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China continues to forcibly induct Tibetans into PLA
Times Now – By Srinjoy Chowdhury The Chinese attempts to forcibly enlist Tibetans have been going on for a while. The Tibetans are better suited to handling the cold and high altitude than the Han Chinese from the coastal areas. Beijing’s efforts to press gang Tibetans into the People’s Liberation read more →
Tibet man attempts self-immolation near monastery in Qinghai
By Sangay Kunchok for Radio Free Asia. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Written in English by Paul Eckert. A Tibetan man set himself on fire near a police station in a Tibetan region of northwestern China’s Qinghai province and was immediately taken away by authorities with no read more →
Denmark commission finds Copenhagen illegally silenced anti-China demonstrators
-By Radio Free Asia During state visits in 2012 and 2013, police confiscated Tibetan flags and hid demonstrators behind buses. A commission appointed by the government of Denmark this week criticized the country’s Foreign Ministry for giving into Chinese pressure and preventing anti-Beijing demonstrations during state visits in 2012 and read more →
Ukraine invasion has revived the memories of Chinese occupation of Tibet – says International Jurist
News Report by : VIJAY KRANTI “We should soon expect the world to stand firmly behind occupied countries like Tibet, East Turkistan and South Mongolia which China has colonized over past many decades” : predicts Prof. Michael Van Walt. New Delhi: “An interesting outcome of the events in Ukraine today read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s escape to India: 63 years later
International Campaign for Tibet – by Dekyi Sharchitsang In March 1959, as he approached the Indian border after a two-week journey disguised as a common soldier, His Holiness the Dalai Lama looked back at Tibet for the very last time, leaving behind everything he had ever known and entering into read more →
What a Tibetan singer’s self-immolation in Lhasa reveals about Chinese oppression
Dorjee Wangmo for the First Post. It’s been a little over a month since the news of a Tibetan self-immolation in front of the historic Potala Palace in Lhasa reached the outside world. And it wasn’t until 5 March that Tibetan news media in exile were able to name the read more →
Dalai Lama, Other Nobel Winners Demand Explicit Vow Not to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
By Jon Queally – commondreams.org – March 26, 2022 The Dalai Lama is among 16 Nobel Peace Prize laureates who jointly issued an open letter Saturday calling for the immediate end of the attack on Ukraine and an explicit vow from both Russia and NATO forces that nuclear weapons of read more →
China extends restrictions on Tibetan language use in apps, streaming services: Report
Reported by ANI for The Print. Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 28 (ANI): The Chinese government has extended its restrictions on the Tibetan language on various online platforms and video streaming services, said a media report. In its report, Phayul said that due to these restrictions sources fear another push read more →
Funeral for popular Tibetan lama restricted by Chinese police
-Radio Free Asia Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche had been jailed for years for opposing Chinese rule. Funeral observances for a popular Tibetan lama were blocked early this year by Chinese police who barred devotees from attending and deleted images of the religious leader that were shared online, RFA has learned. Choktrul read more →
‘Resume dialogue with Dalai Lama…’: Tibetan leaders as China FM visits India
Hindustan Times-25 March 2022 Chinese foreign minister and state councilor Wang Yi landed in Delhi on Thursday. Tibetan MPs in-exile, who are living in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala, have called upon the government to urge China to resume the dialogue with spiritual leader Dalai Lama. This comes as Chinese foreign minister read more →
China streamers scrub Keanu Reeves titles over his support for Tibet
REBECCA DAVIS for Los Angeles Times. Actor Keanu Reeves may now be kaput in China, despite his past close collaboration with its film authorities and decades of mega-stardom spanning the length of the country’s engagement with Hollywood. In the wake of his show of support for Tibet earlier this month, read more →
Human rights advocates urge UN rights chief to visit Tibet
tTanslated by Tenzin Dyicki. Written in English by Eugene Whong. The United Nations human rights chief must include Tibet on the itinerary of her planned trip to China in May, human rights groups told RFA. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced earlier this month that she had read more →
China blocks use of Tibetan language on learning apps, streaming services
-By Radio Free Asia The move aims at Tibetans’ further assimilation into China’s dominant Han Chinese culture, sources say. Chinese government restrictions on use of the Tibetan language have now spread to video services and other online platforms, as Beijing continues to push the assimilation of China’s ethnic minorities into read more →
Human rights and Beijing Summit: the EU must not remain silent on Chinese crimes
Asia News – 22 March 2022 Beijing (AsiaNews) – “While we understand that the main topic of discussions will be the Ukraine crisis and the Chinese government’s position on it, we urge you to dedicate adequate time to also discuss those authorities’ assaults on human rights both within and increasingly read more →
Children’s edition of ‘The Book of Joy’ coming this fall
22 March 2022 – AP NEW YORK (AP) — A picture-book edition of a bestseller co-authored by the Nobel Peace Prize winners the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be published this fall. Random House Children’s Books announced Tuesday that “The Little Book of Joy” will come out Sept. read more →