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

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...

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

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · 01/07/2025

🚨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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📢 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 · 01/07/2025

💛 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 · 01/07/2025

🎉 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 · 23/06/2025

📢 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 · 23/06/2025

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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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. 🧵END 🔗⤵️ freetibet.org/latest/tibet...

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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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. 🧵6/7

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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. 🧵5/7

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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." 🧵4/7

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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. 🧵3/7

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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. 🧵2/7

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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 🧵1/7 🔗⤵️ freetibet.org/latest/tibet...

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

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“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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“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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Bidding war erupts over document that ‘proves Tibetan independence’

“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...

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

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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. 🧵(END)

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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. 🧵(6)

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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'. 🧵(5)

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Beijing legal experts concluded it was "impossible" for evidence to constitute fraud worthy of life imprisonment. Similar cases resulted in 15-year sentences with defendants now free. His appeals were rejected despite these legal opinions, suggesting political motivations. 🧵(4)

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Dorje Tashi endured torture so severe that prison guards reportedly wept and attempted to shield him from interrogators. The special unit interrogating him claimed "special powers" and told him: "even if we kill or handicap you, we are not liable under the law." 🧵(3)

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Leading entrepreneur and Communist Party member Dorje Tashi was arrested and sentenced to life at a secret trial in July 2008, a few months after China imposed a crackdown of unprecedented scope and scale across Tibet. 🧵(2)

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Fear mounts for high-profile Tibetan prisoner

🚨BREAKING: The brother and lawyer of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorje Tashi were denied a scheduled prison visit in April, violating Chinese regulations. After 17 years behind bars, fears mount for his welfare. 🧵(1) tibetwatch.org/fear-mounts-...

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Contravening Chinese regulations, family and lawyer blocked from visiting prominent Tibetan businessman Dorje Tashi.

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · 21/04/2025

❗Press release❗ Tibet Groups Condemn Cremation of Deceased Tibetan Lama in Vietnam Without Family Consent Following his Death in Custody; Demand International Investigation freetibet.org/latest/tibet...

Tibet Groups Condemn Cremation of Tulku Hungkar Dorje

Demand for an international investigation grows following the death of beloved Tibetan Lama in Vietnam and cremation without family consent

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These acts are part of a decades-long campaign of cultural erasure, mass surveillance, and forced displacement.

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From colonial boarding schools to environmental devastation, China's policies continue to violate the basic rights of Tibetans.

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While it has been a year of general consistency in terms of China's astonishing violation of basic human rights in Tibet, there have been some new developments.

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It looks like someone has leaked China's 2024 #Wrapped 👀👀👀 Shall we take a look?

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Over the past few years, scientific investigations and exploratory activities at the sacred mountain have been undertaken, though it is unclear what mineral deposits may have been found. Read more 👇 freetibet.org/latest/hundr... 🧵END

Hundreds displaced citing landslide hazards

Tibetan villagers are caught in between choices that deprive them of sustainable livelihoods

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Whereas those who have accepted the government housing do not have any source of income without farmland. Some sources believe that the supposed ‘landslide hazard’ may be a pretext for state-backed mining in the area. 🧵4/5

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The families have been given only two options: accept a government grant of 150,000CNY or move into a government-built house. Those who have accepted the grant do not have enough money to purchase a new house and land to farm. 🧵3/5

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Half of the households of Yarka and Betsang villages from the sacred mountain of Amey Ratoe have received the order. This totals around 300 families. 90% of these are farming families, growing mainly wheat, barley, and peas. 🧵2/5

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · 13/11/2024

Hundreds of Tibetan families have been displaced by the Chinese government due to supposed 'landslide hazards' 👉 freetibet.org/latest/hundr... 🧵1/5

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Free Tibet's John Jones said at the event: "The attack on the Tibetan way of life comes through many aspects, including the residential school system to separate children from their families," He also spoke about China's increasing securitisation across Tibet, and interference in Tibetan Buddhism.

From left to right: John Jones (Free Tibet), Rahima Mahmut (Stop Uyghur Genocide), Lord David Alton, Benedict Rogers (Hong Kong Watch), Seung-hyeon Kim (International Democracy Hub)

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Free Tibet @freetibet.org · 13/11/2024

Last night we attended the House of Lords ‘Human Rights Repression Across Borders’ seminar hosted by our friends at Hong Kong Watch with Lord David Alton and Rahima Mahmut (Stop Uyghur Genocide) It's always a pleasure to stand alongside such ardent human rights defenders!

From left to right: Seung-hyeon Kim (International Democracy Hub), John Jones (Free Tibet), Lord David Alton, Rahima Mahmut (Stop Uyghur Genocide), Benedict Rogers (Hong Kong Watch)

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We call for justice for Gonmo Kyi, Choekyong, Dorjee Tashi, and all Tibetan political prisoners! ✊ Join the campaign seeking justice for Tibetan political prisoners at our website - currently focusing on Lhundrub Drakpa: freetibet.org/take-action/...

Release Lhundrub Drakpa

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Back in April, police actually attempted to block Gonmo Kyi from public view while protesting with a black sheet 🤦 freetibet.org/latest/gonmo...

Gonmo Kyi resumes protests for brother Dorjee Tashi

Lhasa police attempted to stifle Gonmo Kyi’s latest protest by hiding her from public view

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Gonmo Kyi has been ardently protesting for her brother's release after all options within the courts and justice system failed. For her efforts she has been met with detention and assault by police.

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🚨BREAKING🚨 Gonmo Kyi, sister of Tibetan political prisoner Dorjee Tashi, and her husband Choekyong have been ARRESTED in Lhasa ⬇️ freetibet.org/latest/gonmo...