Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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BOOK REVIEW | On Tibet: ‘Harnessing the Dragon’s Fume’ by Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

Dr Arya’s book subtitled “Challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s Distorted Tibet Narratives” penetrates the dictatorship’s lies to reveal the true Tibet. – By Jason Morgan (Reitaku University) for Japan Forward  Many people around the world have come to understand that the much-touted “rise” of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is not read more →

China Bans Photos, Videos of Cemeteries as COVID Deaths Surge in Tibet

-By Radio Free Asia  Chinese authorities in Tibet are clamping down on the taking of photos or video recordings at local cemeteries in a bid to keep news of rising COVID deaths in the region from reaching the outside world, Radio Free Asia has learned. Deaths in Tibetan areas of read more →

China Will Interfere With Dalai Lama Succession: Tibet’s President-In-Exile

-By NDTV Kolkata: China is expected to interfere in the succession of the Dalai Lama, and anticipating that eventuality, the Tibetan government-in-exile has worked out a plan for a democratic transition of the leadership role by the spiritual . In an interview to PTI, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile Penpa Tsering read more →

COVID Deaths Surge in Tibet After Lockdowns End

-By Radio Free Asia  COVID deaths are surging in Tibetan areas of China after strict lockdowns aimed at controlling the spread of the disease were ended by Chinese authorities in early December, Tibetan sources say. More than 100 people have died in Tibet’s capital Lhasa since restrictions under Beijing’s zero-COVID read more →

Concern Grows Over Tibetan Women Detained Amid COVID Lockdowns

The four women were arrested in Sichuan’s Kardze prefecture after returning from the provincial capital Chengdu. -By Radio Free Asia  Concern is growing over the fate of four Tibetan women detained by China for protesting strict COVID lockdowns in Sichuan, with no word given yet by authorities concerning their whereabouts, read more →

Indian Buddhist Organization Says No to Beijing-appointed Dalai Lama Successor

-By Radio Free Asia  An India-based Buddhist organization has declared that it would not support any Chinese-appointed successor to the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s foremost spiritual leader, and neither would the people of the Himalayan region.  “If the government of the People’s Republic of China, for political ends, chooses a candidate read more →

Senate Bill Advances Tibet-China Conflict Resolution

-By International Campaign for Tibet The Senate introduction today of the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act is a step forward in advancing the US’ interest in peacefully resolving China’s occupation of Tibet and pressures the Chinese government to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama’s envoys. Sens. Jeff read more →

New Mayors Appointed in COVID-hit Tibetan Cities

-By International Campaign for Tibet  Dharamshala: The Tibetan capital city of Lhasa has a new Chinese mayor. On Dec. 13, 2022 Wang Qiang replaced Gho Khog, the Tibetan mayor of Lhasa since 2016. This change of leadership comes in the wake of the recent COVID-19 crisis in Lhasa, with similar read more →

Tokyo International Human Rights Day, a Death Knell for China and Other Totalitarian Regimes

Dr Arya of Tibet praises the unprecedented solidarity of the Tokyo human rights march. After all, “together” is the only way to win the fight for democracy. This year’s commemoration of International Human Rights Day in Tokyo saw a large gathering from different countries, communities, and their supporters, to highlight human rights violations and read more →

World Governments and WHO Must Wake Up to Stop China from Inhuman Harvesting of Human Organs for Transplant Business

International experts condemn Chinese government and Chinese medical institutions for sale of vital human organs, extracted from prisoned Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, Christians and poor Chinese citizens. -News Report by Vijay Kranti (CHASE) New Delhi, Washington DC, Dharamshala:  18 Dec As the business of selling human organs, extracted from read more →

Communist Regime of Xi Jinping is Neither Omnipotent Nor Invincible – Say Experts

Report by – Vijay Kranti (CHASE) NEW DELHI, NEW YORK, BERLIN,  and DHARAMSHALA – 12 December: In an international webinar which analysed the ongoing uprising of Chinese people against President Xi Jinping’s ‘Zero Covid’ policy, one common observation was that the commonly dreaded communist regime of China is not omnipotent read more →

US Imposes Sanctions on Chinese Officials over ‘Serious’ Human Rights Abuse in Tibet

-By WION Two senior Chinese officials were slapped with sanctions by the United States over alleged “serious human rights abuse” in Tibet. The news agency AFP reported that the officials are accused of torture and killing of prisoners and forced sterilisation. Any US assets and criminalised transactions with Wu Yingjie read more →

Japan Upper House Shows Concern about Human Rights in China

Nippon.com. Tokyo, Dec. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s House of Councillors on Monday adopted a resolution showing concern about human rights abuses in Chinese regions including East Turkestan. The upper chamber of the Diet, the country’s parliament, passed the resolution with a majority vote with support mainly from the Liberal Democratic Party-led read more →

US lawmakers call on UN to investigate China’s family separations in Tibet

State-run schools aim to separate students from their native language and culture, Tibetans say By Lobe Socktsang for RFA Tibetan,  2022.12.01.Translated by Tenzin Dickyi for RFA Tibetan. Written in English by Richard Finney. Students attend a Chinese language learning class at Nagqu No. 2 Senior High School, a public boarding read more →

Factbox: A chronology of dissent in China in recent decades

November 30, 2022. By James Pomfret. People hold white sheets of paper in protest of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of the coronavirus disease continue in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Nov 30 (Reuters) – Over the read more →