Committee of 100 for Tibet

The Tibetan people, with their distinct culture, religion, language and national identity, face the real and imminent threat of total assimilation and extinction. Tibetans, as a people, have the legal right to determine their political status and to pursue their own economic, social and cultural development. Through their rightful exercise of self-determination they have the chance to reclaim control of their own future.

Why you should support self-determination for the Tibetan people

	1.	Tibet has been illegally and forcibly occupied by China since 1950
	2.	The human cost to the Tibetan people is of tragic proportions
	3.	The repression of the Tibetan people in their own land continues to this day and compounds the illegitimacy of the Chinese rule
	4.	China denies the Tibetan people’s right to democratically elect their own political representatives
	5.	The use of the Chinese language in Tibetan schools and as the effective official language of Tibet represses Tibetan culture and has marginalized many Tibetans
	6.	Tibetans are aggressively prevented from freely pursuing their religious practices
	7.	Chinese policies have encouraged Chinese settlers to the point where Tibetans have become a minority in many areas of Tibet
	8.	Major economic development decisions for Tibet are made in Beijing and benefit Chinese settlers and officials more than Tibetans
	9.	Tibet’s natural resources are being plundered and its environment seriously imperiled without regard to the wishes of the Tibetan people
	10.	The Tibetan people are legally entitled to self-determination

What governments and international organizations are saying

Information about the C100's Tibetan Self-Determination Initiative