China Breaches Ethics on DNA Collection
By Mary Trewartha / January 27, 2022
A research paper published in the science journal Human Genetics has been taken down following revelations that the research used DNA samples taken from Tibetans, Uyghurs and Kazakhs whose consent, said the journal website, was “most likely ignored during the research process”. Their retraction note stated that it, “has not read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates the New European Parliament President
By Tsering Wangdue / January 25, 2022
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has congratulated Ms Roberta Metsola on her being elected as President of the European Parliament. In his message he expressed his gratitude for the support given by the EU parliament for the Tibetan people, while acknowledging her appointment as the youngest ever president of read more →
Tashi Wangchuk: Further Interrogation
By Choeyang Wangmo / January 25, 2022
Tashi Wangchuk, the Tibetan language advocate who spent five years in a Chinese prison for “inciting separatism” as his The New York Times video drew international attention to the restrictions on Tibetan language education in Tibet, and later released after completing his prison term, has again faced interrogation from the read more →
Tibetan Representative Asks France for Support
By Tenzin Samten / January 22, 2022
Tibetan Representative Tashi Phuntsok of the Bureau du Tibet, Brussels, met members of the French Senate Tibet Support Group, including its President Eustache-Brinon, on January 18, as France has assumed its rotating presidency of the European Union from this month. Tashi Phuntsok requested the group to confront China and to read more →
Heightened Surveillance and Intimidation at all Levels in Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / January 18, 2022
Human Rights Watch (HRW)* has published its annual review of human rights around the globe. Their World Report 2022 is their 32nd annual review of human rights trends around the globe, and reviews developments in more than 100 countries. Their report on Tibet is quoted here in full: Authorities in read more →
Revered Monk’s Statue Seized, Tibetans Detained and Beaten
By Mary Trewartha / January 18, 2022
A life-size statue of the revered Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who died in 2015 in a Chinese prison under mysterious circumstances, was seized last year by the authorities while it was being transported into Tibet from where it had been made in Shenzhen in China, reports Radio Free Asia. They read more →
China’s Continued Provoking of India on Tibetan Issues
By Tenzin Samten / January 7, 2022
China and India’s border row continues with China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs confirming their renaming of 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh, the northeastern Indian state that China claims as its own territory calling it “Little Tibet”.The Chinese Ministry announced that place names are standardised according to regulations on geographical names read more →
“I Will Remember You”
By Mary Trewartha / December 31, 2021
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the world-renowned cleric and social activist, figurehead of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, died on December 26 at the age of 90. Tributes from religious, humanitarian and world leaders from around the globe have poured in. Desmond Tutu was a longtime friend of his fellow read more →
99 ft Buddha Statue Forcefully Demolished in Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / December 30, 2021
A statue of the Buddha in Drago in Kham [Ch: Sichuan] has been destroyed under instruction of the Chinese authorities, reports Tibet Watch. The 99-foot high statue, costing 4,000,000 Yuan (US$ 630,000 / £470,000), was built with money raised by local Tibetans and with the full approval of the local read more →
US Signs Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act
By Tsering Wangdue / December 29, 2021
United States President Joe Biden has signed the Uyghur Labour Prevention Act on December 23. The bi-partisan bill was passed earlier this month by the US House of Representatives with the aim of ensuring that goods made in forced labour camps in East Turkestan [Ch: Xinjiang, or the Uyghur Autonomous read more →