6 million Tibetans inside Tibet and 150,000 Tibetans in exile.
Language
Tibetan བོད་སྐད་ (of the Tibeto-Burmese language family); since China’s occupation, the official language has been Chinese.
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism is practiced by 99 percent of the Tibetan population; Bön, the traditional religion, along with Islam and Christianity, are also practiced by some Tibetans.
Three main regions
U-Tsang (Central Tibet), Amdo (Northeast Tibet) and Kham (Southeast Tibet)
Legal status
Illegally occupied.
Why support Tibet
From human rights to the environment and democracy, Tibet is at the heart of the most pressing issues facing the world and Europe.
Tibet in numbers
5000+
Tibetan political prisoners in the last 28 years according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy
157
Tibetan self-immolations (known)
150k
Tibetans in exile
3
UN Resolutions on Tibet (1959, 1961 & 1965)
21
UN Member States who raised Tibet at China's UN Universal Periodic Review in 2024
"We live in an era where the principles of international law and human rights are under siege. From the trenches of Ukraine to the mountain passes of Tibet, the question is the same: Will power override justice? Will aggression override law?"
