09.24
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Washington
On September 24, during Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended the "Free Tibet" protest rally at the National Mall in Washington and delivered a speech, criticizing that if the U.S. remains silent on human rights and religious freedom violations for economic interests, it will lose its moral credibility on human rights issues. Representative McGovern also spoke at the event, criticizing the White House for once welcoming the Dalai Lama and now welcoming authoritarian leaders and greedy billionaires.
09.17
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 5
·New York, United States
On the evening of September 17, a New York Tibetan group set off from the United Nations headquarters on a six-day, roughly 200-mile walking protest against Xi Jinping's visit to the US, raising demands including independence for Tibet, repeal of the National Unity and Progress Promotion Law, an end to the boarding school policy for Tibetan children, and the release of the 11th Panchen Lama, with an expected arrival in Washington on September 23.
08.03
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·New York
One month after Lhagyal Tseten died by self-immolation, a rally was held in New York in his memory, where his family spoke publicly for the first time, condemning the Chinese Communist Party's seizure of Tibet and its denial of human rights. Tibetan students reenacted the incident through performance art, and American actor Richard Gere criticized China's ethnic unity promotion law and called on supporters to contact their members of Congress. Activists from Hong Kong, Uyghur, South Mongolia and other regions attended to show their solidarity.
07.02
·Verified
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·New York, United States
At 5:47 PM on the day after the implementation of the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress in China, Lobsang Rangzen, a long-time participant in the Tibetan independence movement and former chair of the New York-New Jersey chapter of the Tibetan National Congress, died by self-immolation outside the UN headquarters in New York.
2026.07
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·New York
Tibetan Lobsang Gyatso died after setting himself on fire in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York.
2023.11.17
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·美国旧金山
Three Tibetan college students were surrounded and beaten with metal rods by over 20 thugs in San Francisco, resulting in two of them being hospitalized and diagnosed with fractures.
1989.03
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Lhasa own content archive., Tibet
During the Lhasa crackdown in March 1989, in opposition to the indiscriminate shooting by armed police, more than 3000 Lhasa public security officers disobeyed orders and withdrew from the city, refusing to cooperate with the armed police.