No Beijing 22
By Mary Trewartha / December 1, 2021
Protest in Switzerland Tibetans and Tibet supporters staged a protest outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday 26 November, holding a “mock funeral” for the IOC. The protest was led by United Kingdom-based Free Tibet in collaboration with the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe and read more →
Former Tibetan Political Prisoner’s Olympic Campaign
By Tenzin Samten / November 26, 2021
Dhondup Wangchen, a former Tibetan political prisoner and well known activist, is on a speaking tour of 15 countries to raise awareness about China’s ongoing human rights violations in Tibet and to urge the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Dhondup publicised life read more →
His Holiness Teaches Love, Compassion and Educating the Heart
By Tenzin Samten / November 26, 2021
This month, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans, gave two virtual teachings, Compassion and Love in the Context of Disaster Management and Educating the Heart for the New Millennium, both from his residence in Dharamshala. On November 17, Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal of the National read more →
World Leaders Considering Olympic Boycott
By Tenzin Samten / November 23, 2021
The United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and Lithuania have all announced that they are considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Human rights groups across the world have been calling for the boycott since the announcement that the Olympics would be held in China. The call, read more →
COP26: The Campaign Continues
By Tenzin Samten / November 19, 2021
The Tibetan environmentalists team have followed up their participation in COP26, the United Nations Climate conference held in Glasglow earlier this month, with a continuing awareness raising programme which has included virtual discussions and in-person climate talks to youngsters. The Office of Tibet, London, and the Tibetan Community in Britain read more →
UK Government Jeopardises Security
By Mary Trewartha / November 17, 2021
Free Tibet, the United Kingdom based Tibet advocacy and campaigning group, has found that at least three UK government departments are using CCTV cameras made by Hikvision, a Chinese company controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and implicated in the oppression of Tibetans and Uyghurs. Using Freedom of Information (FOI) read more →
Walking the Himalayas
By Mary Trewartha / November 16, 2021
Tenzin Tsundue, the writer and activist, is on the last leg of his three-month journey along the Tibetan border with India, from Ladakh to Arunachala Pradesh. He set out on August 17, walking and using local transport saying, “Chinese aggression on the borders has left people in the Himalayas shocked read more →
Tibetan Language Ban Intensifies: Monks Expelled and Schools Closed
By Tenzin Samten / November 11, 2021
The Chinese authorities in Tibet continue to intensify their ban on the Tibetan language, with the latest report of blocking Tibetan students from taking informal Tibetan classes during the school winter holidays; this applies to all of the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo [Ch: Qinghai]. Other acts of targeting institutions read more →
COP26: Tibetans Lobby World Leaders
By Tenzin Samten / November 9, 2021
A team of Tibetan environmentalists are in Glasgow, UK, representing Tibet. They are urging world leaders gathered for the COP26 United Nations Climate Summit to make the Tibetan Plateau central to any global climate change discussion. They are highlighting the ecological importance of the Tibetan plateau as the world’s “Third read more →
Sikyong Launches the Voluntary Tibetan Advocacy Group
By Tenzin Samten / November 9, 2021
Sikyong PenpaTsering, the President of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) concluded his official visit to Switzerland and Italy on November 7 with the launch ofthe Voluntary Tibetan Advocacy Group (V-TAG) during a public meeting with the Tibetan community of Switzerland and Lichtenstein. V-TAG was initiated by the 16th Kashag[Cabinet] with the read more →