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Discriminated on Return: Tibetans Denied Rights, Opportunities When Reentering Tibet
-By International Campaign for Tibet China’s authorities in Tibet are withholding the “hukou” registration for as long as six years from Tibetans who have traveled abroad, leading to numerous problems in getting jobs or social services, according to recent reports. The hukou or household registration system is linked with social read more →
Religions are not to be tolerated, but respected equally: Tibetan scholar
Scholars and religious leaders should meet and have genuine dialogues, have inter-religious prayers, says Samdhong Rinpoche. -The Hindu, 27 April 2023 Tibetan scholar Samdhong Rinpoche on Thursday said religions are not to be tolerated, but to be respected. “All religions should be given equal respect. If someone is evolved and read more →
Police Use Banner to Hide Protest by Imprisoned Tibetan’s Sister
-By International Campaign for Tibet Apparently undeterred by a police beating during her protest a little over one month ago, Gonpo Kyi (Chinese: Gongbao Ji), elder sister of imprisoned former Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, returned to protest in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region Higher People’s Court on April 23, read more →
Historical Roots and Contemporary Manifestations of China’s Growing Insecurities
China remains entangled in a complex web of internal and external challenges to its legitimacy and stability. -By Sherap Therchin Ottawa, April 17, 2023 – Ongoing debates on the nature and extent of Chinese interference in our democratic institutions have led many Canadians to question why China would engage in read more →
Dalai Lama ‘unfairly labelled’ over tongue video – Tibet govt-in-exile
Rupam Jain for Reuters NEW DELHI, April 13 (Reuters) – The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile on Thursday defended the Dalai Lama over footage of him asking a boy to suck his tongue, saying the incident had demonstrated the country’s spiritual leader’s innocent and affectionate side. The Nobel peace laureate apologised after the read more →
Dalai Lama defended over tongue-sucking remark
Reported by BBC Penpa Tsering, head of Tibet’s government-in-exile, has called the spiritual leader’s actions “innocent” and said it demonstrated his “affectionate behaviour”. The video sparked outrage after it went viral on social media, with users calling his actions inappropriate. The Dalai Lama’s office has apologised over the incident. On read more →
County Chief Who Oversaw Destruction of Tibetan Buddhist Sites Moved to New Position
Wang Dongsheng was responsible for the destruction of a venerated Buddha statue. -By Sangyal Kunchok for RFA Tibetan A Chinese official who approved the destruction of a huge Buddha statue in a Tibetan-majority area has been assigned to another position in the same prefecture, Tibetans inside and outside the region read more →
Hidden Border in the Eastern Himalaya: A History of Tibet-Monyul Relations
-By Dr. Tsewang Dorji Jeshong for Borderlens, 6 April 2023 The Sino-Indian dispute over the Indo-Tibetan border is one of the most contentious geopolitical disputes in Asia. The conflict can be traced back to the disappearance of Tibet as a strategic buffer between China and India. Soon after the occupation read more →
Chinese Authorities in Tibet Go After Relatives of Self-Immolating Protestors
Tibetans related to protestors are denied university exams and job opportunities By Sangyal Kunchok for RFA Tibetan 2023.04.05 Chinese authorities are harassing and discriminating against relatives of Tibetans who protested against Chinese rule by setting their bodies alight going back to 2008, two sources in Tibet told Radio Free Asia. read more →
Arunachal Pradesh: India Rejects China’s Attempt to Rename Disputed Places
India has reacted sharply to China’s attempts to rename places in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and said it “outright rejects” the move. The state has been and will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Tuesday. His comments came read more →
China releases third set of Chinese names to assert its claim over Arunachal Pradesh
PTI for Indian Express China has released a third set of names in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters for Arunachal Pradesh, as part of its efforts to reemphasise its claim over the Indian state. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday released the standardised names of 11 places for Arunachal read more →
China Renames 11 Places in Arunachal Pradesh, Calls it ‘Southern Tibet’
In its renewed attempt to assert its claim over Arunachal Pradesh, China has renamed 11 places in the Indian state, calling it ‘southern Tibet’. India Today News Desk New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 4, 2023 07:42 IST In an intensified effort to emphasise its claim over India’s Arunachal Pradesh, China has come up read more →
Tibetan Street Vendors in Lhasa Targeted amid ‘Clean Up’ the Streets Campaign
‘The Chinese government is trying to take away the only source of income for many of these vendors.’ By RFA Tibetan 2023.03.31 China has increased video surveillance and inspections of street vendors in and around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in an effort to clean up the city, though sources read more →
Experts Request G-7 Leaders to Ask Xi Jinping to Stop Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet
In an international webinar, human rights experts discuss China’s colonial practices in Tibet and their incumbent danger to the Tibetan civilization Chase, Vijay Kranti. 31 March, 2023. New Delhi, Milan, London, Dharamshala – 31 March Raising serious concerns about the ever deteriorating human rights situation in Chinese occupied Tibet, experts read more →
President Macron Urged to Put Human Rights and Tibet at Heart of China visit
By International Campaign for Tibet|March 30, 2023 PARIS—On the occasion of President Macron’s upcoming visit to China, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (LDH) called on him to place the issue of human read more →