Chinese Surveillance Tactics Extends to Visiting Westerners
By Ben Byrne / July 25, 2019
Reports have emerged from East Turkestan, renamed by China as Xinjiang, that tourists entering the at the Irkeshtam border between China and Kyrgyzstan are having their phones seized by Chinese border police. Surveillance apps are installed on the phone and then the data on the devices is searched against a read more →
Nyima Lhamo Meets Donald Trump
By Tenzin Samten / July 18, 2019
Nyima Lhamo, who is the late Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s niece, met United States President Donald Trump in the White House on July 12. She was representing Tibet among a delegation of survivors of religious persecution and appealed to President Trump for continued support for Tibet and for the United read more →
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage
By Tenzin Samten / July 14, 2019
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama was awarded the 2019 “Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage” on July 12 in a ceremony held in the office of Free Tibet in central London, United Kingdom. The medal honours and recognises those who have shown a deep commitment to enhancing the read more →
Tibet at the UN Human Rights Council
By Corinne Dobinson / July 10, 2019
China’s human rights abuses have been raised by the European Union and other European member states at the ongoing 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) reports. The CTA report the EU statement not only called on China to respect human read more →
Birthday Wishes for His Holiness from Around the World
By Robin Smith and Lodoe Gyatso / July 10, 2019
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama turned 84 on July 6. His birthday was celebrated in various places across the world including India, United States, Japan, Brazil, Europe and numerous other countries. Unfortunately, in Tibet and Nepal any celebration was strictly prohibited by the government. On the day before his read more →
Sikyong in UK Parliament
By Dalha Tsering and Mary Trewartha / June 30, 2019
Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan Government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, has been in Britain on a ten-day visit to the UK which included a visit to Edinburgh where, on 25 June, he visited the Scottish Parliament, meeting individual MPs and addressing the Cross Party Group for Tibet. He noted read more →
Google Cancels Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China
By Hugh M Casey / June 30, 2019
Google has announced that they have “no plans to offer a search engine in China”. Sinchar Pichai, Google’s CEO, made the announcement at the AGM of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, in San Francisco. The project, codenamed Dragonfly, was designed for China as a censored version of the tech giant’s search read more →
Hong Kong-China Tensions Rise Following Extradition Bill Protests
By Nithin Thomas Prasad / June 29, 2019
Millions took to the streets of Hong Kong on June 12 in protest against a bill proposed by the government earlier this month that would allow for people of Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for court trials. The extradition bill, which has been suspended following the protests, read more →
Tibetan Political Prisoner Released
By Mary Trewartha / June 29, 2019
Ngawang Gyaltsen, a Tibetan political prisoner, was released from prison on March 7 after completing his three year sentence. He was a monk at Shag Rongpo Gaden Dargyaling Monastery in Nagchu County, where he had enrolled as a child. He was a well-known thangka artist and proficient at ritual dance. read more →
Nepal Honouring “One China Policy”
By Mary Trewartha / June 28, 2019
Suspended The Samajbadi Party Nepal lawmaker Pradip Yadav and Iqabal Miya of the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal both faced a backlash following their attendance in May at an international conference of parliamentarians who support Tibet in Riga, Latvia. Now Prdip Yadav has been suspended from his party for six months as read more →