Dharamshala — Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) organised an event to commemorate the 67th National Uprising of Tibet in Dharamshala, on March 10, 2026. Kashag (Cabinet) states, "Tibet has never been a part of China since ancient times and is rather a nation under the illegal occupation of the communist PRC. The fact that the question of Tibet is not an internal affair of China, but rather an unresolved international conflict."
Central Tibetan Administration organised the event to commemorate the 67th National Uprising of Tibet in the courtyard of Thekchen Choeling Tsuglakhang, Dharamshala, on March 10, 2026. Dignitaries including Michael Brand, Member of the German Parliament and Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany; Hans-Gert Pöttering, Former President of the European Parliament; Jiří Oberfalzer, Vice President of the Czech Senate; and Juris Vilums, Member of Parliament, Latvia. Brian Joseph, Vice President, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Cheng Lei, from Australia, Shri R.K Khrimey, National Convenor of Core Group for Tibetan Cause-India, Ms Alice Parma, Italian State parliamentarian, Senator Jiri Dusek, Vice-chairman of the Committee on EU, and Dr Wiebke Winter, Member of Legislative Assembly, Germany. Participants of the Special International Tibet Support Groups Meeting also presented there as special guests and top officals of CTA and Tibetans around the Dharamshala joined the commemoration of the the 67th National Uprising of Tibet.
Sikyong Penpa Tsering hoisted of Tibetan National Flag and sang the Tibetan and Indian National Anthem. Then observed a minute of silence as a mark of respect for the Tibetan Martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet. March 10 commemoration song sang by the members of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts.
Then Sikyong read out the statement of Kashag on the the 67th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and he said," Today marks the 67th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising, when Tibetans from all three provinces, monastics and laypeople alike, rose in unison with indomitable courage in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, to protest the illegal invasion by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and to safeguard the person of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama from imminent threat. On this solemn occasion, the Kashag pays its deepest tribute to all the martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of Tibet, its faith, and its people, and stands in unwavering solidarity with our brothers and sisters inside Tibet, whose resolve to preserve our distinct national identity remains as unyielding as Mount Meru, even in the face of relentless oppression by the government of the PRC. We also express our sincere gratitude to all our distinguished guests present here today for their powerful demonstration of solidarity with the Tibetan people, and to all nations, organizations, and individuals around the world who continue to support the cause of Tibet. "
"At present, the government of the PRC is falsely asserting that Tibet and all non-Han nationalities are part of the constructed “Zhonghua Minzu.” It is mobilizing, under the proclaimed mandate of “forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation,” the full machinery of the state to carry out expansive and deeply entrenched policies within Tibet aimed at eradicating both Tibet’s physical environment and its people’s distinct national identity."
"The reckless destruction of the Tibetan Plateau, a strategic geographical region also known as the ‘Water Tower of Asia,’ does not merely impact the two billion people who depend on Tibet’s rivers, but also threatens the interests of the entire world in our collective effort to confront the global climate crisis," he added.
The statement of the Kashag states, "Tibet has never been a part of China since ancient times and is rather a nation under the illegal occupation of the communist PRC. The fact that the question of Tibet is not an internal affair of China, but rather an unresolved international conflict, has been clearly established in the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act” enacted by the U.S. government. Regarding the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the international community, through around 134 formal pronouncements, including legislations, resolutions, and declarations, categorically rejects the PRC’s so-called three conditions put forth in complete disregard for religious tradition and with an abandonment of political morality, and asserts a unified stance of non-recognition whatsoever. Nevertheless, the PRC continues to push its malicious agenda inside China and Tibet. Alongside its intensifying propaganda campaigns, the PRC government is exploiting its state-appointed Panchen Gyaltsen Norbu and a handful of lamas and monks through staged meetings and scripted speeches. It is certain that such orchestrated attempts will never be accepted by anyone, neither now nor at any point in the future. "
Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliaments-in-Exile read out the statement of the TPiE on the 67th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and he said,"Throughout the period that Tibet has remained under the illegal occupation of China since its armed invasion, the government of China has kept distorting the country’s historical sovereignty with fabricated narratives, sought to corrupt the unique culture of the Tibetan people by adulterating it, used coercion to deprive the people of Tibet of their freedom of religious belief, set out to devastate the territorial and natural environment of Tibet, kept trampling on the human rights of the Tibetan people, shut them up from exercising their freedom of speech, colonized Tibet in the name of economic development and progress, made active efforts to prevent any expression of the oneness of the nationality of the Tibetan people, and disregarded the wishes of the Tibetan people. Apart from these, the ground reality remains that the government of China has thus far never implemented any genuinely intended policy measure which is suited to the needs of the Tibetan people. Rather, it has relied solely on policies of violent reprisal and brutal repression against the people of Tibet. As a result, the Tibetan people, both the old and new generations, have carried out a succession of protest demonstrations in a campaign that began in 1987. In particular, the great Earth-Mouse Year uprising protests carried out simultaneously by the people of all the three traditional provinces of Tibet in 2008, still remain fresh in our minds. Along with that, it is worth noting that since the year 2009, there have been a total of at least 157 incidents in which individual Tibetans in occupied Tibet have carried out protest self-immolations in acts of a non-violent campaign against the government of China. These various types of protests continue to be carried out by the Tibetan people to this day. It is important that the government of China appreciate the enormity of the sacrifices the Tibetan people have been making through those protest campaigns."
Above guests addressed the assembly and reaffirmed their support for the Tibetan cause and the fight for freedom and human rights for the Tibetan people. They criticised the Chinese Communist government for violating the human rights of Tibetans, forcing more than a million Tibetan children as young as four into Chinese colonial-style boarding schools, destroying the Tibetan environment, and interfering in the reincarnation of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
