the documentary Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love & Loss and the narrative short My Sweet Pala
- A reading of Heart to Heart with author/artist Patrick McDonnell
- A Tibetan Calligraphy Workshop led by artist Lobsang Choephel
- Mindfulness workshops and prayer flag hanging in the MoMI Courtyard.
SUPPORT TIBET
Keep an eye on ICT’s online store…
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Keep your eyes on the ICT online store for a new artist collaboration later this month! We’ll be adding some exciting new items … Until then, check out all of the Heart to Heart items we have as part of our collaboration with renowned illustrator Patrick McDonnell.
We have just a few copies of ICT’s 2026 calendar remaining! Great Compassion is a celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and the power of compassion—the quiet strength and the power it holds to heal and transform. We are deeply honored to collaborate with our friends at Mutts Comics to share some of our favorite illustrations and quotes from Heart to Heart, a remarkable collaboration between His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and renowned illustrator Patrick McDonnell. With gentle wisdom and moving simplicity, this book invites us to reflect on our connection to one another and to this Earth we all live on. It is a call for a Compassionate Revolution—a reminder, as His Holiness writes, that “we are indeed all members of a single family, sharing one little house.”
Smarter ways to fund ICT’s work and save on taxes
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Every day, ICT works to promote freedom for Tibetans. And you can help support this work—without spending a dollar from your bank account. By donating appreciated stock or crypto, giving from your IRA (if you’re 70.5 or older), or recommending a Donor-Advised Fund grant, you can make a tax-smart gift that powers our work and changes lives.