OLYMPICS AND TIBET

Why Tibet matters at Beijing 2022

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FREEDOM HOUSE RANKS TIBET AS WORLD’S CO-LEAST FREE COUNTRY

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OF TIBET’S SCHOOLS TEACH IN MANDARIN INSTEAD OF TIBETAN

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TIBETANS HAVE SELF-IMMOLATED SINCE 2009

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TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE CURRENTLY IN DETENTION

6,000-7,000
MONKS AND NUNS WERE EVICTED FROM TWO MAJOR BUDDHIST INSTITUTES

OVER 1/2 MILLION
TIBETANS WERE FORCED INTO COERCIVE LABOR PROGRAM

1.5 BILLION
LIVES THREATENED ACROSS ASIA BY CHINA’S WATER POLICIES IN TIBET

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FREEDOM HOUSE RANKS TIBET AS WORLD’S CO-LEAST FREE COUNTRY

0%

OF TIBET’S SCHOOLS TEACH IN MANDARIN INSTEAD OF TIBETAN

0

TIBETANS HAVE SELF-IMMOLATED SINCE 2009

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TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE CURRENTLY IN DETENTION

6,000-7,000
MONKS AND NUNS WERE EVICTED FROM TWO MAJOR BUDDHIST INSTITUTES

OVER 1/2 MILLION
TIBETANS WERE FORCED INTO COERCIVE LABOR PROGRAM

1.5 BILLION
LIVES THREATENED ACROSS ASIA BY CHINA’S WATER POLICIES IN TIBET

TELL NBC TO COVER TIBET AT THE OLYMPICS

By airing the Beijing Winter Olympics, NBC is giving the Chinese government a platform to spread its propaganda. Tell the network it must give equal time to the victims of China’s oppression.

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TAKE ACTION

Raise your voice for the Tibetan people at the Beijing Winter Olympics

US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: TAKE A STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Send a message calling on the US Olympic Committee to take a stand for human rights. Our own Olympic Committee must provide full support to American athletes who call out China’s crimes in Tibet or elsewhere—and stand up for what’s right.

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TAKE ACTION

Raise your voice for the Tibetan people at the Beijing Winter Olympics

TELL NBC TO COVER TIBET AT THE OLYMPICS

By airing the Beijing Winter Olympics, NBC is giving the Chinese government a platform to spread its propaganda. Tell the network it must give equal time to the victims of China’s oppression.

TAKE ACTION »

US OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: TAKE A STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Send a message calling on the US Olympic Committee to take a stand for human rights. Our own Olympic Committee must provide full support to American athletes who call out China’s crimes in Tibet or elsewhere—and stand up for what’s right.

TAKE ACTION »

LEARN MORE

Read our briefing paper on the Olympics and our open letter to NBC

OLYMPIC DESCENT: REPRESSION IN TIBET SINCE BEIJING 2008

By airing the Beijing Winter Olympics, NBC is giving the Chinese government a platform to spread its propaganda. Tell the network it must give equal time to the victims of China’s oppression.

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OPEN LETTER TO NBC: COVER TIBET AT BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS

We call on NBC to include the human rights crisis in Tibet as part of its coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Failing to do so would be a disservice to NBC’s audience and an act of complicity that history won’t forget.

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