Mandie McKeown
@mandiemckeown.bsky.social
Scot / Mum / sis / friend / partner / Tibetan freedom activist / Arsenal supporter - in no particular order!
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🚨 TODAY: The #UK @houseoflords.parliament.uk votes on allowing up to 15% foreign ownership of UK newspapers, including those with links to #China.
We warn this creates risks of foreign influence. It also threatens media pluralism & #freespeech without strong safeguards.
HoL must vote against it
We warn this creates risks of foreign influence. It also threatens media pluralism & #freespeech without strong safeguards.
HoL must vote against it
UK: House of Lords must block Chinese influence and halt foreign media ownership - ARTICLE 19
Plans for a US-based company with links to China to partially own the Telegraph newspaper poses a risk to information integrity in the UK.
www.article19.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨 TODAY: The #UK @houseoflords.parliament.uk votes on allowing up to 15% foreign ownership of UK newspapers, including those with links to #China.
We warn this creates risks of foreign influence. It also threatens media pluralism & #freespeech without strong safeguards.
HoL must vote against it
We warn this creates risks of foreign influence. It also threatens media pluralism & #freespeech without strong safeguards.
HoL must vote against it
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⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture , we call attention to Dorjee Tashi, a Tibetan political prisoner who has endured endless torture and injustice in #China's custody for a crime he did not commit.
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture , we call attention to Dorjee Tashi, a Tibetan political prisoner who has endured endless torture and injustice in #China's custody for a crime he did not commit.
June 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture , we call attention to Dorjee Tashi, a Tibetan political prisoner who has endured endless torture and injustice in #China's custody for a crime he did not commit.
On the eve of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture , we call attention to Dorjee Tashi, a Tibetan political prisoner who has endured endless torture and injustice in #China's custody for a crime he did not commit.
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🚨 BREAKING: 145 global Tibet groups call on Nepalese Film Festival to cancel China’s propaganda showcase “Xizang Panorama”.
📄 Joint statement: tibetnetwork.org/joint-statem...
📄 Joint statement: tibetnetwork.org/joint-statem...
May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 BREAKING: 145 global Tibet groups call on Nepalese Film Festival to cancel China’s propaganda showcase “Xizang Panorama”.
📄 Joint statement: tibetnetwork.org/joint-statem...
📄 Joint statement: tibetnetwork.org/joint-statem...
Thanks to friends of Tibet in Houston for this fantastic projection 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
A few days ago friends of Tibet in Downtown Houston lit up the city sky in remembrance of the thousands of brave Tibetan women who rose up in Lhasa in 1959.
We welcome this action and praise all Tibetans alike who continue to lead and resist Chinese occupation of Tibet.
#TibetanWomensUprising 💥
We welcome this action and praise all Tibetans alike who continue to lead and resist Chinese occupation of Tibet.
#TibetanWomensUprising 💥
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Thanks to friends of Tibet in Houston for this fantastic projection 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
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BREAKING 🚨 Activists call on G7 Foreign Leaders to #StandUpForTibet at #G7Summit!
G7 Urged to “Challenge China’s Abuses In Tibet” - International Tibet Network
Global Tibet Groups call on G7 leaders to jointly tackle escalating crisis in Tibet 7 March 2025- FOR IMMEDIATE MEDIA RELEASE [LONDON] Tibet campaigners are calling on G7 Foreign Ministers to “take fi...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BREAKING 🚨 Activists call on G7 Foreign Leaders to #StandUpForTibet at #G7Summit!
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“His Holiness also reminds the world that on Monday, 10 March, “#Tibetans everywhere in the free world will be commemorating the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising in Lhasa.”
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
"My hope for the Tibetan people" | The Dalai Lama
"The right of the Tibetan people to be the custodians of their own homeland cannot be indefinitely denied." His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
tibetnetwork.org
March 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“His Holiness also reminds the world that on Monday, 10 March, “#Tibetans everywhere in the free world will be commemorating the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising in Lhasa.”
