Forced Evictions of Nomads Continues in Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / January 26, 2019
The forced relocation of nomads in Tibet is once again in the news this month with two separate incidences being reported. Radio Free Asia’s Tibet desk quotes their local sources saying “Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Chamdo prefecture are ramping up the forced relocation of nomads from rural areas into newly read more →
Protest: Scrap Project Dragonfly!
By Mary Trewartha / January 23, 2019
To mark Internet Freedom Day, a coalition of Chinese, Tibetan, Uyghur and human rights groups held protests on January 18 outside Google offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Sweden, Switzerland, and Denmark.They were calling on the company to scrap its controversial plans to develop read more →
Escalating Restrictions on Religious Freedom for Tibetans
By Tsering Wangdue / January 23, 2019
Tibetans living in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) are now required to make offerings to pictures of Chinese President Xi Jinping and other party leaders and not to Buddhist images as they do at present, reports the International Campaign for Tibet in a new report published on January 15. Chinese read more →
US$1.7 Million Boost for Tibetan Businesses
By Priyadarshini Ohol / January 18, 2019
Funding to support Tibetan summer businesses has been announced by the Social and Resource Development (SARD) Fund of the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Department of Finance who launched their new Summer Livelihood Support Programme (SLSP) for 2019 on January 11.Through SLSP,the CTA will provide Tibetan summer businesses loans of INR read more →
The Three Wheels Award Presented to Dr Tenzin Dorjee
By Mary Trewartha / January 15, 2019
Dr Tenzin Dorjee, the Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and a prominent Tibetan translator, was awarded the Three Wheels Recognition Award on January 12. The award is the highest honour bestowed by the Institute of Buddhist Dialectic (IBD) and Sarah Collegefor Higher Tibetan Studies read more →
Luxury Lhasa Hotel’s Unseen Neighbours
By Anisha Francis / January 11, 2019
Recent satellite imagery showing the dramatic modernisation and infrastructure boom in Lhasa city has been analysed in a new report by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). The images reveal an extravagant luxury hotel adjacent to one of China’s most notorious “black site” prison facilities, Gutsa, which also appears to read more →
Tibet Strains China-US Relations
By Mary Trewartha / January 10, 2019
The Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, which was signed into American Law by its President Donald Trump in December, has prompted an angry reaction from China and possibly contributed to the escalating tensions between the two countries. The new law means that Chinese officials who deny US journalists, diplomats and read more →
China Claims to be “Earnestly Fulfilling” its HR obligations
By Lodoe Gyatso / January 3, 2019
The Chinese government released a new White Paper on December 12 on the Human Rights situation in China entitled “Progress in Human Rights over the 40 Years of Reform and Opening Up in China”. In its Foreword, the White Paper states “the CPC [Communist Party of China] has […] worked read more →
Twelve Activists Detained
By Martin Korner / January 3, 2019
Twelve activists from Students for a Free Tibet – India (SFT) were were detained on December 21 following their protest against the human rights abuses suffered by people living in Tibet under Chinese rule. The protest took place in front of the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra – the Overseas Indian Affairs read more →
German HR Commissioner Visits Tibet
By Lodoe Gyatso / January 2, 2019
Dr Bärbel Kofler, the German Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, visited Tibet from December 6 – 7, where she chaired the German-Chinese Human Rights Dialogue in Lhasa. Few foreigners are allowed to visit Tibet. The last Germany-China bilateral human rights dialogue was held in Germany read more →