Tsewang Rigzin

Tsewang Rigzin is a Tibetan freedom activist who is the current president of the Tibetan Youth Congress.

[1] He has held the position since September 2007, and on August 8, 2008 he was re-elected to serve through August 2013.

Prior to attaining his current position he served as the president of the Portland/Vancouver regional chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress.

[2] Rigzin has been an outspoken critic of the Middle Way Approach to solving the problem of the Tibet situation,[3] and has instead advocated for complete independence for Tibet.

[4] In this, he and the Tibetan Youth Congress are in disagreement with the Dalai Lama,[5] who advocates for autonomy for Tibet within China.