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
“His Holiness also reminds the world that on Monday, 10 March, “#Tibetans everywhere in the free world will be commemorating the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising in Lhasa.”
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
"My hope for the Tibetan people" | The Dalai Lama
"The right of the Tibetan people to be the custodians of their own homeland cannot be indefinitely denied." His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
tibetnetwork.org
March 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“His Holiness also reminds the world that on Monday, 10 March, “#Tibetans everywhere in the free world will be commemorating the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s uprising in Lhasa.”
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
Must read blog post @yangzom.bsky.social
tibetnetwork.org/dalai-lama-h...
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Over 350,000 people have demanded UN High Commissioner, Volker Türk break his silence on Tibet and investigate China’s colonial boarding schools in Tibet!
Activists will deliver this petition to the High Commissioner in just a few weeks- Help us reach 500k!
Activists will deliver this petition to the High Commissioner in just a few weeks- Help us reach 500k!
February 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Over 350,000 people have demanded UN High Commissioner, Volker Türk break his silence on Tibet and investigate China’s colonial boarding schools in Tibet!
Activists will deliver this petition to the High Commissioner in just a few weeks- Help us reach 500k!
Activists will deliver this petition to the High Commissioner in just a few weeks- Help us reach 500k!
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Volker Türk, nearly 1 million #Tibetan children are forcibly separated from their families & sent to colonial boarding schools. Investigate #China's human rights abuses & break your silence on #Tibet! #StandUpForTibet #StandUp4HumanRights
bit.ly/ProtectTibetsChildren
bit.ly/ProtectTibetsChildren
February 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Volker Türk, nearly 1 million #Tibetan children are forcibly separated from their families & sent to colonial boarding schools. Investigate #China's human rights abuses & break your silence on #Tibet! #StandUpForTibet #StandUp4HumanRights
bit.ly/ProtectTibetsChildren
bit.ly/ProtectTibetsChildren
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Education is a universal right, but 3 out of 4 Tibetan students are being denied their culture and language and forced to live in Chinese colonial boarding schools. This must end now!
📷 Tsering Dolma, President Tibetan Women’s Association and Sonam Tsering, General Secretary Tibetan Youth Congress
📷 Tsering Dolma, President Tibetan Women’s Association and Sonam Tsering, General Secretary Tibetan Youth Congress
February 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Education is a universal right, but 3 out of 4 Tibetan students are being denied their culture and language and forced to live in Chinese colonial boarding schools. This must end now!
📷 Tsering Dolma, President Tibetan Women’s Association and Sonam Tsering, General Secretary Tibetan Youth Congress
📷 Tsering Dolma, President Tibetan Women’s Association and Sonam Tsering, General Secretary Tibetan Youth Congress
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But Donald Trump’s funds freeze has created a potential and very serious funding crisis that threatens our existence. We need your help now!
Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.
Please, consider supporting us at bit.ly/Donate4Tibet
Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.
Please, consider supporting us at bit.ly/Donate4Tibet
Can you support us?
Tibet Network is a vital lifeline for the Tibetan freedom movement but Donald Trump’s funds freeze has raised a potential and very serious funding crisis that threatens our existence - and we need you...
bit.ly
February 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
But Donald Trump’s funds freeze has created a potential and very serious funding crisis that threatens our existence. We need your help now!
Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.
Please, consider supporting us at bit.ly/Donate4Tibet
Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.
Please, consider supporting us at bit.ly/Donate4Tibet
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It’s been a busy year for the Tibetan freedom movement spotlighting the situation in Tibet and China's extreme human rights abuses against the Tibetan people.
And Change Is Coming For Tibet! WATCH & SHARE -
www.youtube.com/shorts/7iWnv...
And Change Is Coming For Tibet! WATCH & SHARE -
www.youtube.com/shorts/7iWnv...
Change is coming for Tibet!
YouTube video by International Tibet Network
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:35 PM
It’s been a busy year for the Tibetan freedom movement spotlighting the situation in Tibet and China's extreme human rights abuses against the Tibetan people.
And Change Is Coming For Tibet! WATCH & SHARE -
www.youtube.com/shorts/7iWnv...
