Students for a Free Tibet

Students for a Free Tibet In solidarity with the Tibetan people in their struggle for freedom and independence
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September 24 • Washington, D.C. Join us in DC on September 24 to make sure Xi Jinping — the architect of genocide — hear...
09/03/2026

September 24 • Washington, D.C.

Join us in DC on September 24 to make sure Xi Jinping — the architect of genocide — hears us loud and clear: you are not welcome. Free Tibet.

Under Xi Jinping’s rule, China is waging a full-scale campaign to drive Tibet to extinction.
1. China has stolen one million Tibetan children from their families and forced them into colonial boarding schools with one goal: wipe out Tibetan identity within a single generation.

2. China’s ruthless environmental exploitation and mega-development has dispossessed Tibetans of their land and brought Tibet’s vital ecosystem to the brink of climate collapse.

3. China’s long arm is reaching across the globe, using transnational repression to silence Tibetans in exile, while rewriting international norms and history to wipe Tibet from public consciousness.

Mark your calendars. Protest details coming soon.

09/02/2026

Today marks two months since Lobga Rangzen self-immolated in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York in protest of China’s occupation of Tibet.

During the Global Chain Hunger Strike, Pawo Lobga Rangzen’s niece Sonam recited a poem she wrote in his memory.

Let us never stop fighting until the vision of a free and independent Tibet he fought so tirelessly for is realized.

APPLY TODAY! SFT is hiring for an office manager. Join a dynamic, youth-led team doing impactful work for Tibet!Applicat...
09/02/2026

APPLY TODAY!

SFT is hiring for an office manager. Join a dynamic, youth-led team doing impactful work for Tibet!

Application deadline: September 7. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis afterward.

📌Apply at the link in bio!

09/02/2026

The Nepal-Tibet flash flood was not an unavoidable act of nature. It was the direct outcome of a man-made climate crisis — one that is more dire in Tibet than almost anywhere else on earth.

One week ago, a glacial collapse triggered a massive flash flood which swept through Kyirong, Tibet and Rasuwa District, Nepal. As of Tuesday night, over 1,000 people have been confirmed dead, with thousands more still missing across the Nepal and Tibet.

As the world mourns the precious lives lost, we must hold the perpetrators of this climate disaster accountable to ensure such a crisis is never repeated.

Because this disaster didn’t happen in a vacuum. Tibet—known as the “Third Pole” and the water tower for nearly two billion people downstream—has been systematically exploited under Chinese occupation. China’s unregulated resource extraction and megadevelopment in Tibet is accelerating Tibet’s existing climate crisis, hanging the safety of all of Asia in the balance.

While the world watches Nepal conduct the desperately needed rescue and relief operations, the disaster in Tibet has only been seen through the narrow lens of Chinese state media. The Chinese government continues to deny entry to independent journalists, scientific observers, and independent humanitarian services. Reports from Voice of Tibet confirm that at least four Tibetans have already been arrested for sharing updates that challenge the official death toll and broader state narrative.

True climate justice cannot exist under colonial occupation.

We call on the international community to demand immediate, unfettered media and humanitarian access to Tibet; recognize Tibet as an integral part of the global climate conversation; and stand with Tibetans in their fight for self-determination.

08/27/2026

On the morning of August 26, a flash flood ripped through Kyirong, Tibet and Rasuwa District, Nepal.

SFT holds all the communities in Nepal and Tibet affected by this tragedy in our hearts and hopes for the safety of all those who remain missing or injured.

The flash flooding—reported by researchers to be triggered by a glacial collapse and ice-rock avalanche—has destroyed local villages and critical infrastructure along the Lhende River (which becomes the Bhote Koshi in Nepal.) The total death total has reached at least 160, with hundreds more reported missing.

Update: Chinese state media reports over 550 people missing in Tibet. Combined with reports from Nepal, this brings the total number missing to nearly 1,000, according to the Associated Press.

While rescue operations are underway in Nepal, tight Chinese censorship and state propaganda severely limit information about the true extent of the damage and casualties on the ground in Kyirong.

This is a symptom of China’s broader information blockade in Tibet. The Chinese government systematically denies independent scientific oversight to monitor and mitigate climate risks before disaster strikes, restricts real-time transboundary data sharing that could provide life-saving early warnings, and is now blocking independent media and humanitarian access in the immediate aftermath of this disaster.

We call on the international community to demand immediate unhindered humanitarian and media access to Tibet, and stand with Tibetans in their fight for self-determination. 

08/25/2026

🗓️September 24 — Join us in Washington, D.C. to Unwelcome Xi.

Let’s make sure Xi Jinping hears our voices loud and clear: Free Tibet!

08/25/2026

🗓️September 24 — Join us in Washington, D.C. to Unwelcome Xi.

Let’s make sure Xi Jinping hears our voices loud and clear: Free Tibet!

📣Hear from SFT activists on why they are fasting and camping out in front of the United Nations in New York.SFT activist...
08/24/2026

📣Hear from SFT activists on why they are fasting and camping out in front of the United Nations in New York.

SFT activists have joined Pawo Lobga Rangzen’s niece, Sonam, for the བོད་ཀྱི་གཞོན་ནུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས། Tibetan Youth Congress rtycnynj Global Chain Hunger Strike and will remain outside UN Headquarters until 7:00 AM tomorrow.

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - SFT activists and Sonam, the niece of Pawo Lobga Rangzen, have joined the Tibetan Youth Congr...
08/24/2026

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - SFT activists and Sonam, the niece of Pawo Lobga Rangzen, have joined the Tibetan Youth Congress Global Chain Hunger Strike in honor of Lobga Rangzen, who self-immolated outside the UN on July 2 in protest of China’s occupation.

The activists — Sonam (30), Myinle (27), Tsela (23), Namgyal (20), Tseten (19), Tsesung (18), and Desang (16) — are camping outside UN Headquarters for a 24-hour strike from 7:00 AM today to 7:00 AM tomorrow.

Their demand is clear: the United Nations must 1) meaningfully address Pawo Lobga Rangzen’s self-immolation and the genocidal policies in Tibet that have driven over 170 Tibetans to self-immolate, and 2) take concrete action to challenge China’s new “Ethnic Unity” Law, which criminalizes Tibetan identity.

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