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US broadcaster urged to include China’s oppression in Tibet in coverage
Business Standard-21 January 2022 An advocacy group working to promote democratic freedoms for Tibetans has written to NBC, the US broadcaster of the Olympics, urging them to include China’s oppression in Tibet in their coverage of the Games. “With just weeks to go before the 2022 Winter Olympics, we trust read more →
Family of Loten asked to pay for food supplies needed during his detention
-Tibet Watch Tibet Watch has learned that the family of the political detainee Loten was asked to pay for food supplies for the period of detention before he was forcefully taken to Xiling City to undergo training at a re-education centre. The source added, “While being detained, security officials asked read more →
Further details emerge about Rinchen Kyi’s detention
-Tibet Watch Tibet Watch has learned that Rinchen Kyi had not been diagnosed with any illness after the Chinese authorities forcefully took her to a hospital in Xining City last year. After the security officials were informed by the doctor about the medical result, they abruptly made a phone call read more →
China takes down Tibetan prayer flags, hoists China’s flag instead
Sangyal Kunchok for Radio Free Asia. Authorities in China’s Qinghai province are forcing Tibetan nomads to replace the prayer flags they set up near their camps with China’s national emblem in what critics see as an example of the government’s effort to wipe away Tibetan cultural and religious practices. The read more →
Tibetan language advocate speaks up again after prison release
-Radio Free Asia A Tibetan activist is again speaking out against language restrictions after spending five years in prison for discussing the issue with Western media, RFA has learned. Tashi Wangchuk, a resident of Yulshul township in western China’s Sichuan province, was released on Jan. 28, 2021, after completing a read more →
China now loves archeology. It has more to do with politics than excavations
The Print-19 January 2022 Xi Jinping’s new Silk Road is being established through excavations as well. China wants to prove the reach of its history – from Tibet to Central Asia. Archaeology has become a hot topic in China in recent years. Even the five-year plan for 2021-2025 seeks to elevate read more →
Tibetan Muslims straddle faith and tradition in China and India
Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickey. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. When Sakina Batt, a young Tibetan Muslim from Nepal, wrapped up a four-year job working with the Tibetan government in exile in Dharamsala, India, she received a rare honor: an audience with the Dalai Lama, read more →
China targeting Tibetan Buddhism since Mao’s Cultural Revolution in 1960s: Report
Bhavya Sukheja for Republic World A global think tank recently revealed that China has been targeting Tibetan Buddhism since Mao’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. It is imperative to note that the Chinese government occupied Tibet in 1950 and ever since, has tried to grip the region under its control. read more →
Tearing Down the Buddha: How Xi Jinping is Destroying Traditional Buddhism in Tibet
By Tsering Dolma, Global Order, 16 January 2022 It has been twenty years since the bombing of the giant Bamiyan Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001. This not only hurt the sentiments of millions of Buddhists around the world, it also coincided with the quick collapse of the Taliban read more →
CTA flays razing of Buddha’s statues in Tibet
The Tribune – 14 January 2022 The CTA has flayed the Chinese government for the demolition of Buddha statues and monuments in Tibet. In a statement issued here yesterday, the CTA spokesperson said that following the demolition of a giant Buddha statue, 45 huge prayer wheels and a monastic school read more →
Statue of revered Tibetan monk seized by Chinese police
Radio Free Asia-Reported by Dorjee Damdul Friends of the late monk were trying to carry the remembrance to India for protection. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province last year seized a life-size statue of a revered Tibetan religious leader that was being taken into Tibet and arrested those involved in read more →
US expresses concern over reports of China’s actions against Tibetan Buddhists
Hindustan Times-14 January 2022 The statement comes days after reports of China destroying a second Buddhist statue revered by Tibetans in western China’s Sichuan province emerged. The US state department on Thursday expressed concern over reports of China’s actions against Tibetan Buddhists, including the destruction of Buddha statues as a read more →
MI5 issues a rare statement naming a woman it suspects is a Chinese agent and warning British politicians to avoid her
Business Insider – 13 January 2022 MI5 has issued a rare warning to British politicians to avoid a woman suspected of being a Chinese agent. In a letter to British parliamentarians sent on Thursday, the UK’s Security Service named Christine Lee, a solicitor, as having “knowingly engaged in political interference read more →
TIBETAN GRADUATE STUDENT DETAINED FOR EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT TIBETAN LANGUAGE
Free Tibet-12 January 2022 Language advocate Loten has been taken to a reform centre after sharing his views on WeChat. On 12 December 2021, Chinese authorities and security personnel in Matoe County arrested Loten (བློ་བསྟན།), a college graduate student after he spoke in an online messaging group on WeChat expressing read more →
Two Tibetan monks arrested, held with no word to their family
Radio Free Asia-Reported by Lobsang Choephel Two Tibetan monks arrested by authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are incommunicado five months after being taken into custody, with family members increasingly worried about their well-being, RFA has learned. Tenzin Norbu and Wangchen Nyima, who are brothers, were arrested on Aug. 15, read more →