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Tibetans Beaten, Detained in Kardze Over Dalai Lama Photos
By Kunsang Tenzin RFA, Read the original article here. Police in western China’s Sichuan province beat Tibetan villagers found with photos of the Dalai Lama in their homes following the exiled spiritual leader’s birthday this month, detaining others who had … Continued The post Tibetans Beaten, Detained in Kardze Over read more →
Xi Jinping Ramps Up Religious Persecution
By William Z. Nardi, Read the original here. A roundup of stories of religious discrimination in China Over the past decade, rash optimism that China was finally moving past the era of former Communist dictator Mao Tse-tung’s influence has given … Continued The post Xi Jinping Ramps Up Religious Persecution read more →
Tibetan Jailed in Qinghai For Listening to Foreign News Broadcasts is Freed Early For ‘Good Behavior’
By Kunsang Tenzin RFA, Read the original article here. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have released a Tibetan man jailed for just over four years for accessing news reports by foreign broadcasters, releasing him early for “good behavior” and … Continued The post Tibetan Jailed in Qinghai For Listening read more →
China: Harsh Sentence for Rights Activist
Human Rights Watch, Read the original article here. Huang Qi Reportedly Gravely Ill, Mother Harassed (New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately quash the 12-year sentence on baseless charges handed down to a veteran activist, Huang Qi, Human Rights Watch said today. … Continued The post China: Harsh Sentence for Rights Activist read more →
Large-Scale Demolition Begins at Sichuan’s Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist Center
By Kunsang Tenzin, Read the original article here. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have begun a campaign of large-scale demolition at the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist center, with Chinese work crews tearing down over a hundred dwellings of nuns … Continued The post Large-Scale Demolition Begins at Sichuan’s Yachen read more →
At home in surrogate homeland: Basic Education Policy system for Tibetan children in exile
By Divya Goyal, Read the original article here. To Keep the Tibetan children born in India connected to their roots, the education begins in their own language- right from day one. Chik (one), nyi (two), sum (three), zhi (four), nga … Continued The post At home in surrogate homeland: Basic read more →
An Appeal to the World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Ian Robinson, Philosophy Now Read article here. Ian Robinson has a brief look at the Dalai Lama’s brief message to the world. It is with considerable diffidence and not a little humility that I embark on a review of a book … Continued The post An Appeal to the World by read more →
The succession challenge
By Claude Arpi, Read the original article here. The Lama had made it clear in 2011 that he shall leave clear instructions about who should succeed him. This should clear doubts and cut out the Chinese propaganda China has mastered … Continued The post The succession challenge appeared first on read more →
Denny Sanford gives UCSD $100M for landmark studies of empathy, compassion
By Gary Robbins, Read the original article here. This is the second $100 million donation Sanford has made to UC San Diego this decade. La Jolla billionaire Denny Sanford’s quest to improve the human condition through large, targeted donations has produced … Continued The post Denny Sanford gives UCSD $100M for read more →
Chinese military can be deployed at Hong Kong’s request to contain protests, Beijing says
By Catherine Wong, Gary Cheung, Denise Tsang, Teddy Ng, Read the original article here. Radical protesters are challenging mainland government’s authority and principle of ‘one country, two systems’, defence spokesman says Garrison Law gives Hong Kong option of asking for PLA’s … Continued The post Chinese military can be deployed at read more →
UK Lawmaker Proposes Bill For Reciprocal Access to Tibet
By Guru Choegyi, Read the original news here. A British lawmaker submitted a bill to the House of Commons this week that would bar entry to the UK for any Chinese officials found to block freedom of travel to Tibet … Continued The post UK Lawmaker Proposes Bill For Reciprocal read more →
Persecution of Falun Gong in China an ‘Appalling and Unacceptable’ Abuse of Human Rights: US Lawmakers
By Eva Fu, Read the original article here. The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission (CECC) on China has slammed the Chinese communist regime for its ongoing persecution of practitioners of spiritual discipline Falun Gong. “For the past twenty years, Falun Gong practitioners have experienced appalling … Continued The post Persecution of Falun Gong in China read more →
I will be reborn in India: Dalai Lama tells Vijay Kranti
By Vijay Kranti, Read the original interview here. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama celebrated his 84th birthday. Three months ago he completed his 60 years of exile in India. A lot of water has flown through Brahmaputra, locally known as … Continued The post I will be reborn in India: read more →
China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to justify its actions in Xinjiang
By Abbas Faiz, Read the original article here. A group of 37 countries, including North Korean, Russia and Saudia Arabia, signed a letter in support of Beijing’s human rights record. A letter signed in early July by 22 Western countries, including … Continued The post China is building a global coalition read more →
Spiritual Group Seeks Visa Denials for Chinese Human Rights Abusers
By Cathy He and Eva Fu, Read the original article here. U.S. practitioners of the spiritual discipline Falun Gong have submitted a list of Chinese officials who have committed human rights abuses, urging the U.S. State Department to deny the officials entry into the … Continued The post Spiritual Group Seeks Visa Denials for read more →