Torture is an everyday reality in Tibet.
Torture is used by China as a weapon against dissent, creating a climate of fear.
Torture must stop.

To shine a spotlight on the widespread use of torture in Tibet, British actors lent their voices to Tibetan torture survivors who can not speak for themselves. Watch Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson and David Threlfall and listen to Alan Rickman.

Despite more than ten years of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, the government's has failed the people of Tibet. Free Tibet is calling for a Parliamentery inquiry into the UK's failed strategy to improve human rights in China and Tibet.

Join the mass lobby of Parliament on 10 March 2010

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For 4,000 years nomads have grazed herds of yak over the vast grasslands of Tibet. But now, the Chinese government is assaulting this distinctive form of Tibetan culture as it aims to force almost one million nomads off their ancestral lands and into desolate tenement complexes where their agricultural skills are suddently redundant. As nomads are forced off the land, their herds of yaks and other livestock are confiscated and often slaughtered.
Read more about our nomadic campaign
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Two Tibetans were executed in Lhasa on 20 October 2009.
Lobsang Gyaltsen and Loyak were killed. Original reports also stated that Penkyi and other individual had been executed, but these reports were later retracted. Lobsang and Loyak were given death sentences following what Free Tibet considers to be unfair trials after they charged for their alleged roles in the 2008 spring protests.
Take urgent action to condemn the executions
Read more about the executions
Read about the campaign which was launched to save them

Dhondup Wangchen, Director of 'Leaving Fear Behind' was sentenced to six years imprisonment in December 2009. His documentary uses footage of Tibetans being interviewed about their thoughts on living under Chinese occupation.

Read more about Dhondup's case
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Watch 'Leaving Fear Behind'

The Missing 1,000
March and April 2008 saw the largest protests in Tibet for 50 years. China's response was swift and brutal. Today a climate of fear reigns across Tibet. It is estimated that over 6,000 Tibetans were detained in connection to the protests. The fate of over 1,000 people remains unknown, rendering them extremely vulnerable to torture.
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Read about the cases of individual political prisoners
Make a donation and help us campaign on behalf of the missing 1,000

Tibet is not part of China

Demand an explanation on the British Government's decision. For a sample letter to you MP click here

Political prisoners

Over 4000 Tibetans were detained following the peaceful protests in Tibet in the spring of 2008. While the majority have been released, hundreds remain in detention centres and prisons.  The safety of these Tibetans are at great risk as  torture of political prisoners is widespread in Tibet and throughout China. 

For general information about our campaign for the release and humane treatment of political prisoners, click here.

To take action for the release of current political prisoners click here.