STOP China's Ethnic Unity Law — global action to protect Tibetan culture and identity

Global action against China’s Ethnic Unity Law — protect Tibetan culture and identity.

GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST CHINA’S ETHNIC UNITY LAW — Protect Tibetan culture and identity

On 1 July 2026, China’s new Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress came into force. Behind the language of “unity” lies a law designed to forcibly assimilate Tibetans and other peoples into a single state-controlled identity based on loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.

This law builds on China’s colonial boarding school system, through which an estimated one million Tibetan children have already been separated from their families, language, and communities.

For Tibetans, this is not merely a policy change. This law poses an existential threat to their language, culture, religion, and identity. It is nothing less than an attempt to uproot Tibetan culture and civilisation once and for all.

UN experts and the European Parliament have warned that this law gives a legal basis to assimilation policies and violates fundamental human rights, including the right of children to learn and develop in their own language and culture.

Sign this appeal and call on the Dutch government and international institutions to publicly condemn China’s Ethnic Unity Law, defend the right to the Tibetan language, and demand an immediate end to forced boarding schools and political indoctrination.

TAKE ACTION — REJECT CHINA’S ETHNIC UNITY LAW

Support the Tibet Support Group Netherlands in their struggle for justice and human rights in Tibet.