New Coalition Lobbies China
By Tenzin Samten / March 7, 2019
Representatives of persecuted religious groups in China launched the first ever the Coalition to Advance Religious Freedom in China (CARFC) on March 5, 2019 at the Congressional Auditorium in the Capitol Visitor Centre in Washington in the United States. According to Radio Free Asia’s (RFA) Tibetan service, Sam Brownback, the read more →
His Holiness Reaches Thousands During his February Teachings
By Casey Tait / March 7, 2019
His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama ended his schedule for February with teachings on Je Tsongkhapa’s Concise Stages of the Path and In Praise of Dependent of Origination at a teleconference for Mongolian Buddhists. There was a range of events from the end of January through to the end of read more →
Confucius Institutes Under the Spotlight
By Tenzin Samten / March 2, 2019
In Britain, the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission has called for a review of the current agreement between British institutes and the Confucius Institute in a report published on February 18 entitled China’s Confucius Institutes: an Inquiry by the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. The Commission said China’s Confucius Institutes read more →
New Monastery Gulags in Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / February 25, 2019
An exclusive satellite image published by the Print has revealed three new forced re-education camps under construction in the Tibet Autonomous Region. This refutes China’s claims that forced labour camps are being abolished. China refers to these camps as “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) camps, although they are becoming known by read more →
Losar Celebrations Around the World
By Ben Byrne / February 12, 2019
Losar celebrations occurred across the world on February 5, as Tibetans living in Chinese occupied Tibet, and those abroad or in exile, welcomed the New Year. His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted Tibetans inside and outside Tibet with his Losar message, “Despite facing through a challenging period, we have successfully read more →
Tibetan Language Classes Banned
By Ben Byrne / February 9, 2019
Officials in Nangchen County, Qinghai province have banned informal Tibetan language classes being taught in monasteries. An order, issued December 25, called on Communist Party cadres responsible for managing monasteries in the region to “understand the harmful nature of monasteries running open schools.” Tibetan students returning home during the winter read more →
Fewer Than Ever Tibetans Escaping Tibet
By Priyadarshini Ohol / January 31, 2019
Eighty Tibetan refugees are reported as having escaped from Tibet into India in 2018, a marked contrast to a decade ago when, on an average, 3,000 Tibetan refugees arrived in India each year. Fewer than 50 Tibetans left Tibet in 2017. The Times of India, in an article dated January read more →
Still in Prison!
By Mary Trewartha / January 31, 2019
The third anniversary of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk’s imprisonment in China was marked in Dharamshala on January 27 by a shadow play performed by Gu-Chu-Sum and Students for a Free Tibet. The ten minute play chronicles the story of Tashi’s campaign and subsequent imprisonment in 2016, and his sentence read more →
HRW World Report 2019
By Choeyang Wangmo / January 31, 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its 29th annual report of human rights practices World Report 2019 on January 23, summarising the human rights situation in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. The report is based on their studies of human rights issues from late 2017 to November 2018. With read more →
China Claims Progress in Tibet
By Anisha Francis / January 31, 2019
The second session of the 11th People’s Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Tibet’s governing body under the Chinese régime, took place in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, from January 10. At the Congress, the Chinese government reported on Tibet’s GDP figures and tourist inflow in very positive terms— but read more →