EU calls for Immediate Release of Tibetan Political Prisoners
By Lauren Chaplin / January 31, 2018
All eyes were on Europe last week, and this time it wasn’t because of Brexit. The European Parliament passed a resolution calling on China to respect its constitutional provisions to protect the human rights of Tibetans and other Chinese citizens. The non-legislative resolution was passed during the Human Rights and read more →
Mining in Tibet: More Suffering for the Nomads
By Charlotte Wigram Evans / January 25, 2018
As the Chinese development machine marches on, more than 10,000 nomads have been forced from their land in Tibet’s Lhathog region. For generations, a community of Tibetan nomads has lived around the Yulung Zangter Mountain in Kham Lhathog County of eastern Tibet. Now, in the name of development they are read more →
Dalai Lama Teaches Chinese Devotees
By Tenzin Samten / January 24, 2018
Tibet’s 82-year-old spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, held the final session of his series of teachings in Bodh Gaya this month on January 22 and 23. He dedicated it Chinese devotees from mainland China, inviting them to come and sit at the front of the teaching pavilion. The read more →
China Recalls Tibetan Pilgrims
By Tenzin Samten / January 20, 2018
Tibetans who have travelled from Tibet to Nepal and India for pilgrimage purposes and to visit relatives have been ordered to return to Tibet immediately. Voice of Tibet (VOT) has reported that the directive is mainly aimed at the large number of Tibetans who are attending the ongoing teachings of read more →
The Worst Abuser of Internet Freedom
By Mary Trewartha / January 18, 2018
China has once again been named by Freedom House* as the worst abuser of internet freedom in the world. It specifically mentions Tibet and the effects there of these tight restrictions. It goes on to mention the response of the Chinese authorities to events such as self-immolations in Tibet,which includes read more →
30,000 Flock to Hear His Holiness in Bodh Gaya
By Tenzin Samten / January 18, 2018
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s second three-day teaching this month in Bodh Gaya was Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhicitta and Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. Around 30,000 people attended, including 10,000 monks and nuns and 3,300 foreign visitors from 70 different countries. This teaching was organised at the read more →
Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are not “Countries”
By Tenzin Samten / January 17, 2018
A chain reaction by international companies operating in China has been sparked by the Marriott International’s apology to China for listing Tibet as a separate country in their literature. Now more high end companies have followed the lead of the Marriott – the third biggest hotel chain in the world read more →
50,000 Gather in Bodh Gaya for His Holiness’s Teaching
By Tenzin Samten / January 11, 2018
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the 82 year-old spiritual leader of Tibetans and Buddhist around the world, concluded his three-day teaching in Bodh Gaya in Bihar on January 7. According to dalailama.com, the official website of His Holiness, over 50,000 devotees gathered for his teaching. On the first day, read more →
Tashi Wangchuk’s Trial Labelled a “Sham” and a “Travesty”
By Mary Trewartha / January 10, 2018
The trial in Tibet of Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk has hit the international media, sparked an outcry from Human Rights groups worldwide and been labelled a “Travesty”. Tashi Wangchuk, 32, went on trial on January 4, two years after he was detained following his appearance in the New York Times read more →
Confrontation in Arunachal?
By Mary Trewartha / January 9, 2018
“There is no troop confrontation […] It’s not a Doklam-like situation”. The Times of India has quoted Indian security establishment officials as playing down the latest incident on the Arunachal Pradesh-Tibetan border. In the last days of December, Chinese road construction workers crossed the border into the Upper Siang district read more →