US Policy Toward Tibet: Access, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

This hearing before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs outlines American policy towards Tibet. The hearing was witnessed by Richard Gere, chair of the Board of Directors for the International Campaign for Tibet, Tenzin Tethong, director of Radio Free Asia, and Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy. The hearing describes historical and ongoing suppression on behalf of the Chinese government of Tibetan culture and religion, as well as American efforts to combat it. Such efforts include the Reciprocal Access to Tibet act of 2017, a bill that would deny US visas to Chinese government officials who are involved in restricting access to Tibet