An Important Anniversary Reminds Us: Don’t Forget About Tibet
March 14, 2022The Diplomat-By Andy Levin On the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation, we must put Tibetan rights center stage in U.S. foreign policy once again. In 1982, I walked across the 13,058 ft Rohtang Pass near the Tibetan cultural area of Ladakh and marveled at how there was read more →
Commemorating the 63rd Tibetan Uprising Day – 10th March
March 14, 2022Times of India-Written by Shri Ajit Kamath The 10 of March marks a very important day for Tibetan people all over the world. It was on this day in 1959, when the Tibetans (in Tibet) revolted against the forcible occupation of their motherland by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This revolt was read more →
Go Sherab Gyatso: Prominent Tibetan Monk Tortured in Jail
March 14, 2022-Bitter Winter Well-known as author and lecturer, he was sentenced to ten years in November 2021. Human rights activists are denouncing on social media that a well-known Tibetan monk’s health is seriously deteriorating as a result of torture he is subjected to in Lhasa’s Qushui Prison. Go Sherab Gyatso is a monk born read more →
Security tight in Tibet’s Lhasa on anniversary of uprising
March 14, 2022-By Radio Free Asia Police were out in force in the capital after a young Tibetan set himself on fire in protest days earlier. Security was noticeably tightened in Tibet’s capital Lhasa Thursday on the sensitive anniversary of an uprising against Beijing’s rule, according to sources in the region, barely read more →
Tibetan school year begins with classes taught only in Chinese
March 14, 2022-By Radio Free Asia Critics say the policy will weaken Tibetan students’ connection to their national language and culture. Tibetan children returning to their schools after winter break are now entering classes taught only in Chinese, as authorities push forward with policies that critics say are aimed at weakening students’ read more →
Tibet least-free country alongside South Sudan, Syria in new ranking
March 4, 2022-By International Campaign for Tibet Tibet is the least-free country on Earth, in a tie with South Sudan and Syria, according to new rankings from the watchdog group Freedom House. Tibet—a historically independent country that China has brutally occupied for over 60 years—has a global freedom score of 1 out of read more →
Analysis: Sinicizing Tibetans in a Chinese nation-state
March 3, 2022-International Campaign for Tibet For implementing the top-level design of “Sinicization” of Tibetans in a Chinese nation-state, the Chinese Communist Party convened an “ethnic work conference” in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, in early February. The provincial leaders of the Tibet Autonomous Region’s Communist Party, government, political body, judiciary, military and armed police attended read more →
Chinese government destroys third Tibetan Buddhist statue in 3 months
March 2, 2022-Radio Free Asia The razing of Padmasambhava is seen as the latest infringement on Tibetan religious freedom. The Chinese government has demolished a third Tibetan Buddhist statue in what sources told RFA is the latest example of official efforts to stamp out the Tibetans’ religious traditions. The statue of Padmasambhava, read more →
Self-immolation attempt at Tibet’s Potala Palace thwarted by Chinese police
February 28, 2022By Tashi Wangchuk and Kalden Lodoe for Radio Free Asia. A Tibetan shouted slogans and attempted to self-immolate in an apparent protest in front of the iconic Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa this week but was thwarted by Chinese police, sources in the region and in India read more →
China walking in footsteps of Taliban, destroying Tibetan culture: Expert
February 25, 2022This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. The Print holds no responsibility for its content. Beijing [China], February 24 (ANI): Brahma Chellaney, a strategic expert, says that China is walking in the footsteps of the Taliban saying that the destruction of two massive Buddha statues built in the sixth read more →