The Panchen Lama: Still Missing
By Nivedita Nair / May 25, 2018
Tibetans and Tibet Groups* have launched a new report Missing for Over 20 Years which calls on world leaders to act “urgently and robustly” to confront China over their abduction and enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima. Gedun Choekyi Nyima was taken by the Chinese authorities read more →
Five Years for Tashi Wangchuk
By Lodoe Gyatso / May 24, 2018
Tashi Wangchuk, 32, a Tibetan activist, has been given a five year jail sentence in China for “inciting separatism,” because he appeared in a New York Times video in 2016, speaking about his efforts to preserve his native language. The video showed Tashi’s attempts in Beijing to get state media read more →
12th TWA General Body Meeting
By Choeyang Wangmo / May 22, 2018
The 12th General Body Meeting of the Tibetan Women’s Association, one of the largest non-government organisations in the Tibetan community, was held from May 11 – 16 at Tibetan College for Higher Studies, Sarah, near Dharamshala. 190 Tibetan women from 37 different regions gathered to present each chapters’ work and read more →
Conference Calls for Human Rights and Freedom Across Asia
By Kyra Grue / May 22, 2018
The First International Conference Building Freedom, Democracy and Peace in Asia took place from May 11 – 12 at the India International Centre in New Delhi, resulting in a unified agreement by attendees that universal human rights and freedoms are under threat across Asia and that immediate action is necessary read more →
Tibet’s Rivers Under Threat
By Clare Harrison / May 21, 2018
Tibet represents the largest body of ice and permafrost outside the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Melt water from Tibet’s glaciers and snowfall, and the rivers arising in Tibet provide 40% of the Earth’s population with fresh water. China commenced large scale dam building in 1958 and now holds half the read more →
Delek Hospital: Serving the Community
By Lodoe Gyatso / May 21, 2018
This article about Delek Hospital is the first in our new series of articles about the NGOs (non-government organisations) in the Tibetan exile community. Contact is launching this series of articles to highlight the actions, achievements and concerns of the NGOs – to support them in their work and to read more →
30 Tibetans Detained After Mining Protests
By Mary Ann Ciosk / May 21, 2018
Chinese authorities in Driru County in Nagchu Prefecture have detained and beaten 30 Tibetans, one of whom remains missing, following the protest against a mining project in early April, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). The leader of Markor village, Karma, was detained in late read more →
ICT Calls for Worldwide Action
By Mary Ann Ciosk / May 16, 2018
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has released a report calling for reciprocity of access by allowing media and human rights observers into Tibet as well as “an end to policies restricting Tibetan freedom of movement and speech”. It urges “a deeper engagement by governments worldwide on China’s Tibet policy”. read more →
TCHRD Report
By V Chandni / May 14, 2018
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its Annual Report, 2017 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet, on May 7. The report introduction says the report, “presents an analysis of major human rights abuses committed by Chinese authorities in 2017 and provides specific recommendations to read more →
EU Delegation Visits Dharamshala
By Deepak Rana / May 11, 2018
A delegation of European Parliament (EP) members arrived in Dharamshala for a six-day visit to the Tibetan Government-in-exile on May 7. The delegation was led by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Thomas Mann and included MEP Csaba Sogor and MEP Ramon Tremosa as well as Representative Tashi Phuntsok from read more →