80 Tibetan monks forcibly expelled from their monasteries
November 11, 2021Sourced by Free Tibet-9th November 2021 On 21/22 October 2021, 30 teenage monks from Jakyung Monastery, and a further 50 from Deetsa Monastery, in Bayan County (Cn: Hualong), Qinghai Province were expelled by state officials. Security officers entered the monasteries and forcibly removed the students, before returning them to their read more →
COP26 Is Silent on Human Rights in China
November 11, 2021Nithin Coca for Foreign Policy To many Uyghurs and Tibetans in exile, a July letter sent by several climate, environmental, and anti-war organizations to the Biden administration confirmed their worst suspicions—that the climate and environmental movement did not care about them or their causes. “That made us upset,” said Omer read more →
Tibetan refugees back in town after a year; bring lesser products due to the pandemic
November 11, 2021The Telegraph Online-08.11.21 They have been visiting Dhanbad for the last three decades. Around 20 Tibetan refugees from Mysore are back in the coal town after two years with their wide range of winter wear products including jackets, sweaters, shawls, mufflers, rugs, stockings, gloves, monkey caps and others. Their return read more →
Beijing Olympics get ‘gold for repression’ in labor report
November 10, 2021By Stephen Wade | AP – 9 November 2021 A global trade union body has joined a long list of human-rights advocates in challenging the propriety of China holding the 2022 Winter Olympics, and has singled out the International Olympic Committee for acquiescing in the face of alleged genocide and crimes against read more →
China’s self-isolation is a global concern
November 10, 2021By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times – 8 November 2021 The most important invited guest at COP26 did not show up. As president of China, Xi Jinping leads a country that emits more carbon dioxide than the US and the EU combined. But, unlike other world leaders, Xi did not give read more →
Xi Jinping is rewriting history. But it’s the future he wants to leave his mark on
November 10, 2021Analysis by Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN- 8 November 2021 Hong Kong (CNN)As Chinese leader Xi Jinping looks set to seek a third term in power, he is seemingly preoccupied with the past, not the future. When more than 300 members of China’s political elite gather in Beijing this week their main read more →
We have a border with Tibet, not with China: Major General GD Bakshi
November 10, 2021ANI Dharamshala: “India has a border with Tibet and not with China, said Major General (retd) GD Bakshi on Monday. Bakshi held a press conference in Dharamshala today where he extended his support for the Tibetan people. Briefing media persons here, Major General Bakshi said, “India does not have a read more →
The Phantoms of Chittagong: The unsung Tibetan heroes of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war
November 9, 2021Firstpost (By Claude Arpi-November 08, 2021) On 50th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh, we need to recall one of the best-kept secrets of the war: The role played by the Special Frontier Force, a highly trained Tibetan regiment based in today’s Uttarakhand, in the Chittagong Hills. We are soon read more →
Xi Jinping to lay out vision for China’s future – and past – at key meeting
November 9, 2021Vicent Ni, Helen Davidson – The Guardian – 8 November 2021 A meeting of hundreds of members of China’s political elite, which is expected to further consolidate the power of president Xi Jinping, has opened in Beijing. The closed-door, four-day meeting of the ruling Chinese Communist party’s central committee, known read more →
China forces young Tibetans out of monasteries in Qinghai
November 7, 2021Radio Free Asia: 2021.11.04 (By Sangyal Kunchok) read more →