THE LEGISLATION WOULD REQUIRE GREATER TRANSPARENCY FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES THAT HOST CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES On Thursday, March 12, 2020, US Senator Marsha Blackburn, along with four Co-sponsors (Senators Hawley, Cotton, R. Scott, and Lankford) introduced the ‘‘Transparency for Confucius Institutes’’ Act. This legislation,...

TO COMMEMORATE THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF TIBETAN NATIONAL UPRISING DAY, TIBETANS AND ALLIES PROTESTED AT THE UN AND CHINESE CONSULATE On Tuesday, March 10th, Over a thousand Tibetans and Tibet-allies gathered at the United Nations to commemorate the 61st anniversary of March...

Today, 40.6% of Apple shareholders voted in favour of policies to uphold and promote freedom of expression at the company’s shareholder meeting. The proposal was put forward by shareholders on behalf of consumer advocacy group SumOfUs. If it had passed, it would...

[New York] Ahead of Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, seven Tibet activists—including a Tibetan monk—staged a dramatic “ALARM: Stop Apple Censorship” protest at Apple’s flagship store in New York. The action was in solidarity with human rights and freedom of expression advocates urging...

Call on the Queens Library to Reject China’s Propaganda and Stand Up for the Tibetan Community  NEW YORK — After meeting with the Queens Public Library (QPL) on Friday the 14th of February, Students for a Free Tibet was informed that QPL...

[London] The seven-year prison sentence against Tibetan nomad and environment activist A-Nya Sengdra for “gathering people to disturb public order” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” highlights the Chinese authorities’ unyielding assault on the rights of the Tibetan people to defend their...