Arrested for Keeping Photo of HH the Dalai Lama
By Tenzin Samten / August 27, 2022
Karma Samdup, a Tibetan man from Sernye Township of Nagchu County in Tibet Autonomous Region, was arrested on August 12 for wearing a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama around his neck and hanging a photo in his car. He was accused of carrying out the “separatist act” of read more →
Support for Resolve Tibet Act
By Phurbu Lhamo / August 26, 2022
The Resolve Tibet Act introduced in the United States Congress is gaining support from various world leaders, including United Kingdom Member of Parliament Navendu Mishra, and Australian Senator Janet Rice, as well as the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reports the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a non government organisation read more →
Storms Cause Loss of Life and Livelihood in Amdo
By Tenzin Samten / August 26, 2022
Many cases of destruction and death caused by heavy rain and flooding are being reported this month from different regions in Amdo [Ch: Qinghai], in eastern Tibet. At least 31 people have died, together with over 2,000 head of livestock have been killed so far according to the latest read more →
NDPT Appoints New President
By Tenzin Samten / August 24, 2022
The National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) concluded its ninth general body meeting by electing Tashi Dhondup as the new President, along with other six new members. The meeting was convened from August 20-23 and held in Dharamshala; it was attended by members from various locations together with the heads read more →
Evidence Of Forced Labour In Tibet and East Turkestan
By Barkha Mathur / August 22, 2022
Instances of forced labour have occurred in Tibet that are similar to those found in East Turkestan [Ch:Xinjiang], the Uighur Muslim ethnic minority region in northwest China, according to a report by the United Nations’ top expert on slavery. The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tomoya Obokata read more →
Lockdown in Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / August 18, 2022
The Tibetan capital city Lhasa, along with neighbouring regions including Shigatse, Ngari, Lhoka and Chamdo in the Chinese segregated Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) are facing strict lockdown protocols with the authorities citing a new outbreak of Covid-19. People must stay at home unless there is an emergency and outside the read more →
Tibetans in India, Nepal and Bhutan
By Tenzin Samten / August 11, 2022
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, conducted the fourth population census among Tibetans living in India, Bhutan and Nepal in July. There are over 67,700 Tibetans living in these three countries, according to the census forms collected as of August 3. The population survey was read more →
US Speaker Meets Tibet Representative In Taiwan
By Barkha Mathur / August 11, 2022
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, met Bawa Kelsang Gyaltsen, a representative of the Office of Tibet, during her visit to Taiwan. During the meeting, Representative Gyaltsen raised the issues related to the deteriorating human rights situation and China’s increasingly harsh policy of ethnic, religious, read more →
Award for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
By Tenzin Samten / August 9, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who is currently in Ladakh in the north of India, was awarded the Ladakh dPalr Ngam Dusdon Award – Ladakh’s highest civilian honour – on August 5. The award was as an expression of gratitude towards His Holiness for his dedication read more →
Philanthropist Sentenced
By Tenzin Samten / August 5, 2022
Tenzin Choephel, 45, a Tibetan businessman from Nagchu (Ch: Nagchu) City’s Sernye District in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) region has been sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment on the charges of “inciting separatism” reports Dharamshala based human right group, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). He was read more →