US Ambassador to China: “Talk to the Dalai Lama!”
By Mary Trewartha / May 31, 2019
The United States Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, was granted a visit to Tibet from May 19 to 25, the first time that US ambassador has visited the region since 2015 – despite requests being made for visits in the meantime. The visit has hit the international news media and read more →
Tibetan Activists in Golog Targeted
By Jailel Barr / May 31, 2019
A campaign that claims to target organised crime in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, north eastern Tibet, has led to harassment and strict surveillance of Tibetans with a history of political activism, says Radio Free Asia in a report citing two local sources and released on May 22. Their read more →
Task Force on Sino-Tibet Negotiations Meets in Dharamshala
By Nithin Thomas Prasad / May 29, 2019
The 31st task force meeting on Sino-Tibet negotiations was held on May 15 – 16. The two-day meeting at the Tibetan government headquarters in Dharamshala concluded that the exile Tibetan Government, officially known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), seeks genuine autonomy under China through the Middle Way Approach. The read more →
HRW Calls for Release of Tibetans Imprisoned for Peaceful Protests
By Jailel Barr / May 28, 2019
“Chinese authorities should immediately release Tibetan monks and other peaceful critics arbitrarily imprisoned since the March 2008 protests across the Tibetan plateau” says Human Rights Watch (HRW) in their report entitled China: Free Tibetans Unjustly Imprisoned, New Compendium of About 80 Long-Term Cases. The report, published on May 21, has read more →
Tibetans Thrown Off Ancestral Land
By Jailel Barr / May 27, 2019
As many as 40 Tibetan families from Chunga village in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture’s Chabcha county have been uprooted from their ancestral lands and moved to urbanised areas, against their wishes and by order of the Chinese government, says Radio Free Asia (RFA) in a report dated May 1. Big families read more →
Nepali Journalists in Trouble After Writing about His Holiness
By Mary Trewartha / May 25, 2019
The Nepali journalists are being investigated following their online report about the health of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Kathmandu Post reported on May 12 that they were being “probed for disseminating a news item regarding the Dalai Lama”. The three, Mohani Risal, Somnath Lamichhanne and Jivan Bhandari, work read more →
Social Security Cards in China
By Tsering Wangdue / May 24, 2019
China’s Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security has published a notice outlining plans to issue at least 100 million electronic social security cards throughout the country by the end of this year and to replace the already existing 1.25 billion social security card holders with electronic cards within read more →
US and Canada Support for Tibet
By Shoshana Zimmerman / May 22, 2019
Canadian and US government officials have called for their governments to take action to uphold Tibetan freedom of speech, religion, movement and linguistic rights. They have drawn attention to the current situation where Chinese surveillance and repression of Tibetans has increased in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and greater Tibet. In read more →
World Parliamentarians Tibet Convention
By Corinne Dobinson / May 22, 2019
The 7th World Parliamentarian Convention on Tibet was held in Riga, Latvia from May 7 to 10. The conventions aims to “reinvigorate and galvanise global support for Tibet through concerted efforts and deliberations on the parliamentary front” reported tibet.net – the official site of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) based read more →
Thousands Gather to Hear His Holiness
By Corinne Dobinson / May 13, 2019
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave teachings on The Three Principles of the Path by Je Tsongkapa in the main temple in Dharamshala on May 10-12. The teaching had been requested by a group of Russian Buddhists; over 1,100 Russians attended. The temple was filled to capacity – as well read more →