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.

Tibetan couple arrested for communicating with exiled relatives

May 5, 2022

-By Tibet Watch Two Tibetans have been arrested in Gyalser County, accused of communicating with exiled family members. On 17 April 2022, a Tibetan man suspected of contacting his relatives who are living in exile, was arrested by Chinese police in Gyalser County along with his wife. Loga is 36 read more →

India will take right call on reincarnation of Dalai Lama, says Tibetan leader Tsering

May 5, 2022

By Prashant Jha, Hindustan Times -Published on May 04, 2022 12:00 AM IST Washington: Expressing full faith in the Indian government, Penpa Tsering, the head of the Central Tibetan Administration, has said India will take the right position at the right time on the question of the reincarnation of the Dalai read more →

China completes Pangong Tso bridge, now making road to link Tibet garrison, satellite images show

May 4, 2022

SNEHESH ALEX PHILIP for The Print New Delhi: China has completed the construction of a strategic bridge over Pangong Tso on territory it holds in Khurnak, the narrowest part of the lake that straddles Ladakh and Tibet. It’s now building roads to connect this to one of its biggest military garrisons read more →

US special coordinator for Tibet set to visit India in mid-May to meet Dalai Lama

May 3, 2022

The Tribune. US Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues, Uzra Zeya, is set to visit India next month to hold talks with Dalai Lama and other senior leaders of the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, signalling the Biden administration’s commitment to the Tibetan cause. It will be the first high-level read more →

Allow Panchen Lama to live free life: Tibetan government-in-exile to China

April 28, 2022

Times of India – 25 April 2022 DHARAMSHALA: The central tibetan administration (CTA) on Monday asked the Chinese government to allow the 11th Panchen Lama and his family members, taken into custody by China 27 years ago and not seen in public since then, to live a free life. The read more →

Rinchen Kyi released after eight months in detention

April 27, 2022

-By Free Tibet The Tibetan teacher and political detainee Rinchen Kyi has been released after eight months in detention. According to information supplied by Tibet Watch, Free Tibet’s research partner, Rinchen Kyi was secretly returned home by police at 8pm local time on Sunday 24 April. Rinchen Kyi is from read more →

Tibet’s leader seeks U.S. action to end China’s ‘cultural eradication’

April 27, 2022

PHELIM KINE for Politico The head of the Tibetan government in exile is making a rare visit to Washington this week to rally Biden administration support in pressuring China to address decadeslong grievances of Tibetans living under Chinese rule. Sikyong Penpa Tsering wants China to lift a 12-year freeze on official dialogue read more →

Tibetan village leaders told to ‘Speak in Chinese’

April 27, 2022

Radio Free Asia – by Sangyal Kunchok and Yangdon Chinese officials in rural areas of Tibet are forcing village leaders to speak in Chinese, as authorities move forward with campaigns aimed at restricting the use by Tibetans of their native language, RFA has learned. Workshops launched at the end of last read more →

Tibet’s New College Admission Rules: No University for Dalai Lama Supporters

April 26, 2022

Lopsang Gurung for Bitter Winter. CCP propaganda continuously tells the world that, thanks to China, Tibet now has a regular university system, which did not exist under the “backward” Dalai Lama administration. Of course, the university system evolved in the last decades, but the same happened in many Asian countries read more →

Tibet builds makeshift Covid hospitals despite one case since pandemic began

April 23, 2022

The Guardian – 22 April 2022 Authorities in Tibet are building massive Covid isolation and care facilities in anticipation of further outbreaks in China even though the remote territory has reported only one case during the pandemic. Temporary hospitals – a key feature of China’s Covid response – with at least 1,000 read more →