{"id":11353,"date":"2025-10-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/?post_type=nieuws&#038;p=11353"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:08:03","slug":"tibetan-voices-at-conference-on-prc-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-voices-at-conference-on-prc-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan voices at conference on PRC religious freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">More than 200 activists, scholars, US Congressional staff, and movement leaders gathered in Washington, DC on 30 September for \u201cFaith Under Siege,\u201d a conference on religious persecution and oppression in the People\u2019s Republic of China. ICT President Tencho Gyatso spoke about the need for a strong and coordinated international response to China\u2019s plan to interfere in the succession of the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Faith Under Siege was organized by the International Republican Institute in partnership with ICT, the Office of Tibet, and other groups focused on fighting for religious freedom in the PRC. It drew a wide range of advocates for different issues and peoples, including Tibetans, Uighurs, Hong Kongers, Southern Mongolians, Chinese Christians, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cFaith Under Siege gathered people of very different faiths and nationalities,\u201d said ICT President Tencho Gyatso, \u201cbut we are all bound in a common struggle against the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s relentless assault on religious freedom. Our work will not stop until our brothers and sisters in Tibet can practice Tibetan Buddhism freely and without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Tibetan voices<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Tibetan speakers were featured in each of the panels. Activist Chemi Lhamo spoke about the reality of religious oppression in the PRC despite the promises in the Chinese constitution and Dr. Tenzin Dorjee of Tibet Action Institute explained the scope of China\u2019s crackdown on religious practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Former political prisoner Namkyi told her story in the second panel. Her decision to defy Chinese authorities by walking down the street with a portrait of the Dalai Lama and the subsequent arrest and torture she endured exemplified the CCP\u2019s extreme assault on religious freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Tencho Gyatso spoke in the final panel and urged the international community to be clear, sharp, and consistent on China\u2019s obligation to respect religious freedom. She closed her remarks by urging those present to stand together in support of freedom and justice in East Turkistan, Hong Kong, Southern Mongolia, China, and Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Support Tibetans in their struggle for freedom by donating <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/donate\/\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 activists, scholars, US Congressional staff, and movement leaders gathered in Washington, DC on 30 September for \u201cFaith Under Siege,\u201d a conference on religious persecution and oppression in the People\u2019s Republic of China. 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