Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

China is Preparing the Dalai Lama’s Succession

March 15, 2023

-By Claude Arpi for Indian Defence Review, 14 March 2023 China is at it again: “Recognition of new Dalai Lama must be conducted in China”, asserted an article in The Global Times on February 22. The mouthpiece of the Communist Party explained that the China Central Television has already given a detailed read more →

Tibetan Writer Confirmed Serving 4-Year Prison Sentence

March 15, 2023

Zangkar Jamyang criticized China’s move to drop teaching Tibetan in schools By Lobe Socktsang for RFA Tibetan 2023.03.13 A Tibetan writer arrested by Chinese police nearly three years ago has been confirmed serving four years in prison for “splittism and spreading rumors in internet chat groups,” according to Tibetans with read more →

Dalai Lama Invited to Buddhavanam

March 15, 2023

March 13, 2023 07:03 pm | Updated 07:09 pm IST – HYDERABAD THE HINDU BUREAU Special Officer-Buddhavanam Mallepalli Laxmaiah met the Dalai Lama at his office in Dharamshala on Monday and extended an invitation to the Tibetan spiritual leader to visit the Buddhist heritage theme park developed by the Telangana read more →

New Hopes Emerging for the People of Tibet in the Changing World

March 14, 2023

Nervous Communist Regime, growing spirit of resistance in China and changing international mood give new hope to the colonised people of Tibet. An international webinar discuss “hopes and possibilities for a free Tibet in the present International Scenario?” -By Vijay Kranti (CHASE) NEW DELHI-PARIS-LONDON-BERLIN-DHARAMSHALA, 9 March Tibet experts from a read more →

Taipei march shows support for Tibet, Xinjiang and HK

March 7, 2023

Taipei Times, March 6, 2023. A march was held in Taipei yesterday commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising against China, showing solidarity with Tibetans and others who protest Chinese oppression. The rally, held annually in Taipei every March since 2004, was originally intended to commemorate those who died during the Tibetan read more →

Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky Discusses China, Tibet and Mutual Trade On Visit To India

March 3, 2023

BRNO Daily, March 2, 2023. Lipavsky met representatives of Tibetans in exile, and gave a speech stressing the trade potential of India and the Czech Republic. Photo credit: Jan Lipavský – ministr zahraničí ČR, via Facebook. Delhi, Feb 28 (CTK) – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky met representatives of the read more →

The Dalai Lama on the Gratitude He Feels Looking Back at His Escape From Tibet (20 April 1959)

March 2, 2023

BY DALAI LAMA FEBRUARY 28, 2023 7:00 AM EST/ TIME.COM A single image can certainly evoke strong memories. This 1959 TIME cover photo and the accompanying story of my escape from Tibet brings movingly back to me the tragedy of my land and of my people. I will soon be 88. This cover read more →

UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee Addresses China’s Assimilation of Tibetans

February 18, 2023

-By International Campaign for Tibet The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviewed China’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Feb. 15-16, 2023, during which there was a focus on the Chinese government’s extensive resettlement policy and forced boarding schools for Tibetan read more →

United Nations: “One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated From Their Parents”

February 16, 2023

In November, three UN Special Rapporteurs wrote to China. There has been no satisfactory answer, and they have decided to go public. – By Massimo Introvigne for Bitter Winter  Children forcibly separated (from) their families, and sent to boarding schools, often hundreds of miles away from their parents, where their read more →

Common COVID-19 Pain has Brought Tibet, East Turkistan, South Mongolia and China Democrats Together

February 14, 2023

By : VIJAY KRANTI NEW DELHI, DHARAMSHALA, NEWYORK, CHICAGO – 12 FEB:  Amid many painful aspects of the spread of Covid-19 in China, one positive outcome is the new comradeship the people of colonized countries like Tibet, Xinjiang (East Turkistan),Southern Mongolia and the right thinking Chinese citizens have come to read more →