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The Assuring the Future of Tibet Act (AFTA) has just been introduced in the U.S. Senate (S.5362), representing a big step forward for Tibet.

Introduced by Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Jim Risch (R-ID), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Rick Scott (R-FL)—a broad bipartisan coalition of legislators—AFTA has support from both sides of the aisle in the U.S. Senate and follows the bipartisan introduction of AFTA in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 8982) earlier this year.

Please, add your name to our petition to Congress calling on your legislators to support the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act and make a difference for Tibet now. AFTA acknowledges a fundamental principle: the future of Tibet cannot be decided without the Tibetan people.

Yes, I'll raise my voice!

If passed, this legislation would strengthen US support for the Tibetan people and their democratically elected leadership. It would make it U.S. policy to maintain direct engagement with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamsala, India—the democratic voice of the Tibetan people inside Tibet and across the global diaspora.

On July 2, a Tibetan activist self-immolated outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Washington DC, July 20 (DPnet).— Last week, an activist named Lobsang Palden, aka Lobga Rangzen, shared a video message on Facebook. He warned that China’s snatching away of Tibetan independence is the root cause of its policies in Tibet that threaten the very survival of Tibetan identity, language and culture. He appealed to Tibetans in exile to remain united in their struggle, reminding them of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s call for Tibetans around the world to be the voice for those who cannot speak out.

The timing of that video is important, as it would be his last. On July 2, Lobsang Palden self-immolated outside the United Nations Headquarters — dressed in traditional Tibetan clothes with a Tibetan flag hoisted high beside him. Tragically, he succumbed to his injuries and died that evening.

Participatory Democracy Cultural Initiative and its subsidiary DemocraciaParticipativa.net deeply mourn his passing, alongside his family, friends and the wider Tibetan community. He was a tireless advocate who peacefully and fiercely devoted himself to the Tibetan cause.

Imagine living in a place where cameras watch your every move. Where everything you say on social media, your texts, your purchases are all monitored by the government. All of this is factored into a social credit system that scores you as a “troublemaker,” which enables the government to track you, stop you from traveling, detain or attack you at a moment’s notice.

This is the surveillance state that China has made in Tibet, and US tech companies have provided the technology that has fueled this repression for decades.

As I said in ICT’s September 10 statement, I am appalled that US companies have made millions in profits selling to China’s security services, who have imposed an increasingly Orwellian system of surveillance and repression in Tibet and Xinjiang, among other areas. Please stand with us and join our call in urging these companies to immediately sever any remaining business relationships with China’s police state. 
SIGN THE OPEN LETTER HERE

You can help put a stop to this injustice. Sign our open letter to Silicon Valley leaders calling on them to stop working with the Chinese government and use your voice to help save Tibet.

The Associated Press recently published a major report on Silicon Valley’s role in helping China become the surveillance superpower it is today. Over the last 25 years, companies like Dell, Nvidia, Thermo Fisher, and IBM have sold technology to the Chinese government that enabled them to monitor and control their population like no other government in history.

Geneva, Feb. 3 (DPnet).The Geneva Summit of Human Rights and Democracy will convene on Tuesday, February 18th, at Geneva's international conference center next to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Dissidents and human rights activists from across the globe will participate. This event, organized by a coalition of over 25 human rights organizations, will amplify the voices of those impacted by the world's gravest human rights abuses.

The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy is a major conference that shines a spotlight on urgent human rights situations requiring global attention. It provides human rights heroes, activists, and former political prisoners with a unique platform to testify about their personal struggles for democracy and freedom, while building an international community to take on dictatorships.