A Public Discourse on Tibet to Remember the 65th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959
Why Tibet Matters བོད་གལ་གནད་ཅན་དུ་ཆགས་པའི་རྒྱུ་མཚན།
‘Why Tibet Matters’ is a public forum aiming to raise awareness about China’s unlawful occupation of Tibet and to educate Tibetan youth and new audiences about the ongoing freedom struggle of the Tibetan people.
Multiple Tibetan generations will lead this public discourse. Ugyan Norbu (born in Tibet), Tsering Passang (born in Nepal), Damian Sirso (born in Europe) and Dr Tara Urquhart (born in Europe) will share their perspectives on this important subject. There will be an open mic when the audience is encouraged to share their perspectives as well as ask questions to the speakers.
This is a free event, organised and sponsored by several individuals at their own initiative. Light refreshments served.
Organisers:
- Ugyan Norbu, Former General Secretary of Tibet Society; Former Treasurer of Tibetan Community in Britain
- Jamyang, Former Council Member (Campaign Coordinator, Web Designer and Administrator), Tibetan Community in Britain
- Phuntsok Norbu, Former Vice Chairman of Tibetan Community in Britain
- Tsering Passang, Founder and Chair, Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities; Former Chairman of Tibetan Community in Britain
Background:
Tibet is still under the illegal occupation of Communist China. This year marks the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was forced into exile in India in March 1959, where the Tibetan Leader has been residing ever since. The people of Tibet have endured unimaginable hardships since China’s illegal occupation of Tibet through brute force in the 1950s.
Over a million Tibetans have died as a direct result of China’s illegal invasion. More than 98% of ancient Tibetan Buddhist cultural heritage and learning centres, including monasteries and nunneries, were all destroyed. China termed its invasion of Tibet a “peaceful liberation” of Tibetans from foreign imperialists. Persecution of Tibetans in their homelands continue to this day with renewed campaign of DNA collections as well as forced admission of nearly a million Tibetan children in China’s colonial-style residential schools with a long-term goal of annihilating the Tibetan identity, language and culture.
Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM) 
Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/26/2023)
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act
This bill addresses issues relating to Tibet, including by establishing a statutory definition of Tibet that includes areas in Chinese provinces outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
For the purposes of U.S. policies and activities relating to Tibet, this bill defines Tibet to include the TAR and the Tibetan areas of the Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. (Generally, when China’s government refers to Tibet, it means only the TAR, while Tibetan exile groups consider historical Tibet to include the TAR as well as areas in the provinces included in this bill’s definition. China’s government formally established the TAR in 1965.)
Furthermore, the objectives of the Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues shall include working to ensure that U.S. government statements and documents counter disinformation about Tibet by China’s government and the Chinese Communist Party, including disinformation about Tibet’s history and institutions. The bill also authorizes the office to take other actions to counter such disinformation.
This bill also states that it is U.S. policy that the conflict between Tibet and China is unresolved and that Tibet’s legal status remains to be determined in accordance with international law.
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