China announces further restrictions on Buddhism on the internet
February 4, 2022-Tibet Watch Online WeChat groups promoting Tibetan Buddhist culture ordered shutdown after new regulation is adopted. In further restrictions to the already shrinking space for religious communities in China and Tibet to freely practice their religion, the Chinese state on 20 December 2021 announced a new regulation: Measures on the read more →
Chinese police arrest three Tibetan pilgrims for state secrets
February 4, 2022-Radio Free Asia The trio had content on their phones related to a destroyed Buddhist statue in Sichuan. Chinese authorities in Sichuan province have arrested three Tibetan Buddhists they claim were in possession of “politically sensitive information” as they returned from a pilgrimage, Tibetan sources in exile say. Asang, Dodra, read more →
Opinion: Olympic movement has sold its soul by not challenging China on human rights abuses
February 3, 2022Nancy Armour for USA TODAY The Olympic Games can never be seen in the same way again. Once aspirational, radiating hope and the promise of all that could be, they have been tainted by the crass calculations of their leaders. The International Olympic Committee has sold the people of China read more →
Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China
February 2, 2022Reuters – 1 February 2022 TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the “serious human rights situation” in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead. Japan has read more →
Tibetan former political prisoner in failing health still watched by police
February 2, 2022-Radio Free Asia A Tibetan monk jailed for six years for taking part in Tibetan freedom protests is still being watched by police years after his release despite being crippled by beatings while in custody, Tibetan sources say. Geshe Tsewang Namgyal, formerly a monk at the Draggo monastery in Sichuan’s read more →
How a tiny European country took on China over Taiwan
January 31, 202230 January 2022 – CNN A curious spat has unfolded in recent months between Lithuania, a small, Eastern European nation of fewer than 3 million people, and China, a superpower with an economy that could soon exceed that of the United States. It all started last year, when Lithuania poked read more →
‘Your only right is to obey’: China’s thousands of disappeared
January 29, 2022By Philip Sherwell, Asia Correspondent – The Times UK – 22 January 2022 Determined to avoid embarrassment at the Winter Olympics, Beijing is crushing dissent with a system of ‘black jails’ into which tens of thousands have vanished When the police came for Xie Yang, he knew what to expect. read more →
Further details emerge about Gendun Lhundup a year after his arrest
January 28, 2022-Tibet Watch A source inside Tibet has shared further details about Gendun Lhundup’s arrest which was previously reported by another source living in exile in India. Speaking to Tibet Watch under the condition of anonymity, the latest source reported that the Tibetan monk and writer was last seen by a read more →
Chinese nationalists call for Matrix boycott after Keanu Reeves joins Dalai Lama-associated concert
January 26, 2022supchina.com – 21 January 2022 Calls to boycott The Matrix Resurrections, the latest installment of The Matrix franchise, have sprung up on Chinese social media after lead actor Keanu Reeves confirmed his participation in a benefit concert associated with the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader is considered a dangerous read more →
Tibetan online religious groups banned in Qinghai
January 26, 2022-Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are banning Tibetan social media groups tied to religion, warning group members they will be investigated and jailed if they continue to use them, sources say. The order will take effect March 1, according to a Jan. 20 announcement by a read more →