Five Tibetans who survived torture in their homeland are joining an effort this week by the International Campaign for Tibet to shine a light on China\u2019s use of torture against the Tibetan people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ICT\u2019s End Tibet Torture<\/a> campaign will feature videos, candle lightings, social media posts and more. It will culminate on June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until then, ICT will share new videos every day of Tibetan torture survivors speaking out on behalf of other Tibetans who are still facing torture in China\u2019s gruesome prisons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The advocacy group is also calling on its 100,000 members around the globe to get involved by lighting candles for Tibetan torture victims and sharing the images on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRight now, China is torturing hundreds of innocent Tibetans just for exercising their most basic rights. Countless other Tibetan torture victims have already died,\u201d<\/em> Kai Mueller, ICT’s UN advocacy coordinator and executive director of ICT Germany, said. \u201cThrough our End Tibet Torture campaign, we plan not only to honor those victims of torture, but also to spotlight China\u2019s horrific mistreatment of the Tibetan people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruled by China\u2019s authoritarian government, Tibet is now the least-free country on Earth<\/a>, in a tie with Syria, according to the watchdog group Freedom House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since China conquered Tibet more than 60 years ago, Chinese authorities have tortured untold numbers of Tibetans. Five of those torture victims who managed to escape to freedom will help lead ICT\u2019s campaign this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every day this week, ICT will present a new video showing one survivor of torture in Tibet speaking up for another Tibetan who is still experiencing torture in their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The videos will show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch the first video in the series, featuring Ngawang Sangdrol raising her voice for Wangdu:<\/p>\n\n\n\nTibetan torture victims<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n