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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 →
Under Secretary Zeya’s Remarks at the CECC Hearing, “Preserving Tibet: Cultural Erasure, Forced Assimilation, & Coercion of Tibetans in the U.S.”
-U.S. Department of States Good morning. Thank you, Representative Smith, Senator Merkley, and my fellow distinguished commissioners for the opportunity to speak today on this timely and important topic. And I would also like to welcome our distinguished guests – Sikyong Tsering, Mr. Gere, Ms. Tethong, and Mr. Dorjee – read more →
Tibet dying a ‘slow death’ under Chinese rule, says exiled leader
Aljazeera News. 30 March 2023. Head of Tibet’s government in exile addresses US Congress for the first time, says Tibetan language, culture and religion facing ‘unprecedented threat of eradication’. Exiled Tibetan leaders and officials in the United States have condemned China’s “cruel” policies in Tibet, accusing Beijing of separating families read more →
Worst in Recent Years: 2022 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights & Democracy, 28 March 2023. Dharamsala, India – The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) reported in its newly released annual report that the human rights situation in Tibet in 2022 has been one of the worst in recent years, with Chinese authorities read more →
Sister of Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Detained and Beaten Overnight
Gonpo Kyi had come to prison to appeal for release of brother serving life sentence. -By Sangyal Kunchok and Lhuboom Tashi for RFA Tibetan, 23 March 2023 As she had done several times before, Gonpo Kyi went to the prison in Tibet’s capital of Lhasa on Monday to appeal for read more →