And Change Is Coming For Tibet! WATCH & SHARE -
www.youtube.com/shorts/7iWnv...
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John Jones, @freetibet.org said, "The Government of Nepal should disinvite Gyaltsen Norbu and call for the release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. Defying Beijing may be awkward, but insulting the 500 million Buddhists around the world would be damning.”
December 12, 2024 at 11:19 AM
John Jones, @freetibet.org said, "The Government of Nepal should disinvite Gyaltsen Norbu and call for the release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. Defying Beijing may be awkward, but insulting the 500 million Buddhists around the world would be damning.”
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Tenzyn Zochbauer, @tibetinitiative.bsky.social : "While the legitimate 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and his family remain missing without any confirmation of their well-being, it is unconscionable to legitimize the Chinese Communist Party's violent suppression.. Buddhist practices.."
December 12, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Tenzyn Zochbauer, @tibetinitiative.bsky.social : "While the legitimate 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and his family remain missing without any confirmation of their well-being, it is unconscionable to legitimize the Chinese Communist Party's violent suppression.. Buddhist practices.."
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Tenzin Yangzom, @tibetnetwork.bsky.social: "Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli must consider the far-reaching, global implications of allowing this visit - implications that do nothing more than support China’s ruthless attack on religious freedom - and refuse him entry to Nepal."
December 12, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Tenzin Yangzom, @tibetnetwork.bsky.social: "Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli must consider the far-reaching, global implications of allowing this visit - implications that do nothing more than support China’s ruthless attack on religious freedom - and refuse him entry to Nepal."
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Pema Doma, @sft-international.bsky.social said: “This visit represents a serious escalation in China’s decades-long effort to co-opt Tibetan Buddhism to legitimize its rule in Tibet. Tibetans in and outside of Tibet categorically reject China’s interference in their sacred spiritual life.."
December 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Pema Doma, @sft-international.bsky.social said: “This visit represents a serious escalation in China’s decades-long effort to co-opt Tibetan Buddhism to legitimize its rule in Tibet. Tibetans in and outside of Tibet categorically reject China’s interference in their sacred spiritual life.."
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139 global Tibet Network member organisations have called on Nepal’s Prime Minister to repeal any agreement that he can visit stating that “allowing Gyaltsen Norbu to visit Nepal when he lacks recognition or standing among Tibetan Buddhists… would violate the wishes of Buddhists around the world.”
December 12, 2024 at 11:13 AM
139 global Tibet Network member organisations have called on Nepal’s Prime Minister to repeal any agreement that he can visit stating that “allowing Gyaltsen Norbu to visit Nepal when he lacks recognition or standing among Tibetan Buddhists… would violate the wishes of Buddhists around the world.”
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🚨FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China's Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit.
tibetnetwork.org/media-releas...
tibetnetwork.org/media-releas...
Media Release: Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China’s Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11 December 2024 Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China's Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit Tibet activists worldwide have expressed alarm at reports[1] that G...
tibetnetwork.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:12 AM
🚨FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tibetans and Tibet Activists Call On Nepal to Reject China's Illegitimate Panchen Lama Visit.
tibetnetwork.org/media-releas...
tibetnetwork.org/media-releas...
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Wishing a very happy 35th anniversary of his Nobel Peace Prize award to His Holiness the 14th #DalaiLama! He was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize in 1989 “for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people.”
December 10, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Wishing a very happy 35th anniversary of his Nobel Peace Prize award to His Holiness the 14th #DalaiLama! He was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize in 1989 “for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people.”
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Tibetan HIV/AIDS awareness campaigner Wangdu was sentenced to life in 2008 by Chinese authorities.
His crime? Sending an email about crackdowns on Tibetan protesters. He was charged with espionage and providing intelligence to Tibetans in exile
freetibet.org/freedom-for-...
His crime? Sending an email about crackdowns on Tibetan protesters. He was charged with espionage and providing intelligence to Tibetans in exile
freetibet.org/freedom-for-...
