Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF, or Doctors without Borders], a non governmental organisation will pull out of Tibet at the end of the year. It has been working with Tibetans on humanitarian and medical assistance projects since 14 years.
"We're closing our operation in Tibet for operational and human resources reasons but we want to keep the door open to possibly go back. We're now aiming to shift our focus to the treatment of HIV/AIDS affected people in China." Director of Operations Christopher Stokes said.
MSF is known for activism and medical assistance projects since the time it was founded by a group of French doctors in 1971.
Relations between the authorities in Tibet and MSF have frequently been tense, partially due to the charity's stated mandate of "undertaking advocacy positions when dealing with specific abuses of endangered populations".
The authorities in Tibet maintain a strict control over the activities of all foreign NGOs and aid projects. Tibet has one of the smallest concentrations of NGOs in the world.
