“Let the world know where he is”: The World Calls for The Release of The Panchen Lama
By Kritika M Narula / May 18, 2020
Three days after His Holiness the Dalai Lama chose the then six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima to be the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995, he and his family were abducted and imprisoned by the Chinese authorities. This made him the youngest political prisoner in the world and the outside world has read more →
Former Political Prisoner Dies After Being Refused Treatment
By Ray Sorensen / May 14, 2020
A Tibetan man who had been held as a political prisoner has died following his treatment at the hands of the Chinese authorities. Chinese officials refused him permission to travel and receive treatment for health conditions caused by the torture and forced labour he endured in prison. The Tibetan Review read more →
Delays to Tibetans’ Appeals Exacerbated by the Pandemic
By Corinne Dobinson / May 10, 2020
The imprisoned Tibetan activist Anya Sengdra’s appeal hearing has been postponed indefinitely; the reason reported as being due to a judge suddenly being taken ill. He was detained in September 2019 for “gathering people to disturb public order” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. Sentenced in December 2019 for seven read more →
Tibetan Political Prisoner Dies after Prolonged Illness
By Tenzin Samten / May 6, 2020
Tsering Bagdro, 51, a former Tibetan political prisoner, passed away on April 26 at his home in Maldro Gongkar county near Lhasa – the capital city of Tibet, reports Radio Free Asia (RFA)’s Tibetan service. His passing came after years of ill health. It is reported that his poor health read more →
Nomads Petition China on Language Education
By Rupert Eyles / April 28, 2020
A delegation of Tibetan nomads from Ngaba in Tibetan traditional province of Amdo [Ch: Aba, in Sichuan] sent a letter to the National People’s Congress on April 20, cautioning against Mandarin becoming the primary language of instruction in the area, as per recent government proposals. Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports read more →
The Earth Breathes Again
By Ben Byrne / April 28, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, as human beings across the world have retreated into their homes, the rest of nature has breathed a collective sigh of relief and enjoyed something of a renaissance. This was neatly encapsulated by the reports from Punjab that, as air pollution cleared, the residents of Jalandhar read more →
Missing for 25 Years
By Tenzin Samten / April 26, 2020
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, turns 31 on April 25 and this year marks 25 years since he was abducted by the Chinese authorities. Tibetans and supporters around the world are marking his birthday and reiterating the call for the Chinese government to release him and to provide read more →
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence with Social Emotional Learning
By Okechukwu Onwunli / April 23, 2020
The Social, Emotional, and Ethical (SEE) Learning programme is an educational curriculum for kindergarten right through to age 18 (K-12), envisioned and developed together by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (OHHDL). Since 1998 Emory University has had an Emory-Tibet read more →
Messages from Their Holinesses the Dalai Lama and the Kamapa
By Corinne Dobinson / April 18, 2020
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has published a message regarding the pandemic in Time Magazine. In his message, published on April 14, he said that the planet has no barriers and, in the Buddhist view, the entire world is interdependent. He stated that the pandemic serves as a warning that read more →
China’s Appointment to UN HR Council Panel Sparks Criticism (UPDATED)
By Corinne Dobinson / April 18, 2020
China has been appointed a seat on the consultative group of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The appointment of Jiang Duan was made on April 1 and was endorsed by the Coordinator of the Asia-Pacific States, the UN Permanent Mission of Oman. According to the UNHRC website, the read more →