ATC Board of Directors: Call for expressions of interest

27 October 2021

ATC Board of Directors: Call for expressions of interest Would you like to contribute your skills and experience to promote the Tibet human rights cause, in a direct and valuable way?    As part of its succession planning, Australia Tibet Council is seeking...

Yeshi’s story: protest and punishment in Tibet

26 October 2021

Yeshi’s story: protest and punishment in Tibet In 1989, Yeshi* put up posters on many different occasions on the walls and gates of public areas in Chinese-occupied Tibet calling for respect for the Tibetan people’s fundamental human rights and democratic...

Reflections on peace and Tibet

21 September 2021

Reflections on peace and Tibet By ATC Executive Officer Zoë Bedford Today is the International Day of Peace, so I thought I would reflect on the topic of peace and Tibet. The Tibetan struggle has contributed to peace over the years, as it is a struggle rooted in...

ATC’s Zoë Bedford is dedicating her birthday to Tibet

15 September 2021

ATC’s Zoë Bedford is dedicating her birthday to Tibet From volunteering with Australia Tibet Council (ATC) at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1999, where acts such as Spiderbait, The Living End and Celibate Rifles played, to meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his...

Senate passes forced labour amendment

2 September 2021

Senate passes forced labour amendment By ATC Campaigns Officer Harvey Purse In our July newsletter we updated you on progress of the inquiry into Senator Rex Patrick’s Bill to amend the Customs Act to address forced labour by Uyghurs. Our submission to the inquiry had...

Magnitsky: Campaign update

12 August 2021

Magnitsky: Campaign update For too long Chinese authorities have gotten away with committing unthinkable abuses against Tibetans, from torturing political prisoners to defrocking devout Buddhist monks and nuns and destroying the monasteries they called home. That’s...