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Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup released after a decade and a half in prison
-by International Campaign for Tibet Prominent Tibetan environmentalist and philanthropist, Karma Samdrup, who has been serving a 15-year prison sentence, has been released upon completion of term. He was first detained on January 7, 2010 and sentenced on June 24, 2010. The Chinese sentence document said his imprisonment would run until November read more →
Popular Tibetan Poet Gendun Lhundrub Released after Serving 4-year Sentence
Tibetan netizens have been sharing one of his poems – about living under surveillance – on social media. -by Radio Free Asia A prominent Tibetan writer and poet was released from prison earlier this month after serving a four-year sentence, and Tibetan netizens have celebrated by widely sharing one of read more →
Former Political Prisoner Detained for Social Media Posts
Tibetan language activist Tashi Wangchuk was detained for 15 days -by Tibet Watch Tibet Watch has learned that Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained last month on 20 October. The Yushu City Police Detention Centre released him last Monday after 15 days. The organisation responsible for his detention was read more →
China-linked Group Hacked Tibetan Media and University Sites to Distribute Cobalt Strike Payload
-by The Record, 13 November 2024 A China-linked state hacker group has compromised Tibetan media and university websites in a new espionage campaign, researchers have found — part of a series of attacks targeting the Tibetan community in order to collect intelligence for Beijing. The websites of the digital news read more →
Jailed Tibetan Community Leader Denied Retrial
Anya Sengdra has already served 6 years of a 7-year prison sentence. -by Radio Free Asia, 8 November 2024 Chinese authorities in Tibet have denied to retry an environmental activist who is serving a seven-year sentence for campaigning against government corruption, his lawyer said on social media. Anya Sengdra, 53, read more →
China said to intensify crackdown on Tibetan monks, religious education
Those who attempted to escape have faced severe consequences, treated ‘like criminals’ and subjected to further restrictions. –ANI Chinese authorities have intensified their crackdown on Tibetan Buddhism, forcibly relocating hundreds of young monks from Kirti Monastery to state-run boarding schools in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province. Reports indicate that these students, aged 6 to 17, are subjected to prison-like read more →
Tibetan Whistleblower Detained by Chinese Police
-by International Campaign for Tibet A 29-year-old Tibetan environmental whistleblower from Ngaba (Ch: Aba) is currently under detention for his exposé on Chinese social media of illegal sand and gravel mining in his native Tsaruma (Chá’ěrmǎ) hometown. After the exposé went viral on Chinese social media in mid-October, local Chinese read more →
Authorities Arrest Four Tibetans in Ngaba County for Contacting Outsiders
China’s government restricts communication between Tibetans and those outside the region, saying it undermines national unity. -by Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities have arrested four Tibetans from Ngaba county in Sichuan province, accusing one monk from Kirti Monastery of making dedication prayer offerings outside Tibet and two laypersons of maintaining read more →
Tibetan Petitioner Urges Central Chinese Government to Restore River Ecosystem
Video message exposes illegal sand mining and absence of consultation with local Tibetans in China’s petition system. -by Tibet Watch A Tibetan petitioner has appealed the central Chinese leadership to protect the river ecosystem of his hometown from being irreversibly damaged by illegal extraction of sand – one of the read more →
4 Tibetan Teens Detained for Resisting Going to Chinese Schools
The students had been attending a Buddhist monastery school that was shuttered in July. -by Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities detained four Tibetan teens from a shuttered Buddhist monastery school after they resisted being sent to schools run by the Chinese government, two residents living in Tibet told Radio Free read more →
Tibet, Monk Sentenced to 18 Months for Sharing Dalai Lama Teachings on WeChat
Xiangba Qupei was punished for “divulging sensitive information”—in fact, thoughts of His Holiness. -by Lopsang Gurung Last week, relatives of a Tibetan monk called Xiangba Qupei from Rebgong (Ch. Tongren) received confirmation that it had been sentenced to 18 months of jail last August. The family had not been previously informed of the trial, nor of the decision. Rebgong is read more →
Unclimbed peak in Arunachal Pradesh named after 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso
-By Bikash Singh, ET Bureau A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) has successfully scaled an unnamed 20,942 ft high peak in Arunachal Pradesh’s Gorichen range. The peak, now named Tsangyang Gyatso Peak, honors the 6th Dalai Lama. This challenging expedition highlights Arunachal Pradesh as read more →
Tibetan monk jailed for 18 months over Dalai Lama’s speech
His family was not informed about his trial, considered politically sensitive by Chinese authorities, sources say. -By RFA Tibetan A Tibetan monk has been sentenced to over 18 months in prison on charges of sharing a speech by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on social media, Tibetans living in read more →
Compassion is the secret to staying youthful, say the Dalai Lama and Kailash Satyarthi in a new book
An excerpt from ‘The Book of Compassion’, by the Dalai Lama, Kailash Satyarthi, and Pooja Pande. –Dalai Lama, Kailash Satyarthi & Pooja Pande “In spite of my old age, my face is quite handsome,” says the Dalai Lama in a video message published on his eighty-sixth birthday in 2021. Those deep-belly laughs that read more →
A History of Climbing Cho Oyu From Tibet
-by Kris Annapurna At 8,188m, Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world. Located 20km west of Everest, it sits astride the border of Tibet and Nepal. We already wrote a brief climbing history of the mountain, and today we will look at climbing routes on the Tibetan side of this read more →