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Tibet Watch @tibetwatch.org · Jul 29

This week we'll release our findings on China's military-grade response to the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday:
Armed forces deployed across major Tibetan cities and religious sites
House-to-house searches and mobile phone inspections
Bans on traditional prayer ceremonies and incense burning

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 5

From all of us at Free Tibet 🙏🏽

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 5

Join us at the Tibetan Peace Garden📍 to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama!

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 2

The statement comes ahead of his 90th birthday on 6 July 2025, during a week of celebration, conferences, and prayer in Dharamsala, India, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 2

He writes that, over the past 14 years, he has received messages from all around the world pleading with him to continue the institution of the Dalai Lama. In particular he highlights the messages that he has received from Tibetans inside of Tibet, where external communication is extremely limited.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 2

The Dalai Lama states that only the Gaden Phodrang Trust - the Office of the Dalai Lama - in consultation with heads of Buddhist traditions and the reliable oath-bound Dharma Protectors has the responsibility for identifying and recognising all future Dalai Lamas.
www.dalailama.com/news/stateme...

The Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama | The 14th Dalai Lama

The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

www.dalailama.com

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 2

🚨BREAKING His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama confirms continued reincarnations and reaffirms that Tibetans will have the sole authority to recognise all future Dalai Lamas.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 1

📢 With an announcement expected on the future of his succession, we reaffirm: Only His Holiness and the Tibetan people decides — not the Chinese Government.

Tag us in your birthday wishes so we can share the love. #DalaiLama90 #LongLiveTheDalaiLama #FreeTibet

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 1

💛 As we honour his birthday on Sunday 6th July, we’re dedicating our platforms to celebrating his legacy and amplifying your messages of love and solidarity.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jul 1

🎉 This week, we celebrate 90 years of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama — a lifetime of wisdom, compassion, and unwavering commitment to peace, justice, and freedom for the Tibetan people.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 23

📢 now is the LAST CHANCE to act!

China's planned 'super embassy' on the site of the old Royal Mint in Tower Hamlets is in its final stages - a decision is expected WITHIN WEEKS.

Go to the LINK IN BIO or freetibet.org/embassy to learn more and take action!

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 23

Monsoons may be hitting Dharamsala today, but that is not stopping people from preparing and praying ahead of His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations!

We're aiming to keep you updated as the celebrations unfold, so be sure to follow and watch this space! 👀

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

The festival betrayed its own mission of amplifying "fractured voices" by instead platforming state propaganda. Cultural institutions must resist becoming unwitting participants in cultural erasure. Authentic Tibetan voices deserve to be heard, not silenced.

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Tibetans condemn Kathmandu film festival for supporting China’s ‘cultural erasure’

Nepalese artists, Tibetan film makers and Tibet supporters came together to protest the decision by the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival’s decision last month to programme a series of Ch...

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

This is especially painful given Nepal's deep historical ties with Tibet. For centuries, these cultures have been intertwined through trade routes, religious traditions, and shared Buddhist heritage. Nepal, as Buddha's birthplace, holds special responsibility for this spiritual legacy.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

Films like ‘Life of Buda’ frame China’s 1950 military intervention as ‘peaceful liberation’, a characterization that stands in stark opposition to the real history of China’s invasion of an independent country.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

The propaganda films being screened aren't harmless stories. They portray Tibet as "free and happy" under Chinese rule, while the reality is a police state where Tibetan children are separated from families and forced into boarding schools to study "Xi Jinping thought."

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

Two of the signatories, filmmakers Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme, paid a devastating price for authentic storytelling. After making "Leaving Fear Behind" - featuring Tibetans speaking truthfully about life under occupation - they were arrested, tortured, and imprisoned.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

The term ‘Xizang’ isn't just geography - it's part of China's calculated campaign to erase "Tibet" from international discourse. This comes as Xi Jinping has launched an escalated phase of coercive assimilation targeting Tibet's linguistic, cultural, and religious identity.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 13

A troubling development in Nepal - the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival programmed Chinese propaganda films under "Xizang Panorama". Nepalese artists, Tibetan film makers and Tibet supporters came together to protest this act of cultural erasure

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Tibetans condemn Kathmandu film festival for supporting China’s ‘cultural erasure’

Nepalese artists, Tibetan film makers and Tibet supporters came together to protest the decision by the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival’s decision last month to programme a series of Ch...

freetibet.org

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

“Even so, the sale to unknown bidders online does not negate the irrefutable evidence of Britain’s unique connection with Tibet as an independent country.”

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

“In telegrams, letters and photos, the Basil Gould collection documents vividly the gathering darkness of 1940s Tibet before China’s invasion.”

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

“This is what it means when not only have you lost your country, but your history is sold to the highest bidder.”

Tenzin Rabga, Free Tibet.

Read more about the Bonhams auction here ⤵️🔗

Via: @telegraphnews.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Bidding war erupts over document that ‘proves Tibetan independence’

Fears that Chinese buyers could be trying to snap up papers of British diplomat Sir Basil Gould

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

Free Tibet calls on international governments to press the Chinese government for his immediate release.

As a matter of urgency, Dorje Tashi’s family should be allowed to visit him and to establish details of his health and welfare.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

Seventeen years on, after exhausting official routes, Dorje Tashi’s siblings have turned to bold public appeals and advocacy to demand justice for their brother. Dorje Tashi’s elder sister Gonpo Kyi has staged sit-ins in front of the People’s Court in Lhasa.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · Jun 11

On April 29, prison officials refused to allow Dorje Tsetan and Chinese lawyer Wang Fei to visit, citing an unexplained violation of prison rules. Dorje Tsetan, had waited at the facility for several days. He described the denial of access to his brother as 'unbearable'.

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