Local Tibetans, Chinese officials in scuffle over land grab
November 18, 2021By-Radio Free Asia Villagers ask when compensation will be paid for land seized for a development project. Tibetan villagers and Chinese officials clashed this month over the failure of authorities to pay compensation for land taken for a construction project, with at least one scuffle breaking out at the worksite, read more →
Biden raises human rights with China’s Xi during four hour meeting
November 17, 2021By Brett Samuels, 16 November 2021 – The Hill President Biden on Monday raised concerns about China’s human rights record, specifically its treatment toward Uyghur Muslims and the people of Hong Kong, during an hours long meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The virtual meeting ran a gamut of topics, read more →
China’s Communists Expand Restrictions on Teaching Tibetan Language to Tibetan Children
November 16, 2021-By Vision Times: November 14, 2021 Chinese authorities have placed a ban on teaching Tibetan language to children in the Qinghai province. The law bans even informal lessons being taught to children in Tibetan language. Local Tibetans living in the region see this policy as a method to suppress their read more →
China’s Communist Party passes resolution amplifying President Xi’s authority
November 13, 2021-By Reuters: November 12, 2021 China’s ruling Communist Party approved a rare resolution on Thursday elevating President Xi Jinping’s status in its history, in a move seen as consolidating his authority and likelihood of securing an unprecedented third leadership term next year. The resolution on the party’s “achievements and historical read more →
Former Tibetan political prisoners tracked by government-issued cell phones
November 13, 2021Radio Free Asia-By Sangyal Kunchok Use of the phones is required, with former prisoners forbidden to use phones of their own. Chinese authorities in Tibet are giving cell phones to former Tibetan prisoners in a move aimed at monitoring their movements and conversations following their release, RFA has learned. Launched read more →
‘Tibet Under China Risks Losing Culture, Religion & Way Of Life’: Dy Speaker Dolma Tsering
November 13, 2021By Republic World: 12th November, 2021 Dy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dolma Tsering, said that Tibet’s culture, religion, and way of life, is at risk under the Chinese administration. Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dolma Tsering, stated that Tibet’s culture, religion and way of life, which is founded on Buddhism, is at risk under the read more →
COP26: Why Is the World Silent on China’s Monopoly on Tibet’s Rivers?
November 13, 2021-The Quint (by Yeshi Dawa) As COP26 wraps up, the world is again ignorant about the importance of Tibet’s role in combating the global climate crisis. Despite all the hue and cry, the stakeholders failed to recognise the urgency and weightage of “The Third Pole” in this collective mission – not just “The read more →
Notable Tibetan Writer Imprisoned for Four Years after a Secret Trial
November 12, 2021-By Free Tibet Tibetan writer, Lobsang Lhundup, known by his pen name Dhi Lhaden, has been sentenced to four years in prison on the charge of “disrupting social order”. Such charges are commonly employed by the Chinese Communist Party to silence dissent, instil fear, and preserve a culture of censorship read more →
Dalai Lama: China’s leaders ‘don’t understand variety of cultures’
November 11, 2021TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised the leaders of China on Wednesday saying they “don’t understand the variety of different cultures” there and there is too much control by the main Han ethnic group. But he also said he had nothing against “Chinese brothers read more →
2 Recent CCP Appointments Trigger Concerns Over Rights Abuses in China
November 11, 2021By The Epoch Times-November 9, 2021 Amid the Chinese regime’s ramping up of its largest leadership reshuffle before the 20th National Congress, the recent appointments of two Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cadres aroused great concern in the international community over China’s worsening human rights situation. The National Congress is theoretically the highest body read more →