US Special Coordinator for Tibet Visits Tibetans in India and Nepal
By Tenzin Samten / May 24, 2022
The United States Under Secretary Uzra Zeya, Special Coordinator for Tibet Issues, arrived in Dharamahala, home of the Tibetan government-in-exile and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on May 17 for a two day official visit, to confirm and discuss US support for the Tibetan issue. The US Joe Biden administration read more →
Missing for 27 Years: Call to Release Panchen Lama (UPDATED)
By Tenzin Samten / May 19, 2022
Tibetans, supporters and right groups across the world marked the 27th year of the Chinese government’s enforced disappearance of Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. On May 17, 1995, the Chinese government abducted Gendun Choekyi Nyima, a six read more →
China Targets Children and Young People in their Sinicisation Drive
By Tenzin Samten / May 13, 2022
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) and Asian Dignity Initiative (ADI) have released a joint report, Sucked Our Marrow: Tibetan Language and Education Rights under Xi Jinping, which demonstrates the devastating consequences for education and language rights experienced in Tibet. The report details Xi Jinping’s governments’ policies read more →
Canada Welcomes Sikyong, Angering China
By Tenzin Samten / May 11, 2022
Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan Government-in-exile, is in Canada meeting Canadian Tibet supporters, parliamentarians and members of the Tibetan communities in Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa city; this follows his official visit to the United States last month. On May 5, read more →
220 Rights Groups Demand UN High Commissioner Postpone China Visit
By Mary Trewartha / May 5, 2022
A coalition of more than 220 groups have urgently demanded that Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner, immediately postpone her imminent visit to China, warning that “the upcoming visit risks aiding Beijing’s attempts to whitewash repression against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers, Southern Mongolians and others”. The coalition is led by read more →
Tibetan Woman Beaten and Tortured in Prison
By Tenzin Samten / May 5, 2022
Norzin Wangmo, a Tibetan political prisoner from Kham Kyegudo in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was sent home from prison in poor health in March. She was beaten and tortured while in prison and has suffered serious injuries all over her body. She is allowed to receive treatment at home, but read more →
Sikyong Promotes the Tibetan Cause in the US
By Tenzin Samten and Mary Trewartha / April 29, 2022
Penpa Tsering, Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) made his first visit to the United States since his election as Sikyong to meet United States officials, Tibet support groups, the staff of the Office of Tibet in Washington DC and members of the Tibetan community living there. read more →
Further Erosion of the Tibetan Language
By Mary Trewartha / April 27, 2022
The Chinese government’s campaign to push Mandarin Chinese as the main spoken and written language for Tibetans now includes giving parents the responsibility for teaching it to their children, reports the United Kingdom-based research and advocacy group Tibet Watch. Their report dated April 11 says, “Tibetan parents, mostly nomads and read more →
The EU Reports Serious HR Violations in Tibet
By Mary Trewartha / April 27, 2022
The European Union released its 2021 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World on April 19, in which it notes the further worsening of the overall human rights situation in China and the continuing repressive policies implemented in Tibet. It notes that religious activities continued to take read more →
Activist Targeted Again
By Sara Weber / April 27, 2022
Tibetan language activist Tashi Wangchuk, 35, who was released from prison last year after serving three years in prison for his advocacy of the Tibetan language, is reportedly again being monitored by the Chinese authorities, as he continues to advocate for the use and the study of the Tibetan language read more →