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Tibetan Intellectuals and Writers Detained in Recent Spate
-By International Campaign for Tibet In recent weeks, the detentions of six Tibetans have come to light, among them writers and intellectuals. Of these, four are known to be either in detention or sentenced to prison terms for freely expressing their opinions and thoughts on Tibetan national identity and culture. read more →
China Destroys Education in Tibet
Taipei Times – by Tenzing Dhamdul An April circular by the Chinese Ministry of Education on student admission criteria at Tibetan universities has been harrowing and discriminating to say the least. The circular said that prospective students must state their “political attitude and ideological morality” to be considered for admission. read more →
Chinese Authorities Sentence Tibetan Student to 3 Years for Contacting Exiles
-By Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities this month sentenced a university student to three years in prison for contacting Tibetan exiles, the latest in a series of arbitrary arrests of Tibetan intellectuals, artists and other community leaders, activists told RFA. Nyima, from Shelian Township in Kardze (Ganzi in Chinese) Tibetan Autonomous read more →
Dalai Lama is ultimate symbol of Tibet as a nation, writes Ngodup Dongchung
The Week – by Ngodup Dongchung As the world celebrates the 87th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 6, it is a bittersweet moment for me. On the one hand, I feel deeply blessed that I have had the opportunity to serve the Dalai Lama and the read more →
China to Relocate Over 17,000 Tibetan People from Nagqu City Claiming to Improve Living Conditions and Protect Environment
-By ANI Lhasa [Tibet], June 27: Around 17,555 Tibetan people will be relocated away from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest CHina’s Tibet Autonomous Region under a relocation plan that aims to improve the living conditions of the peoples and protect the region’s fragile ecosystem. In the next one and read more →
Assam Floods: CM Sarma Thanks Dalai Lama for Donating Rs 10 Lakh to Support Relief Efforts
News Live – 24 June 2022 Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked the Gaden Phodrang Trust of the Dalai Lama for donating Rs 10 lakh for conducting humanitarian efforts after massive floods in the state, which have affected over 41 lakh people from 34 districts, while 2,31,819 people read more →
Tibetan activist sentenced to prison for ‘separatist acts’ and ‘social disorder
Translated by Tenzin Dickyi for RFA Tibetan. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. Chinese authorities sentenced a young Tibetan language activist arrested in October 2021 to four years and five months in prison, although his friends and family members remain in the dark about where he was taken, a source read more →
70 years on, Tibet continues to resist
Source: Sunday Guardian Live by Tenzin Kunga Tibetan resistance against China’s intensifying assimilationist policies is as strong as ever. London: In its attempts at countering a perceived Western pushback against what China calls its peaceful and inevitable rise, the Chinese government makes effective use of global institutional mechanisms with mixed read more →
Tibetans urge global community not to forget Tibet on World Refugee Day
-By The Print Lhasa [Tibet], June 21 (ANI): Tibetans on the occasion of World Refugee Day urged the international community to support them and collectively stand together against China, and not to forget Tibet. Benedict Rogers a human rights activist and writer highlighted the Chinese repressions of Tibet and said read more →
China using Tibet as dumping zone, destroying its environment
ANI for The Print. Lhasa [Tibet], June 18 (ANI): The nature-bound systems of Tibet are now being shattered and destroyed by Beijing for their own benefit, who are using it as a dumping zone, destroying its environment. China, which currently governs Tibet, sees the region as a dump zone rather read more →
Family of young Tibetan still in the dark 6 months after his arbitrary arrest
-By Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities arrested a young Tibetan language activist six months ago, and his whereabouts remain unknown, even to his family, sources in Tibet told RFA. Lodoe, son of Rigzin, is a university graduate in his 30s from Seshul county (in Chinese Shiqu), part of the Garze read more →
China sets information blockade after 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Tibetan county
-By Radio Free Asia The Chinese government is imposing an information lockdown after a series of earthquakes in a Tibetan county in Sichuan province displaced more than 25,000 residents, RFA has learned. The initial quake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, hit Barkam (Maerkang in Chinese), a county-level city in read more →
Analysis: Wang Yang’s visit shows China framing Tibet as national security issue
-By International Campaign for Tibet China officially framing Tibetan activism as national security issue both for Chinese and foreign audiences, indicating a decision likely adopted at the secretive seventh Tibet Work Forum in August 2020. Chinese state media discourse on Wang Yang’s recent visit to Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous read more →
Jailed Tibetan monk not allowed to meet with family
-By Radio Free Asia Rinchen Tsultrim was convicted of ‘working to split the country’ for upholding Tibet’s national identity. A Tibetan monk serving a four-and-a-half year prison term in China for working to “split the country” has been refused permission to meet with his family, with contact restricted to brief read more →
Prominent Tibetan writer confirmed detained after year-long disappearance
-By Radio Free Asia Prominent Tibetan writer and scholar Rongwo Gangkar, who went missing more than a year ago, has been confirmed arrested by Chinese authorities, RFA’s Tibetan Service has learned. Gangkar, the 48-year-old author of such popular works as “The Knot” and “An Interview with Gendun Choephel,” was likely read more →