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Tibetans Fight to Keep Their Language Alive
Foreign Policy – by Kelsang Dolma Language rights, an expression of national and ethnic identity, have long been a focus for Tibetan human rights advocates. That focus has sharpened in recent years as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ratcheted up its efforts in restricting Tibetans under its control from read more →
Chinese authorities allegedly torture 5 Tibetans, 1 to death, for praying in public
Sangyal Kunchok for RFA Tibetan. Chinese authorities in Tibet have allegedly arrested and tortured five Tibetans, killing one of them, for publicly lighting incense and praying, two Tibetan sources living in exile told RFA. The five Tibetans, identified as Chugdhar, Ghelo, Tsedo, Bhamo and Kori, lit incense and prayed for read more →
China-elected Panchen Lama’s ‘perfectly planned’ visits hide human rights crisis in Tibet
ANI for The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], September 21 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing sinicization of Tibetans by China, the regular visits of the China-appointed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu to Tibet throw light on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) hidden agenda to spread disinformation about Tibet and hide the read more →
Tibet supporters to lobby Congress for Resolve Tibet Act
International Campaign for Tibet Over 100 Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters will visit Washington, DC this week to meet with members of Congress and lobby for a bill that aims to peacefully resolve China’s illegal occupation of Tibet. Tibet Lobby Day will bring people from 23 states and the District read more →
Tibetan political leader: The EU needs a special coordinator for China
LinkedIn – By Greg C. Bruno Tibetan political leader Penpa Tsering visited Prague during the Forum 2000 conference to advocate for a more coordinated European response to China. Unlike previous Tibetan leaders who have tended to stay close to the Dalai Lama’s approach – advocating co-existence with Beijing – the read more →
Tibetans Reveal Harsh Conditions Under China’s Zero COVID Policy
-By Radio Free Asia The Chinese government ordered the lockdown of Lhasa but did not prepare for it in advance, sources said. Tibetan netizens are taking to social media to air their frustrations with the Chinese government’s zero COVID policy, which has completely shut down Lhasa and other areas of read more →
‘At the Breaking Point’: Tibetans, Under Lockdown, Make Rare Cries for Help
The New York Times – by Vivian Wang China’s ever-tightening Covid rules have prompted public complaints from residents of areas usually intimidated into keeping quiet. BEIJING — Infected patients quarantined alongside those who tested negative. No food for hours, despite repeated requests. Lines of buses, loaded with people, waiting late read more →
China uses ‘books’ to justify wrongful claims over Tibet
ANI for The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], September 14 (ANI): Upholding its repeated claim over Tibet, China is now using books as a tool to distort the view of its invasion of Tibet and justify its wrongful claims over the region. By publishing and distributing multilingual versions of the history books read more →
View: Confer Bharat Ratna on Dalai Lama, reassert moral authority
Synopsis The All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet recently proposed Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama in reverberation of public opinion for the same. By Sujeet Kumar & Seema Sindhu, The Economic Times. Close to a lakh Tibetans in exile commemorated the 62nd founding anniversary of the Tibetan Parliament on read more →
China: New Evidence of Mass DNA Collection in Tibet
Reported by Human Rights Watch. (New York) – Chinese authorities are significantly increasing policing, including arbitrary collection of DNA from residents in many towns and villages throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Human Rights Watch said today. The available information indicates that people cannot decline providing their DNA and that police read more →
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Pushes for EU Representative for Tibet in Czech Meeting
-By Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Aug31’22) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Aug 30 met with representatives of the Czech Senate in Prague and discussed the possibility of creating an EU representative for questions related to Chinese occupied Tibet, reported english.radio.cz, citing the Czech News read more →
World Community and U.N Should Take Urgent Steps to Stop Disappearance and Cultural Genocide in China’s Colonies
-By Vijay Kranti, CHASE Experts from Tibet, East Turkistan and S. Mongolia raise common voice in an international webinar to mark the ‘UN Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearance’. New Delhi, 30 August: In addition to thousands of citizens of Tibet, East Turkistan and Southern Mongolia who disappear every read more →
China continues to suppress Tibet over human rights
Beijing [China], August 30 (ANI): Chinese persecution against Tibetans continues to be harsh in the country by imposing crackdowns, sentences, killings, intimidation, and harassment of individuals who do not adhere to Beijing’s so-called policies. According to Radio Free Asia, China has ordered leaders of two counties that are presently part read more →
Hail, torrential rain leave at least 31 dead in Tibetan-populated areas of China
-By Radio Free Asia The wild weather also kills thousands of heads of livestock and damages property. Hail and heavy rain caused the deaths of at least 31 people in Tibetan-populated counties in northwestern China’s Qinghai and Gansu provinces, Tibetan sources said. More than 2,000 heads of livestock were also killed read more →
Foreign Politicians Support Resolve Tibet Act
-By International Campaign for Tibet The Resolve Tibet Act has only been in Congress for a few weeks, but it’s already getting support from leaders in other countries. A British Member of Parliament praised the bill in a written post shortly after Reps. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, introduced read more →