December 1, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Tibetan HIV/AIDS awareness campaigner Wangdu was sentenced to life in 2008 by Chinese authorities.
His crime? Sending an email about crackdowns on Tibetan protesters. He was charged with espionage and providing intelligence to Tibetans in exile
freetibet.org/freedom-for-...
His crime? Sending an email about crackdowns on Tibetan protesters. He was charged with espionage and providing intelligence to Tibetans in exile
freetibet.org/freedom-for-...
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Tibetan whistleblower - Tsongon Tsering - imprisoned by Chinese authorities for protesting illegal sand mining in Ngaba, eastern #Tibet
China sentenced Tibetan whistleblower to eight months in prison for protesting illegal sand mining in Ngaba
Tsongon Tsering, a resident of Tsaruma village in Kakhog (Ch: Hongyuan) County, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, has been sentenced to eight months in prison ...
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November 29, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Tibetan whistleblower - Tsongon Tsering - imprisoned by Chinese authorities for protesting illegal sand mining in Ngaba, eastern #Tibet
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「賢人雖遭危難，
行為光明磊落；
火把下垂的時候，
火舌仍熊熊向上。」
——薩迦格言
「一個黃疸病人看雪山是黃的，但雪山永遠是白的。因果報應會有的，我相信因果報應。」（嘎瑪桑珠2010）
頂禮嘎瑪桑珠啦，祝福終於回家🙏🙏🙏❤️
行為光明磊落；
火把下垂的時候，
火舌仍熊熊向上。」
——薩迦格言
「一個黃疸病人看雪山是黃的，但雪山永遠是白的。因果報應會有的，我相信因果報應。」（嘎瑪桑珠2010）
頂禮嘎瑪桑珠啦，祝福終於回家🙏🙏🙏❤️
November 19, 2024 at 3:58 PM
「賢人雖遭危難，
行為光明磊落；
火把下垂的時候，
火舌仍熊熊向上。」
——薩迦格言
「一個黃疸病人看雪山是黃的，但雪山永遠是白的。因果報應會有的，我相信因果報應。」（嘎瑪桑珠2010）
頂禮嘎瑪桑珠啦，祝福終於回家🙏🙏🙏❤️
行為光明磊落；
火把下垂的時候，
火舌仍熊熊向上。」
——薩迦格言
「一個黃疸病人看雪山是黃的，但雪山永遠是白的。因果報應會有的，我相信因果報應。」（嘎瑪桑珠2010）
頂禮嘎瑪桑珠啦，祝福終於回家🙏🙏🙏❤️
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International Tibet Network strongly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong.
We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash these convictions and release all of those convicted.
Read the full statement at:
tibetnetwork.org/hong-kong-de...
We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash these convictions and release all of those convicted.
Read the full statement at:
tibetnetwork.org/hong-kong-de...
Hong Kong Democracy Advocates Harshly Sentenced
Mass Trial in Hong Kong: Beijing's Attempt to Silence Dissent International Tibet Network strongly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. On Tuesday 19 November, 45 Hong K...
tibetnetwork.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:28 AM
International Tibet Network strongly condemns the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong.
We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash these convictions and release all of those convicted.
Read the full statement at:
tibetnetwork.org/hong-kong-de...
We call on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash these convictions and release all of those convicted.
Read the full statement at:
tibetnetwork.org/hong-kong-de...
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Find out about other #Tibetan environment rights defenders - #ClimateCrisis #COP29
tibetclimatecrisis.org/un-human-rig...
tibetclimatecrisis.org/un-human-rig...
UN Human Rights Experts Question China’s ‘Deliberate Attempt” To Forget Tibetan Human Rights Defenders
Repression and Environmental Damage Renew Tibetan Calls for Occupied Tibet to Become a “No Extraction Zone” UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern and pressed the Chinese government to pro...
tibetclimatecrisis.org
November 19, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Find out about other #Tibetan environment rights defenders - #ClimateCrisis #COP29
tibetclimatecrisis.org/un-human-rig...
tibetclimatecrisis.org/un-human-rig...