Dalai Lama Wraps Up North American Visit [Photos Included]

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HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA His Holiness the Dalai Lama in North America His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently completed public talks and teachings in North America. To see images from his visit click here » AROUND THE WORLD China's human rights failures highlighted at UN Chinese diplomats faced challenges and questions over their Tibet policies during the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of China’s human rights record, held at the UN offices in Geneva on October 22. Eleven countries raised the Tibet issue during the time allotted for questions, seen as a broadening and deepening of concern for Tibet over China’s previous UPR in 2009, when four countries specifically mentioned Tibet at the Council session. Spanish court indicts former China leader over Tibet policies A potentially groundbreaking lawsuit brought before the Spanish National Court received a major boost on October 9, when the court indicted China’s former leader Hu Jintao for his role related to genocide in Tibet. The ruling could potentially result in Hu’s arrest if he were to travel outside of China, or result in his bank accounts overseas being frozen. INSIDE TIBET Widening security response follows crackdown in Tibet New images received by ICT and others show the expanding crackdown that started when local Tibetans refused to raise the Chinese flag in the Tibetan area of Nagchu on October 1 in honor of China’s National Day, resulting in security personnel opening fire on a peaceful demonstration. Officials in Lhasa have directed police to monitor the activities of Tibetans from Nagchu, while a peaceful protest was held in front of a police station in a neighboring Tibetan area of Sichuan province on October 12, after a Tibetan monk who is originally from Nagchu was detained. ICT continues to call upon the international community to investigate the shooting, and international groups, including Amnesty International, have joined in condemning these state-approved acts of violence against peaceful Tibetan protestors. INDEPENDENT REPORTS Reports highlight tense security crackdown in Tibet On October 10, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) released its 2013 annual report, in which it describes a harsh security atmosphere throughout Tibetan areas. Despite “official concern over the spread of self-immolation” as a means of protest, the CECC found that Chinese authorities “maintained policies and practices that exacerbate tension.” Tibetans lack freedom of communication Freedom House’s recently released annual report on global internet freedom found Tibetans to be “particularly vulnerable” to China’s state security apparatus, and noted the “unprecedented levels of surveillance targeting Tibetans, including searches of mobile devises.” These findings come at a crucial time, when Tibetans are prosecuted and imprisoned on long sentences for even low-level information sharing.       MATCH CHALLENGE All donations to ICT will be matched up to $250,000 by Richard Gere! We are so grateful to all of the generous members who have already supported this special campaign- thank you! DISCUSSION Please join the conversation and stay updated by subscribing to the ICT blog's RSS feed. » UN Committee to China: resolve grievances that have led to self-immolation by children, report on Panchen Lama’s whereabouts By: Elena Gaita UPCOMING EVENT November 1 ICT Lecture: The Concept and Practice of Traditional Tibetan Medicine Join us at our Washington, DC office for a talk by Dr Tsewang Tamdin, Visiting Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Chairman, High Level Tibetan Medicine and Astro Institute (TMAI). Details » When: November 1, 3pm Where: ICT, 1825 Jefferson Pl NW RSVP: rsvp@savetibet.org - Free and open to the public - Can't make it in person? Watch the event live at: www.ustream.tv/channel/ict-lecture-series » 2014 ICT CALENDAR The 2014 calendar is now available online! To get yours for $14.99 plus shipping, please visit www.savetibetstore.org. The 2014 calendar, The Tibetans, provides a glimpse of Tibetans in their homeland featuring exquisite images of Tibetans wearing a wide variety of hats.   The Tibet Update eNewsletter is a bimonthly summary of news and governmental actions related to Tibet. Past issues in PDF format are located at www.savetibet.org/newsroom/tibet-weekly-updates.

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