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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Robert Thurman devoted his life to Tibet as a scholar, as the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, as a p...
06/17/2026

Robert Thurman devoted his life to Tibet as a scholar, as the first American ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, as a professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, and as the co-founder of Tibet House.

One of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s closest Western friends and disciples, Tenzin Bob Thurman taught generations of Americans not just to understand Tibet, but to care and fight for its freedom. He used every platform he had — his classroom, his books, his friendships in government and culture — to make the case for Tibet.

The world has lost an extraordinary ally to the Tibetan people. His solidarity is a gift SFT will never stop honoring. May you one day be reborn in a free Tibet you fought for.

ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པད་མེ་ཧཱུཾ།

In honor of Xi Jinping’s birthday, let’s unwrap the reality behind the “strongman” image. When a leader spends a decade ...
06/16/2026

In honor of Xi Jinping’s birthday, let’s unwrap the reality behind the “strongman” image.

When a leader spends a decade purging his own inner circle and brutally suppressing any gesture of dissent, it’s not a show of strength; it’s a confession of profound paranoia.

Regimes built on fear, like the CCP, eventually collapse under the weight if their own illegitimacy, but the enduring spirit and resilience of Tibet will outlast the insecurity of the CCP.

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06/15/2026

This Lobby Day, SFT members walked into congressional offices with a clear message — here’s exactly what we’re asking U.S. lawmakers to do for Tibet:

1️⃣ Co-sponsor the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act of 2026
2️⃣ Condemn China’s “Ethnic Unity and Progress” Law
3️⃣ Protect funding for Tibetan media, the Central Tibetan Administration, and the Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibet
4️⃣ Co-sponsor the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act

And you don’t have to be in DC to make a difference. Go to savetibet.org or the link in our bio, find your representative, and tell them Tibet needs their support now.

06/14/2026

We asked SFT chapter members what it meant to walk into Capitol Hill and speak up for Tibet. From SFT Colorado to SFT Connecticut, SFT youth shared why they showed up, and what it means to them to use their voices to secure policy change for Tibet.

That’s a wrap on U.S. Tibet Lobby Day 2026!Earlier this week, SFT youth activists traveled from across the country to jo...
06/13/2026

That’s a wrap on U.S. Tibet Lobby Day 2026!

Earlier this week, SFT youth activists traveled from across the country to join Int'l Campaign for Tibet on Capitol Hill! Together, they met with their elected officials to push for legislative action for Tibet.

Outside of meetings, SFT members sharpened their skills in an Advocacy 101 training and shared stories over a picnic. It was a reminder that this movement is built on community just as much as it is on advocacy!

From the steps of Capitol Hill to the grass where we sat side by side, this is what people power looks like.

For more than five decades, Gen Lhasang Tsering la devoted his life to Tibet as a poet, as a teacher and principal at th...
06/12/2026

For more than five decades, Gen Lhasang Tsering la devoted his life to Tibet as a poet, as a teacher and principal at the Tibetan Children’s Village, as two-term president of the Tibetan Youth Congress, and as the owner of Bookworm, the McLeod Ganj bookstore where a generation came to read, deliberate, and learn about the Tibetan struggle. In 1972, Gen Lhasang Tsering la was offered a scholarship to study medicine at Johns Hopkins. He turned it down to join the Tibetan resistance in Mustang. That choice exemplifies everything about the hero the Tibetan Freedom Movement lost yesterday.

He is one of the fiercest, most unwavering voices for Tibetan independence we have ever known. He never let the passage of years or the weight of the struggle dull his conviction that Tibet belongs to Tibetans and must be free. 

SFT holds onto the truth he lived for: this fight does not end. Gen Lhasang la, may you be reborn in a free Tibet — the one you never stopped believing we would see. SFT activists will work hard to carry your voice until Tibet’s independence is restored.

ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པད་མེ་ཧཱུཾ།

Last week, SFT brought the fight for Tibet into the global movement to dismantle dictatorship at the Oslo Freedom Forum....
06/11/2026

Last week, SFT brought the fight for Tibet into the global movement to dismantle dictatorship at the Oslo Freedom Forum. 

The Oslo Freedom Forum brings together change-makers from across the world to connect, strategize, and advance global freedom and human rights. Because we know: authoritarian regimes are collaborating more than ever, which means our resistance must do the same.

Swipe through to see a glimpse of what we got up to at OFF this year.

We’re especially proud to share two milestones: Tsela, SFT’s Campaigns Director, graduated from the HRF Freedom Fellowship and delivered an Ignite talk at the forum. And Myinlek, SFT’s Interim Executive Director, was selected to be part of the new cohort of HRF Freedom Fellows!

We will continue to fight alongside all those resisting tyranny until freedom and justice prevail for all.

06/10/2026

REGISTER FOR CROSS MOVEMENT ACTION CAMP TODAY.☀️

In one week you will gain lifelong friendships and take part in workshops on grassroots organizing, campaign planning, media messaging, and more. CMAC is where passionate activists get inspired, sharpen their skills, and where the movement finds its next generation of leaders.

🗓️ Registration deadline: June 15
Apply now via the link in our bio. Spots are filling up fast!

Ten years ago, Tenzin Passang joined SFT Delhi after a chance encounter with a classmate changed everything. That moment...
06/09/2026

Ten years ago, Tenzin Passang joined SFT Delhi after a chance encounter with a classmate changed everything.

That moment ignited a decade of fighting for Tibet.

However, in 2022, a new fight began. A breast cancer diagnosis put her life and her work on hold. Through seven months of treatment, it was her SFT family that kept her going with friends who constantly checked up on her to a card full of well wishes she still holds onto today.

She returned to SFT India as a volunteer and now serves as SFT India’s National Director.

Passang’s birthday just passed and she is asking for one thing: to support SFT India and the next generation of Tibetan youth by donating.

🔗 Check out our link in bio to donate today. A small donation goes a long way in our fight for freedom. Bhoe gyalo!

06/05/2026

SFT just wrapped at the Oslo Freedom Forum, bringing the fight for Tibet into the global fight to dismantle dictatorship.

Authoritarian regimes work together, so the resistance has to do the same.

Our delegation has given speeches, attended panels and workshops on everything from building democracies in exile to ending forced labour, and built community with frontline human rights defenders and movements across the globe.

We will continue to fight alongside all those resisting tyranny until freedom and justice prevails for all.

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