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.

Health of three monks in critical condition after six years of torture in China’s Sichuan province

February 25, 2022

This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Sichuan [China], February 23 (ANI): Three senior monks from Drago Monastery in Karze prefecture in western China’s Sichuan province are in critical health condition after their release from prison four years ago, said a media read more →

25 Human Rights NGOs Announce Activist NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom as 2022 Courage Award Winner

February 24, 2022

-UN Watch GENEVA, February 22, 2022 – A cross-regional coalition of 25 human rights organizations announced today that its prestigious international human rights award will go this year to Enes Kanter Freedom, a NBA athlete and activist currently risking his career for speak out against China’s persecution of ethnic Uyghurs. Freedom will read more →

University student arrested after teaching Tibetan to children

February 24, 2022

-Tibet Watch Choedon was arrested earlier this month and has not been seen since. A university student has been detained in central Tibet. Chinese authorities in Riwoche County arrested Choedon (ཆོས་སྒྲོན།) on 13 February and she has not been seen since. Choedon hails from the village of Yamda (ཡམ་མདའ་སྡེ་བ།) in read more →

Nobel Peace Center Launches New Minecraft Learning Experience to Inspire Youth to Build a Better, More Peaceful World

February 23, 2022

Oslo, 1 March 2022: In Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular games, players can build anything they want — including their vision for world peace. Today, the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, along with Games for Change and Mojang Studios, launched an immersive learning experience focused on civic engagement and read more →

US Congress’ commitment to human rights in China is bipartisan: Nancy Pelosi

February 23, 2022

Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday reaffirmed US Congress’ bipartisan commitment to human rights issues in China. Pelosi made these remarks after meeting several rights activists including Nathan Law and Rahima Mahmut. “As a longtime leader in fighting the PRC’s human rights abuses, it read more →

TOP 5 CAMPAIGN WINS FOR NO BEIJING 2022

February 23, 2022

Free Tibet The Beijing Winter Olympics were a public relations and rating flop, but there was one clear winner: the No Beijing 2022 campaign. From dramatically reduced viewership around the world to the attention that has been drawn to the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights abuses, Free Tibet wants to read more →

Winter-Olympics in Beijing was a “Genocide Olympics”

February 22, 2022

Reported by Vijay Kranti New Delhi – 20 Feb 2022: The leaders of the Communist Party of China (CCP) and the bosses of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) might have many reasons to feel happy and relieved over the ‘successful’ conclusion of the Beijing Winter Olympics-2022. But the way the read more →

Beware if China calls for truce! When the ‘pacification of Tibet’ meant its complete annihilation

February 22, 2022

Firstpost-by Claude Arpi Just as ‘truce’ doesn’t have the same meaning for the outside world as for Mao’s children, ‘pacification’ for the Great Helmsman in the 1950s was not what we usually understand. Today, very few remember that as far back as 776 BC, the Greeks had introduced the Olympic read more →

Three monks in Drago severely ill after six years of torture

February 19, 2022

-By Tibet Watch Arrested after the 2012 Drago protests, three monks were subjected to forced labour and denied adequate food Tibet Watch has learned that three senior monks from Drago Monastery are still severely ill after their release from prison four years ago. The three monks, Tsewang Namgyal, Dalha, and read more →

‘Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story’: Debut Trailer For Hugh Bonneville-Narrated Doc

February 19, 2022

-Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Here you can watch the first trailer for upcoming documentary Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story. Narrated by Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville, the pic will be released on March 31 by Fathom Events in 800 theaters across the U.S. The date marks the 63rd anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s read more →