Student Detained for Speaking Out about Declining Job Opportunities for Tibetans
By Tsering Wangdue / April 25, 2019
A Tibetan student named Sonam has been arrested after writing an essay criticising the declining number of government job opportunities for Tibetans living in Tibetan regions. Sonam wrote the essay for his civil service examination. He was a master’s degree candidate at Northwest Minzu University in Gansu province’s Lanzhou city read more →
200 Members of Indian Parliament Calls to Confer the Bharat Ratna to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
By by Ishan Sood / April 25, 2019
A recent campaign pushing for the Indian government to confer the Bharat Ratna upon His Holiness the Dalai Lama has gained momentum across the political spectrum. The Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour in India, is an award bestowed “in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order”, without distinction read more →
Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Died Following a Prolonged Illness
By Choeyang Wangmo / April 25, 2019
Lekshey also known as Yeshe Thupten, a former Tibetan political prisoner, has died in Lhundrub county in the Tibet Autonomous Region after prolonged illness resulting from years of torture he suffered while in a Chinese prison. Yeshe Thupten was a monk at Phenpo Nalanda Monastery and was arrested by the read more →
Fake Letter Sparks Row in Canada
By Mary Trewartha / April 24, 2019
In Canada, a row has broken out over a new group claiming to be a Tibet support group. The Tibetan Association of Canada held a launch event on April 20. A letter of support for the new association was circulated on social media in advance of the launch; this letter read more →
Nine Tibetans Sentenced in Rebgong
By Corinne Dobinson / April 24, 2019
Nine Tibetans from HorGyal village have been sentenced to between three and seven years imprisonment in Rebkhong County in the Tibetan Province of Amdo according to reports by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) on April 19. The TCHRD reported that the nine Tibetans have been convicted read more →
Pah-la Premiers at Royal Court After Delays and Controversy
By Nithin Thomas Prasad / April 15, 2019
Pah-la, a play about a Tibetan nun who self-immolated during the 2008 uprising in occupied Tibet, premiered at the Royal Court in London on April 3 after being cancelled last year for diplomatic reasons and amid controversy in the Tibetan community of the United Kingdom. The Royal Court cancelled the read more →
60 Years of Democratic Reform or 60 Years of Repression?
By Tsering Wangdue / April 12, 2019
In the wake of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the failed uprising in Tibet in 1959, China published a White Paper last month entitled Democratic Reform in Tibet; Sixty Years On which includes China’s usual message of developments, progresses and prosperities in Tibet and the peaceful liberation of read more →
His Holiness Launches New Ethical Learning Programme
By Casey Tait / April 11, 2019
His Holiness the Dalai Lama recently travelled to Delhi for the four-day unveiling and launch of the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning) programme. SEE Learning, developed through Emory University, the private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, with The Dalai Lama Trust and Vana Foundation of India, was launched read more →
Tibetans Protest in Paris
By Ishan Sood / March 29, 2019
As French President Emmanuel Macron prepared to welcome his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Paris, France, on March 25, more than a thousand Chinese minority people and their supporters rallied to protest against Xi’s arrival. Among the protesters were members of the Tibetan and Uighur diaspora, two ethnic groups who read more →
China’s Press Manipulation
By Ben Byrne / March 29, 2019
A new report entitled China’s pursuit of a new world media order from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an esteemed organisation that promotes freedom of information and freedom of the press, has documented efforts by the Chinese government to curb criticism of its policies by international media organisations. The report asserts read more →