Tibetans Pray for Dalai Lama’s Health
By Tenzin Samten / January 28, 2016
The news of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Mayor Clinic, Rochester in the United States, has worried Tibetans and His Holiness’s followers worldwide. According to pictures and information circulating on social media platforms, Tibetans inside Tibet have defied Chinese directives and openly displayed their devotion and loyalty to read more →
Reuters Exposes World-Wide Chinese Propaganda
By Rohini Kejriwal / January 27, 2016
Radio transmissions with a pro-China slant are being sent out around the world, backed by the Chinese state-run broadcasting company China Radio International (CRI) – a little-seen power behind a global web of radio stations. In America, the Chinese government controls a majority of the content broadcast on WCRW, which read more →
Health Check for His Holiness
By Meghna Prakash / January 26, 2016
His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamshala for the United States on January 19 in order to undergo prostate treatment and a medical checkup. He is being treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and is expected to make a full recovery. A Mayo spokeswoman said in a statement, read more →
Taiwanese Election Result Sends a Strong Message
By Sam Ferguson / January 25, 2016
Tsai Ing-wen has been elected President of Taiwan following a significant victory for her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The DPP are a pro-independence party. The ousted Kuomintang (KMT) Party favour stronger ties with mainland China and commentators have suggested that the result may spell the end of China’s hopes for read more →
Permanent Surveillance of Tibetans is the New Normal
By Sam Ferguson / January 23, 2016
China’s controversial surveillance campaign, Benefit the Masses, will continue indefinitely in all villages within the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). In a report this month by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York based human rights group, China director Sophie Richardson described the campaign as “nothing less than a continuous human read more →
Tibetan Snow Leopards under Threat
By Tenzin Samten / January 21, 2016
Tibetan villagers who were assigned to guard wildlife caught four poachers in Dzoege County in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture on January 9. This was followed by another incident, reported on January 12, that five more Chinese nationals were taken into custody for alleged poaching near Hetita village in read more →
Equal Status for Tibetan?
By Dorji Kyi / January 20, 2016
Radio Free Asia(RFA) has reported that the Tibetan and Chinese languages will now be given equal status in Rebgong (in Chinese, Tongren) county in Qinghai’s Malho (Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. This government action follows a storm of protest which erupted online earlier this month when the Shang Yon hotel in read more →
Shideling Monastery to be Renovated
By Tsering Wangdue / January 20, 2016
A 1,200-year-old monastery in Lhasa is to be restored to its original layout and style. Shideling Monastery was once an important monastery located in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, under the Regent Rating Rinpoche. It was destroyed and looted during the invasion of Tibet in the 1950s and again during read more →
The Future of Tibet
By Dorji Kyi / January 19, 2016
A new website which aims to strengthen Tibetan communities in Europe, The Future of Tibet, www.future-of-tibet.org, was launched on January 13. As well as strengthening Tibetan communities in Europe, the website aims to build up the ongoing Tibet movement and its activities in Europe. It was created by two members read more →
US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Visits Dharamshala
By Tenzin Samten / January 17, 2016
United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Sarah Sewall, accompanied by an eight-member US delegation has visited Dharamshala to discuss with Tibetans living there issues important to the Tibetan refugee community. The two-day official visit reached Dharamshala on January 15. Sarah Sewall and her team were welcomed at Kangra airport read more →