Students for a Free Tibet

JUST NOW—3 Tibetan youth activists drop a banner on the Moscone Center where the APEC Summit will start in <24hrs Xi can’t hide from the countless people united against his authoritarian regime Generations of Tibetans will always resist his dictatorship until Tibet is free.

‼️HAPPENING NOW‼️ NYC—Tibetan youth activists stage 24-Hour Solidarity Fast outside the Chinese Consulate demanding just for Gonpo Kyi and her imprisoned brother Dorje Tashi. The activists, as young as 19, have fasted outside the Consulate overnight in the rain for 15-hours.

Activists from Students for a Free Tibet in New York City Begin 24-Hour Fast Outside Chinese Consulate in Solidarity With Gonpo Kyi and Dorje Tashi on August 20, 2025.

Join us on the streets to show your solidarity and support. Bhoe Gyalo!

FREE DORJE TASHI! JUSTICE FOR GONPO KYI! ✊🏽 Six activists as young as 19 hold a 24-hour solidarity fast to demand justice for Gonpo Kyi after her urgent act of resistance by jumping out of the window of the building where she was being arbitrarily detained by the CCP.

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SFT calls for the immediate release of Asang, and all Tibetan political prisoners illegally held by the Chinese government for exercising their inalienable human right to freedom of expression. #Asang #FreeTibet #BannedInTibet

Yet, despite over 60 years of colonial occupation, and knowing full well the great risk to their lives, Tibetans inside Tibet continue to manifest their deep and abiding faith in His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet in brave, courageous, and defiant ways.

Tibetan singer Asang was abducted by the Chinese government earlier this month. His "crime?" Releasing a video where he sang a song expressing longing and respect for His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama during His recent 90th birthday celebrations.

SFT will continue to fight for the right of Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhists to practice their religion—and to shine the truth on China's lies, wherever they may sow them. #HHDL #ReligiousFreedom #FORB

This blatantly contradictory statement was rebuked by Thinley Chukki—The Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Geneva—as well as the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

The Chinese government also appeared at the event and made a formal intervention, declaring that any future Dalai Lama must be born within the PRC and be approved by the CCP. They claimed that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has no role to play in the selection of His successor.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief stated that the CCP has no authority to interfere in the Tibetan Buddhist religious practice of recognizing reincarnated lamas—citing the UDHR, ICCPR, and other international human rights legal precedents.

Today, Tibet activists were able to deliver His Holiness's statement on the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution and address the governments of 27 nations at an official Side Event during the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

He reiterated that the responsibility for identifying the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama lies with Gaden Phodrang, the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He clearly stated that no outside parties have any authority to interfere in this Tibetan Buddhist religious process.

This morning, July 2nd, 2025, His Holiness the Dalai Lama released a "Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of the Dalai Lama."

Tibet activists, Tibetans, and Tibetan Buddhists around the world will not stand idly by as the CCP tries to destroy and subvert this sacred Buddhist practice. #HHDL

The Chinese government is terrified of the reverence and deep esteem His Holiness the Dalai Lama still holds across the world—and most importantly, from those Tibetans inside Tibet.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama turns 90 next week, and China has launched an all-out effort to convince the world that the CCP will choose and install His reincarnation.