Tibetan Activists Hold 90-Hour Hunger Strike at UN Headquarters Against China’s New “Ethnic Unity” Law
Jun Hao 
Tibetan activists from the Tibetan Youth Congress chapters of New York and New Jersey have launched a 90-hour hunger strike outside United Nations Headquarters in New York from April 6 to April 10, 2026, to protest China’s newly passed Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress and to draw urgent international attention to the worsening human rights situation in Tibet. Organisers say the protest is aimed at exposing what they describe as Beijing’s accelerating assault on Tibetan identity, warning that the new law will further tighten state control over Tibetan religion, language, culture, and education under the guise of “unity.” The demonstration, led by regional Tibetan youth activists, also calls for global action on behalf of Tibetan political prisoners and urges the international community not to remain silent as China deepens policies that critics say formalise forced assimilation in Tibet.
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