Denmark commission finds Copenhagen illegally silenced anti-China demonstrators
April 2, 2022-By Radio Free Asia During state visits in 2012 and 2013, police confiscated Tibetan flags and hid demonstrators behind buses. A commission appointed by the government of Denmark this week criticized the country’s Foreign Ministry for giving into Chinese pressure and preventing anti-Beijing demonstrations during state visits in 2012 and read more →
Ukraine invasion has revived the memories of Chinese occupation of Tibet – says International Jurist
April 2, 2022News Report by : VIJAY KRANTI “We should soon expect the world to stand firmly behind occupied countries like Tibet, East Turkistan and South Mongolia which China has colonized over past many decades” : predicts Prof. Michael Van Walt. New Delhi: “An interesting outcome of the events in Ukraine today read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s escape to India: 63 years later
April 2, 2022International Campaign for Tibet – by Dekyi Sharchitsang In March 1959, as he approached the Indian border after a two-week journey disguised as a common soldier, His Holiness the Dalai Lama looked back at Tibet for the very last time, leaving behind everything he had ever known and entering into read more →
What a Tibetan singer’s self-immolation in Lhasa reveals about Chinese oppression
March 31, 2022Dorjee Wangmo for the First Post. It’s been a little over a month since the news of a Tibetan self-immolation in front of the historic Potala Palace in Lhasa reached the outside world. And it wasn’t until 5 March that Tibetan news media in exile were able to name the read more →
Dalai Lama, Other Nobel Winners Demand Explicit Vow Not to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
March 30, 2022By Jon Queally – commondreams.org – March 26, 2022 The Dalai Lama is among 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates who jointly issued an open letter Saturday calling for the immediate end of the attack on Ukraine and an explicit vow from both Russia and NATO forces that nuclear weapons of read more →
China extends restrictions on Tibetan language use in apps, streaming services: Report
March 29, 2022Reported by ANI for The Print. Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 28 (ANI): The Chinese government has extended its restrictions on the Tibetan language on various online platforms and video streaming services, said a media report. In its report, Phayul said that due to these restrictions sources fear another push read more →
Funeral for popular Tibetan lama restricted by Chinese police
March 27, 2022-Radio Free Asia Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche had been jailed for years for opposing Chinese rule. Funeral observances for a popular Tibetan lama were blocked early this year by Chinese police who barred devotees from attending and deleted images of the religious leader that were shared online, RFA has learned. Choktrul read more →
‘Resume dialogue with Dalai Lama…’: Tibetan leaders as China FM visits India
March 26, 2022Hindustan Times-25 March 2022 Chinese foreign minister and state councilor Wang Yi landed in Delhi on Thursday. Tibetan MPs in-exile, who are living in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala, have called upon the government to urge China to resume the dialogue with spiritual leader Dalai Lama. This comes as Chinese foreign minister read more →
China streamers scrub Keanu Reeves titles over his support for Tibet
March 26, 2022REBECCA DAVIS for Los Angeles Times. Actor Keanu Reeves may now be kaput in China, despite his past close collaboration with its film authorities and decades of mega-stardom spanning the length of the country’s engagement with Hollywood. In the wake of his show of support for Tibet earlier this month, read more →
Human rights advocates urge UN rights chief to visit Tibet
March 26, 2022tTanslated by Tenzin Dyicki. Written in English by Eugene Whong. The United Nations human rights chief must include Tibet on the itinerary of her planned trip to China in May, human rights groups told RFA. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced earlier this month that she had read more →