Tibetan Human Rights Suffer in Fight Against Covid19
By Ray Sorensen / February 18, 2020
The Chinese government has seized on the spread of Novel Coronavirus 2019 nCOV (Covid19) in Tibetan areas to further restrict freedoms and impose Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. According to the World Health Organisation, as of February 17, 590 cases of Covid19 and five deaths read more →
US Support for Tibet: Bill Approved
By Mary Trewartha / January 28, 2020
The Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) is now halfway through the United States Congress. The bill, which will upgrade US political and humanitarian support for Tibetans,was approved by a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives on January 28 and the focus will now be on the Senate for read more →
Condemnation for Tibet Clause in China–Myanmar Economic Treaty
By Kritika M Narula / January 23, 2020
Myanmar has drawn criticism from the Central Tibetan Administration for referring to Tibet, along with Taiwan and East Turkestan [Ch: Xinjiang], as “inalienable parts of China” in a joint declaration with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on January 18. The declaration was an output of the recent visit of the read more →
Nepal-China Agreement Targets Tibetans
By Aparna Ramachandran / January 20, 2020
The Nepali Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali has offered a written clarification to Members of Parliament about an agreement signed in secrecy with China during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal in October last year. The governments of China and Nepal have reportedly agreed to hand over people read more →
Tibet Sees Influx of Travellers Avoiding Coronavirus
By Ray Sorensen / January 20, 2020
Chinese and Tibetan people living in mainland China are travelling to Tibet to escape strict quarantines imposed on nearly 20 cities across the country in an effort to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. The Coronavirus, officially called Novel Coronavirus 2019nCOV, first appeared in the city of Wuhan in mid-December read more →
Crackdown in Sershul
By Rupert Eyles / January 20, 2020
In a crackdown late last year by Chinese police, Sershul, which is in Kardze in Kham [Ch: Sichuan], more than 30 Tibetan monks from the Dza Wonpo Monastery as well as local laypeople were imprisoned for over a month. According to local sources, in late November and early December 2019, read more →
US Funding for Tibet, 2020
By Tsering Wangdue / January 18, 2020
The United States Congress has once again shown steady support to the people of Tibet by the provision of approximately US$19 million (£15 million) to support Tibet programmes through the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (HR1865), reports the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)*. The report stated that the bill was read more →
12 Tibetans Jailed Under China’s Anti-Crime Campaign
By Ray Sorensen / January 15, 2020
China has jailed 12 villagers in Sog county, Tibet as part of a nationwide anti-crime campaign that some human rights activists say the communist regime is using to target advocates of Tibetan culture and religion. The accused were convicted of “running a criminal gang” and sentenced to prison terms ranging read more →
Tibet at The United Nations
By Tsering Wangdue / January 15, 2020
The Tibet Bureau Geneva has released a report on the activities of the Tibet Bureau Geneva in 2019 under the remit of advocacy for Tibet at the United Nations. There were four categories: UN Human Rights Councils; Side Events, UN Special Procedures and the Geneva Forum. The report states that read more →
Does China’s New Law Mean Ethnic Cleansing for Tibet?
By Rupert Eyles / January 14, 2020
Earlier this month, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s (TAR) People’s Congress passed new legislation which, they say, will “strengthen ethnic unity” in the region, effective May 1. While the full text has not yet been released, the law (the first of its kind in the TAR) is said to include ways read more →