The Government of Canada Responds to Parliamentary Report on Human Rights in Tibet
OTTAWA, October 17, 2023 – The Canadian Government has officially responded to the recommendations made in the report, titled “The Human Rights Situation of Tibetans and the Chinese Residential Boarding School and Pre-School System”. The report was commissioned by the House of Commons Standing Subcommittee on Human Rights, a subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Foreign […]
Uyghur and Tibetan Advocacy Groups Unite on Parliament Hill to Highlight Collective Struggles
Ottawa, September 28th, 2023 — On September 28th, Uyghur and Tibetan advocacy groups joined forces to organize a joint parliamentary event on Parliament Hill, shedding light on the shared challenges faced by the Uyghur and Tibetan communities. The event, which is timed with the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), […]
CTC congratulates MP Arif Virani for being appointed as Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Ottawa, July 28, 2023 – CTC extends heartfelt congratulations to the Honourable MP Arif Virani on his distinguished appointment as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Since assuming office in 2015, Mr. Virani has demonstrated exemplary leadership as the chair of Parliamentary Friends of Tibet Canada (PFT). Through his pivotal role within […]
Canada’s Parliamentary Committee Issues Tibet Report: Demands a more-focused Tibet policy from Government of Canada
Ottawa, June 19, 2023: A new report on the situation inside Tibet has been tabled by the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on International Human Rights (SDIR) (1). The report, entitled “The Human Rights Situation of Tibetans and the Chinese Residential Boarding School and Preschool System”, includes 18 wide-ranging recommendations (2). The recommendations confirm the full support of Canadian […]
Building Multi-Party Consensus: Representative Namgyal Choedup’s Visit to Ottawa to Rally Canadian Support for Resolving the Tibet Issue
Ottawa, June 16, 2023 – During his three-day visit to Ottawa, Dr. Namgyal Choedup, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Office of Tibet in Washington DC, engaged in discussions with Canadian parliamentarians and government officials, seeking their assistance in resolving the Sino-Tibetan conflict. On the first day of the visit, Representative […]
Canada Calls for Immediate Release of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama
Toronto/Ottawa, May 17, 2023 – Today marks 28 years since the alleged illegal abduction of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama by the Chinese authorities. At the tender age of six, the Panchen Lama and his family disappeared without a trace, with no news of his whereabouts or wellbeing since that day in 1995. In response, the […]
Canada Tibet Lobby Day 2023
Ottawa, May 11, 2023 – The annual Canada Tibet Lobby Day was marked by a renewed call for the continued support of human rights in Tibet. This appeal was made by members of the Tibetan community and their supporters from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal to Members of Parliament (MPs) in Ottawa. The event, coordinated by […]
Empowering Advocacy: Tibet Lobby 2023 workshop in Toronto
Toronto, May 6th, 2023 – Today, the Canada Tibet Committee organized a workshop, intended to educate delegates attending this year’s Tibet Lobby Day. The program was divided into three comprehensive segments, each designed to expand the participants’ knowledge and expertise in lobbying. In the initial segment, Ms. Tencho Gyatso, President of the International Campaign for […]
Activist-poet Tenzin Tsundue’s maiden visit to Canada
Ottawa, May 2, 2023 – Throughout the week-long series of talk programs organized by the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) in Ottawa and Montreal, Tenzin Tsundue, a renowned writer and activist, addressed various critical issues related to the Tibetan struggle for freedom and independence. During the talk program and discussion at Amnesty International Canada in Ottawa, […]
Parliamentary Review of China’s Residential Boarding Schools and Preschools in Tibet
Ottawa, April 21, 2023 – The Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on International Human Rights convened its second session today, examining the Chinese government’s practices in Tibetan residential boarding schools and preschools. Witnesses included Sherap Therchin, Director of the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC); Zeekyab Rinpoche from Tashi Lhunpo monastery; Tenzin Dorjee from Tibet Action Institute; and Tenzin […]
