Arrest of Tibetan American Reveals Severity of Nepal Crackdown
By Peter Newman / May 26, 2014
The severity of Nepal’s crackdown on it’s once vocal Tibetan refugee communities became apparent on March 19, when an American citizen wearing a jacket reading “Team Tibet” and his Canadian friend were arrested and briefly detained by police forces in Kathmandu. The story was only made public by the American read more →
Sanctuary for Film-makers
By Edward Janich / May 25, 2014
Tibetan activist and film maker Dhondup Wangchen is due to be released from prison on June 5, and his leading co-director, missing monk Golog Jigme Gyatso, has come out of hiding in Dharamshala. The pair were arrested by Chinese authorities in 2008 following the release of their documentary film “Leaving read more →
The Sino-Indian Border Conflict
By Vanshika Tripathi / May 24, 2014
The border between China and India has long been the subject of a territorial dispute between the two countries. Two of the main areas that are currently involved in the border conflict are the eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, and Aksai Chin, the latter being a part of Ladakh, which read more →
Tibetan Substitute Teachers March, Call for Better Pay
By Stella Schaller / May 23, 2014
Frustrated by substantial inequalities in pay conditions, more than 100 Tibetan school teachers launched a protest in Tibet’s Mahlo Prefecture on May 7, beginning a march to provincial headquarters in Qinghai in order to demand better pay, increased benefits, and equal pay for equal work. The teachers first aired their read more →
Bringing Tibet to Taipei
By Wendhe Choetsoe / May 21, 2014
A group of seven Tibetans from India represented Tibet at the 9th Inter-ethnic, Inter-faith Leadership Conference held in Taipei, Taiwan. The four-day meeting, which started on April 24, included over seventy participants, including democracy activists, human rights lawyers, writers, activists and policy makers, from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Southern (Inner) read more →
The Tibetan Language Under Threat
By Tsering Wangdue / May 19, 2014
There is evidence to suggest that the Chinese authorities are following a policy of systematically eradicating the Tibetan language, and this has been highlighted by a recent event. Radio Free Asia reported this month that a Tibetan language competition in Muge Norwa town in Zungchu County was cancelled by the read more →
Chinese Authorities Establish Racist Policy in Lhasa’s Hotels
By Shikha Gautam / May 16, 2014
A new Chinese policy requires hotels in Lhasa to report their Tibetan guests to the police within fifteen minutes of their arrival. The policy applies particularly to Tibetan guests from “politically sensitive” areas, but makes no requirement for the reporting of Han Chinese guests. The policy was made public when read more →
Forgetting Tiananmen
By Myrto Voyatzis / May 15, 2014
It has been 25 years since the June 4 massacre in Beijing, when Chinese troops with tanks and armoured cars stormed into Tiananmen Square killing and arresting thousands of unarmed pro-democracy protesters. Some received long sentences and are still imprisoned, while every year the government continues to detain and imprison read more →
The Dalai Lama visits Europe
By Stella Schaller / May 13, 2014
On May 5, His Holiness the Dalai Lama began an eleven day visit to Europe. In four countries he gave public talks and participated in discussions with students, philosophers, journalists and politicians. The aim of the visit was to spread a message of compassion and to foster interfaith dialogue. The read more →
Election Day Raises Questions Regarding Tibetan Identity
By Peter Newman / May 13, 2014
April 7 was election day in Himachal Pradesh, and this year Indians were not the only ones heading to the polls. For the first time in history, Tibetans living in exile joined the ranks of Indian voters participating in the nation’s general election. But according to State officials, the Tibetan read more →