Australia Tibet Council

🌾 On behalf of everyone at Australia Tibet Council, we wish you a very Happy Losar and a joyful Tibetan New Year ✨

This year it is the Year of the Fire Horse, In Tibetan astrology, it symbolises energy, courage, passion, and bold progress - qualities ATC will carry into our work for the year ahead.

YouTube video by Australia Tibet Council Wisdom of Happiness: Dalai Lama on Inner Peace in the 21st Century

✨“The moment His Holiness entered the room, everything changed.”✨ Director Barbara Miller reflects on interviewing the Dalai Lama for her film Wisdom of Happiness.

#WisdomOfHappiness #DalaiLama #Compassion

YouTube video by Search Party The battle for the next Dalai Lama

Watch new ‘SearchParty’ video on China’s interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama, featuring Tibet Action Institute’s Tenzin Dorjee.

Donation Matching A generous supporter of the Australia Tibet Council has pledged to match every donation to our End of Year Appeal up to $5,000. This means that every gift you make will have twice the impact in defending Tibetan voices.

Donate to our Appeal: www.atc.org.au/appeal-voice...

Appeal: Our Voice is Our Truth - Despite China's transnational repression, Tibetans in Australia will not be silenced - Australia Tibet Council They escaped from Tibet because speaking the truth meant surveillance, arrest, imprisonment, and torture – for seeking the return of the Dalai Lama, for preserving Tibetan language, for wishing a life...

Right now, Tibetan communities here in Australia are facing an alarming rise in China’s transnational repression. This is the Chinese Government’s attempt to extend its surveillance, intimidation, and control far beyond its borders.

EMAIL ACTION: Urge Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Stand Up for Tibet During Zhao Leji’s Visit - Australia Tibet Council Chinese Communist Party official Zhao Leji is visiting Australia to meet with the Australian Government. Take action by emailing the Foreign Minister to press Leji for CCP to return to negotiation wit...

🔴URGENT ACTION: Chinese Communist Party official Zhao Leji is visiting Australia to meet with the Australian Government. Take action by emailing the Foreign Minister to press Leji for CCP to return to negotiation with the Dalai Lama about the unresolved and ongoing Sino-Tibet conflict.

This year, we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of International Tibet Network. Our team and steering committee had the profound honour of meeting His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and presenting him a special memento.

Tibet Is Paying the Cost for China’s Green Energy Transition As China pursues clean energy, Tibet has emerged as a site for extractive mining and an unsustainable spree of dam building.

“To truly understand the green energy transition, we must look beyond the final products and examine how the raw materials are sourced.”

China: Draft ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law Tightens Ideological Control A newly proposed law in China would provide a broad legal framework to justify existing repression and force assimilation of minority populations throughout the country and abroad.

Human Rights Watch article reveals the Chinese Government is developing new laws to further intensify their assimilation policies in Tibet.

Australia Tibet Council is proud to be the longest-continuing Tibet support group in Australia that focuses campaigns on political advocacy for human rights in Tibet. Read some of ATC's latest campaign updates here: www.atc.org.au/political-ad...

As part of celebrating the Year of Compassion, Australia Tibet Council is offering friends in Australia, the opportunity to send a personal birthday message to the Dalai Lama.

Leave a message for His Holiness the Dalai Lama: www.atc.org.au/dalailamamessage/

ATC Co-Chair of Board Tenzin Khangsar and Executive Officer Dr Zoë Bedford condemn the former Victorian Premier Dan Andrews' visit to China recently in The Australian article.

Tibet Lobby Day 2025 - Australia Tibet Council Australia Tibet Council's annual Tibet Lobby Day for 2025 will be held on 1 September 2025. The Tibet Lobby Day brings Tibetan communities of Australia to Canberra where they meet with Parliamentarian...

Tibet Lobby Day 2025: Our delegation this year includes Tibetans of all ages and backgrounds, each with powerful stories - from those who have escaped oppression and family separation, to those who carry on the fight for freedom and justice.

Read the bios of our delegates on our website

🇦🇺 #TibetLobbyDay is an event where ATC & Tibetan Communities take delegates to meet with Parliamentarians in Canberra. You can help Tibet Lobby Day by emailing MP & Senators that "Tibet is important to you!" and that they should meet with Tibet Lobby Day.

📧 Send Email: www.atc.org.au/tld25-action/

ATC’s Dr Zoë Bedford spoke to ABC News about the abduction of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most important spiritual leaders, the 11th Panchen Lama by the Chinese Government.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

'They don't feel safe; it's scary': Hunter's Tibetan community living in fear The Hunter's Tibetan community is fearful of the implications of the recent visit to Newcastle by Chinese Consul...

Leaked documents revealed an undisclosed meeting between Chinese Consul General and officials from City of Newcastle. The Chinese officials inquired about the Tibetan community residing in Newcastle, many of whom are former political prisoners who have escaped from the Chinese occupied Tibet.

🕊️ The Ocean of Compassion, A Beacon of Peace 🪷 Long live His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

On the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 90th Birthday, Australian All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet Co-Chairs Susan Templeman MP, Sen Dean Smith and Sen Barbara Pocock, publish a statement, wishing His Holiness on the special day and highlight his tireless work for peace and justice.

China reacts to Dalai Lama announcement - ABC listen The Chinese Government has firmly rejected the Dalai Lama's announcement that the trust he runs will choose his successor.

Listen to Dr Zoë Bedford speak with ABC Radio on the Chinese Government's intentions to interfere with the selection of the next Dalai Lama.

Who will be the next Dalai Lama? Succession plan uncertain ahead of his 90th birthday The Dalai Lama is set to mark his 90th birthday this week with the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism having said he will reveal details about his 'reincarnate', or successor, around the July the 6t...

Dr Zoe Bedford and Tibetan community of Australia NSW Inc. members speak to SBS about His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and the lack of religious freedom inside Tibet.

Can the Dalai Lama's Tibet ever be self-determined? - ABC listen With His Holiness the Dalai Lama turning 90 this month, every day that passes brings his succession closer. When he dies, the religious power struggle over his replacement will certainly be at the top...

Former Tibetan Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, spoke to the ABC Radio’s ‘God Forbid’ podcast about His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

The boarding schools where China tries to 'erase' young children's culture: report China has long been accused of repression in Tibet and a new report based on rare firsthand accounts from people inside the region sheds light on the way authorities are trying to erase local culture ...

“The @tibetaction.bsky.social says children are taught to glorify the military as part of the indoctrination they go through in kindergarten” - ABC News

ATC Exec Officer Dr Zoe Bedford, former TCHRE Executive Director Tsering Tsomo and the visiting current Executive Director Tenzin Dawa met with Aus Government Departments today in Canberra. TCHRD presented reports and shared their expertise on research & reporting of human rights abuses of Tibetans

Appeal - Torn from Home: The Silent Crisis of Tibetan Language in Boarding Schools - Australia Tibet Council Despite China’s censorship and restrictions on international observers and journalists, eyewitness testimony and information about China’s efforts to erase the Tibetan language is emerging from Tibet.

Appeal: For over a millennium, the Tibetan language has been integral to Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan culture and way of life. Today the Chinese Government through its colonial boarding schools threatens to systematically destroy the Tibetan language, which is core to Tibet's existence. #TornFromHome

Today, we honour the memory of those who stood for freedom in Tiananmen Square on June 4th. Their courage inspires us.

🚨 BREAKING: 145 global Tibet groups call on Nepalese Film Festival to cancel China’s propaganda showcase “Xizang Panorama”.

📄 Joint statement: tibetnetwork.org/joint-statem...