Is India Spying on Tibetans?
By Mary Trewartha / July 26, 2021
The Guardian published an article on July 22 suggesting that the Indian government is using spyware developed by Israel during their conflict with Saudi Arabia in 2017 to monitor the phones “of a top ring of advisers around the Dalai Lama”. Israel says it only sells the package – NSO read more →
International Spotlight on Xi’s Visit to Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / July 26, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited Tibet – his first visit there since becoming President in 2013. The visit was unannounced by Chinese state-controlled media. Following the visit, which took place between July 21 and 23, Chinese state media Xinhua reported, “Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the read more →
New Code of Conduct for Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / July 15, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has issued a new six-point code of conduct in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the Code of Conduct for Communist Party Members in the Tibet Autonomous Region for Not Believing in Religion, which explicitly forbids party members from all forms of religiosity in both public read more →
Nepal Prevaricates
By Mary Trewartha / July 13, 2021
The Nepali government has failed to commit to respecting and protecting the rights of Tibetan refugees living in the country during the United Nations (UN) Universal Periodic Review (UPR). UN member states gave recommendations regarding Tibetan refugees on 21 January 21this year as part of Nepal’s third UPR cycle. However, read more →
Birthday Wishes from Around the World for His Holiness
By Tenzin Samten / July 8, 2021
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of the Tibetan people, turned 86 on July; celebrations were kept low key in small groups due to the Covid19 pandemic. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) also known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile held the official ceremony in a small gathering. Birthday greetings read more →
New HRW Report Calls for Immediate Release of Four Monks
By Mary Trewartha / July 8, 2021
Human Rights Watch has released a new report Prosecute Them with Awesome Power: China’s Crackdown on Tengdro Monastery and Restrictions on Communications in Tibet which details the prosecution and prison sentences handed out to four monks, Choegyal Wangpo, Lobsang Jinpa, Norbu Dondrup and Ngawang Yeshe who received sentences of 20, read more →
CCP Centenary – Footage from Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / July 2, 2021
Video footage has emerged from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, showing that Lhasa was flooded with Chinese people on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP )’s Centenary anniversary celebrations on July 1. A propaganda light show was projected onto the walls of the Potala Palace – the Potala read more →
Oppression in Driru Intensifies
By Tenzin Samten / June 29, 2021
Gyajin, 44, a Tibetan father of three was arrested by Chinese police in April, along with other Tibetans, in Driru in the traditional province of Kham on suspicion of contacting Tibetans in exile through social media or by phone. Neither the whereabouts of Gyajin, nor any details of other Tibetans read more →
“Three Shifts” to Increased Control over Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / June 25, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching its “Three Shifts” educational and religious work campaign, ahead of its centenary anniversary this month. An event was held in Tibet on June 17 attended by nearly 500 people, including leaders from various units of the county and representatives from middle school and read more →
World Leaders Declare Support for Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / June 17, 2021
The United Nations has released a statement by a group of experts who say they are “extremely alarmed by reports of alleged ‘organ harvesting’ targeting minorities, including Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims and Christians, in detention in China”. Falun Gong is a Buddhist religion banned in China and Uyghurs read more →