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...

UPDATE: Rex Patrick’s forced labour bill

12 July 2021

UPDATE: Rex Patrick’s forced labour bill By ATC Campaigns Officer Harvey PurseEarlier this year, we gave a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into a bill banning goods produced by Uyghur forced labour and made the case that Tibetans should also be...

Global Day of Action

15 June 2021

Global Day of Action The Global Day of Action on 23 June was a big success! Events took place in 50 cities around the world from Australia to Sweden, Japan to Argentina and New Zealand to Canada. Groups came together to deliver the joint message that China must not be...