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China tightens controls in Tibetan areas during Beijing Olympics
-Radio Free Asia Tibetans who previously traveled to India are especially closely watched. Authorities have ramped up security controls in Tibetan areas of western China during the Beijing Winter Olympics, with police monitoring residents closely to block communications with Tibetans living in exile, sources in the region say. Restrictions are read more →
FAMILIES OF EXILED TIBETANS ORDERED TO INSTALL CELL PHONE SPYWARE
-Free Tibet Detention after phone search in Chamdo and Drag-yab County known to last two to three months Chinese police authorities in Drag-yab County (Ch: Zhag’yab County) and Chamdo have been monitoring families of exiled Tibetans with special attention for the past two years. New surveillance tactics were recently introduced, read more →
China competition bill passed by House provides Tibet support
-International Campaign for Tibet A bill passed by the House last week to boost US competitiveness with China will also expand US support for Tibetans facing repression at the hands of the Chinese government. The America COMPETES Act reaffirms US policy rejecting China’s interference in the selection of Tibetan Buddhist leaders, read more →
A people’s movement in Brahmaputra civilization for freedon of Tibet
mahabahu.com – by Novanita Sharma The annexation of Tibet by communist People’s Republic of China in 1950s and it’s the subsequent forceful occupation by communist China gave birth to the Tibetan freedom movement. The Tibetan national uprising in march 1959 pulled the entire Tibet into Tibetan freedom movement. The consequent exodus read more →
China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril
-Human Rights Watch (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately and unconditionally release the imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher Go Sherab Gyatso, Human Rights Watch said today. Close associates outside of Tibet say Go Sherab Gyatso’s health has recently worsened. He suffers from a chronic lung condition, and may not read more →
NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF UK COUNCILS USE CCTV LINKED TO TIBETAN OPPRESSION
Reported by Free Tibet Research conducted by Free Tibet and Big Brother Watch has found that at least 275 UK councils, in every part of the nation, are using CCTV cameras manufactured by Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned company that has been linked to human rights abuses against Tibetans and Uyghurs. read more →
Tibetan monks sent to labor camps for spreading news of Buddhist statue’s destruction
-Radio Free Asia Authorities have maintained a tight watch over monks and locals in Drago county. Eleven Tibetans beaten and arrested by Chinese authorities in January for spreading news of the destruction of a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and dozens of prayer wheels in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have been sent read more →
IWillNotWatch #BeijingWinterOlympics2022
Youdon Aukatsang for Times of India (Youdon Aukatsang is currently serving her third term as an elected member of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPIE). While China goes on to whitewash its image by showcasing the opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hongkongers and many thousands of human read more →
India’s Tibetan dilemma on China: The elephant in the Himalayan room
By Probal Das Gupta– First Post, 4 February 2022 During the fiery summer of 2020, Indian troops outsmarted the Chinese PLA to secure tactical heights along the southern bank of Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh, which triggered two outcomes. One, it revealed to the nation the presence and ability read more →
India announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over Galwan row
Shubhajit Roy for Indian Express Calling Beijing’s move to pick a Chinese soldier involved in the Galwan incident as an Olympic torchbearer “regrettable”, India Thursday said that its envoy will not attend the opening or closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics beginning Friday in Beijing. This, in effect, means that New Delhi read more →
INTERVIEW | Tibet’s Tsewang Gyalpo Arya: Boycott Will Save the Olympic Spirit from China
Japan Forward – 3 February 2022 In late January, JAPAN Forward met with Dr. Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, the representative of the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan and East Asia. Dr. Arya has appeared in JAPAN Forward’s pages before, and is also affiliated with the read more →
China announces further restrictions on Buddhism on the internet
-Tibet Watch Online WeChat groups promoting Tibetan Buddhist culture ordered shutdown after new regulation is adopted. In further restrictions to the already shrinking space for religious communities in China and Tibet to freely practice their religion, the Chinese state on 20 December 2021 announced a new regulation: Measures on the read more →
Chinese police arrest three Tibetan pilgrims for state secrets
-Radio Free Asia The trio had content on their phones related to a destroyed Buddhist statue in Sichuan. Chinese authorities in Sichuan province have arrested three Tibetan Buddhists they claim were in possession of “politically sensitive information” as they returned from a pilgrimage, Tibetan sources in exile say. Asang, Dodra, read more →
Opinion: Olympic movement has sold its soul by not challenging China on human rights abuses
Nancy Armour for USA TODAY The Olympic Games can never be seen in the same way again. Once aspirational, radiating hope and the promise of all that could be, they have been tainted by the crass calculations of their leaders. The International Olympic Committee has sold the people of China read more →
Japan parliament adopts resolution on human rights in China
Reuters – 1 February 2022 TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Japan’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the “serious human rights situation” in China, and called Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government to take steps to relieve the situation, as the Beijing Winter Olympics loom just days ahead. Japan has read more →