
Sikyong Attends Launch of Tibet Action Institute’s Report “When They Came to Take Our Children: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet”
Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering attended the launch event of the updated report by the Tibet Action Institute (TAI), entitled “When They Came to Take Our Children: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet,” on Saturday, 5 July 2025, at the Tibetan Settlement’s Community Hall, McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala. The report analyses evidence gathered from Tibet, particularly concerning abuse, neglect, indoctrination, and identity erasure carried out through the Chinese government’s network of colonial boarding schools and preschools in Tibet.
At the event, Sikyong Penpa Tsering reflected on the freedom to joyously celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday in exile— a freedom not afforded to Tibetans inside Tibet, who live under strict surveillance and face persecution by the People...





