‘Follow the Party’ – Drive to Indoctrinate Tibetan Children Continues
June 1, 2023-By International Campaign for Tibet Recent reports in Chinese state media indicate that authorities in Tibet are continuing their drive to indoctrinate Tibetan children at early ages and to enforce allegiance to the rule and the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party. The ongoing apparent attempts to weaken ties to read more →
Xi Jinping’s Tibet Comments Show Need for Conflict Resolution: ICT
May 27, 2023-by International Campaign for Tibet STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent comments on Tibet should encourage the international community to take stronger action to help resolve the longstanding Tibet-China conflict. According to China’s state media, Xi sent a letter this week to a development read more →
Tibetan Monk Released from Prison in Poor Health after Serving Two-Year Sentence
May 27, 2023Sonam Gyatso was sent to jail for ‘sending money for prayer offerings’ to the Dalai Lama. By Sangyal Kunchok for RFA Tibetan 2023.05.25 A Tibetan Buddhist monk serving a jail sentence for “sending money for prayer offerings” to the Dalai Lama and to the abbot of his monastery has been read more →
China Makes Getting a Tourist Visa to Tibet Tougher for Foreign Visitors in Nepal
May 25, 2023New rules require in-person interviews and fingerprinting. -by Radio Free Asia China has put in place stricter visa rules and conditions for foreign tourists who want to visit Tibet via neighboring Nepal, according to two travel agencies operating in the Nepalese capital. The Chinese government routinely blocks access to Tibet read more →
G7 Leaders Concerned about Tibetan Human Rights, Forced Labor
May 24, 2023-by International Campaign for Tibet Leaders of the Group of Seven nations say that the human rights situation in Tibet is a “major concern to us” and that they will continue voicing their concerns about it. In a communiqué following the group’s just-concluded annual summit, the G7 leaders say: “We read more →
Irrepressible Tibet: Seven Decades of Fighting Chinese Lies with Compassion and Truth
May 20, 2023After decades of brutal communist persecution, the people of Tibet remain unmoved and unafraid. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is at the heart of their resilience. May 19, 2023. By Jason Morgan, Reitaku University It is often said that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a totalitarian government. Indeed, it read more →
28 Years Since the Enforced Disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama by the Chinese Government
May 18, 2023-by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) Today, we observe the 28th anniversary of the Chinese government’s arbitrary detention and subsequent enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama Jetsun Tenzin Gedhun Yeshi Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo, widely recognised by his lay name Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who turned 34 read more →
Six Reported Missing After Accident at Copper Mine in Tibet
May 18, 2023-By Tibetan Review Six workers have been reported missing after an accident on May 14 at the Julong Copper and Polymetallic mine which is located in Maldrogungkar (Chinese: Mozhugongka) County of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region. Nothing has been stated about the ethnic identity of the missing miners, although mines read more →
State Department Report Says China Oppressed Tibetan Buddhist Leaders, Practitioners
May 17, 2023-By International Campaign for Tibet A new US State Department report chronicles China’s oppression of Tibetan Buddhist practitioners and efforts to keep two of the religion’s most prominent leaders out of sight inside Tibet. The State Department’s 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom, released May 15, 2023, documents allegations of read more →
Police Forcibly Remove Imprisoned Tibetan’s Protesting Sister
May 13, 2023-by International Campaign for Tibet After being hidden by a large police banner during her protest a little over two weeks ago, Gonpo Kyi (Chinese: Gongbao Ji), elder sister of imprisoned Tibetan former businessman Dorjee Tashi (Douji Zhaxi), returned to protest again on May 10, presumably in front of the read more →