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Tibetan-Canadian political activist
Lhadon Tethong
Lhadon Tethong in 2011, speaking at a SFTUK Environment conference
Born1976
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materUniversity of King's College

Lhadon Tethong (born 1976) is a Tibetan-Canadian political activist, co-founder and director of Tibet Action Institute, and former executive director of Students for a Free Tibet.

Biography

Tethong was born in 1976 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to Judy Tethong, a Canadian aid worker, and Tsewang Choegyal Tethong, who ran a refugee camp in southern India and worked for the Central Tibetan Administration. She is a graduate of the University of King's College, where she founded the first chapter of Students for a Free Tibet after being encouraged by the size of the crowd at the first Tibetan Freedom Concert.

Activism

Tethong first became a public spokesperson on Tibetan independence when she gave a speech at the 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concert. She started working for Students for a Free Tibet in 1999, moving to New York to do so, and became an executive director four years later in 2003.

Tethong was detained in China in 2007 after protesting against Chinese rule of Tibet while in Beijing. She had kept a blog, posting writing, videos, and photos detailing the country's preparation for the 2008 Olympics, and garnered the attention of security officials, who arrested her after intense monitoring. She was released and deported to Canada less than two days after her detainment.

Tethong founded Tibet Action Institute in 2009, aiming to strengthen the Tibetan independence movement through the use of digital communication to bolster strategic nonviolent activism. In 2011, she was awarded the first annual James Lawson Award for Nonviolent Achievement by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.

References

  1. ^ "2019 DEMOCRACY AWARD RECIPIENT: TIBET ACTION INSTITUTE". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ "Third Canadian Arrested In China For Protesting Rule In Tibet - CityNews Toronto". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  3. ^ "La pasionaria du Tibet libre". LExpress.fr (in French). 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  4. ^ "'China is under the gun right now'". thestar.com. 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. "Keeping Tibet 'front and centre'". thestar.com. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. ^ "Empowering digital Tibet: An interview with activist Lhadon Tethong". Central Tibetan Administration. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  7. ^ "She Leads Interview with Lhadon Tethong, a committed activist for Tibet and for social justice everywhere". Reimagine Work. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  8. Schneider, Nathan (2011-06-23). "James Lawson Award honors four resisters". Waging Nonviolence. Retrieved 2021-08-28.


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