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Over 100 Tibetan Detainees Released in Dza Wonpo after Month-long Torture and Interrogation
-Sourced by Free Tibet Three still remain in detention while a stone memorial honouring resistance to the 1959 invasion found to be destroyed Tibet Watch reported that around 117 Tibetans from Dza Wonpo Township detained en masse were released one by one from 23 September onwards. The detainees, who had been held read more →
China Pushes New Plan For Tibetan Buddhist Study in Chinese Only
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and study centers must begin to translate classroom texts from Tibetan into Mandarin Chinese, China’s “common language,” according to instructions given at a conference held last month in Qinghai, read more →
Tibetan Government-in-exile President Meets Taiwan Ambassador To Discuss ‘mutual Issues’
Kamal Joshi for Republic World Penpa Tsering, the president or Sikyong of the Himachal Pradesh-based Tibetan government-in-exile, on Monday, October 4, called upon Taiwanese Ambassador H.E. Baushuan Ger. The two discussed issues of mutual concern and interest. “Sikyong Penpa Tsering called upon Taiwanese Ambassador H.E. Baushuan Ger at his office read more →
Middle way approach ‘only solution’ to Tibet conflict
Tribune, 1 October 2021 The middle way approach proposed by the Dalai Lama is the only viable solution to the Tibet problem, said president of Tibetan government in-exile Penpa Tsering here. “Having considered the varying degree of repressions in Tibet, which is always followed by a series of claims and read more →
China bans Tibetan Party members and cadres from engaging in religious activities in Golok
Reported by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. A strict ban on religious activities has been imposed recently on all former and current Party members and cadres in Golok (Ch: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo. In Darlag (Ch: Dari) County in Golok, read more →
Tibet Lobby Day builds support across United States
By International Campaign for Tibet. Tibet Lobby Day 2021 was a cross-country event this week, as participants all over the United States met virtually with their Congressional offices to build crucial support for Tibet. Tibetan Americans and other supporters of Tibet from more than 20 states took part in the Lobby read more →
Survivors of earthquake under surveillance and uncertainty
Sourced by Free Tibet. Tibetan homes torn down for reconstruction and 1216 children relocated to distant boarding schools. Tibet Watch received reports that in early September this year, Chinese authorities in Matoe county (Ch:Maduo, Tib:རྨ་སྟོད་རྫོང་།) of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the eastern Tibetan province of Amdo started demolishing Lungkya read more →
From Tibetan resistance to international tensions, China’s obstacles in TAR
Hindustan Times Chinese nervousness about the situation in Tibet has been especially noticeable during this period of enhanced military tension between India and China. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has stepped up activities in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to achieve President Xi Jinping’s directive of “one people, one culture, read more →
Tibet Lobby Day to push Congress on Tibet
International Campaign for Tibet Tibetan Americans and Tibet supporters will meet with members of Congress and/or their staff this week to push for action on China’s misguided policies in Tibet during the annual Tibet Lobby Day. Tibet, a country with a two thousand year history that China has brutally occupied read more →
Ancient Links and Political Treaties: Tibet’s History as a Sovereign Nation
By Jamphel Shonu Introduction From the premodern period consisting of the Shangshung, Yarlung, and Chosgyal empires up until the annexation of Tibet by Communist China in 1951, Tibet carved for itself a unique history and identity by developing a rich, distinct culture and tradition. During the evolution of this unique read more →
Tibetan Monk in Failing Health After Early Release from 15-Year Prison Term
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. A Tibetan monk sentenced to 15 years in prison for protesting Chinese rule in Tibet has been released two years before finishing his sentence, but is reported to be in failing health read more →
Canada foreign minister says eyes wide open when it comes to normalizing China ties
By Reuters Staff. September 26, 2021. TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada’s “eyes are wide open” when it comes to normalizing its relationship with China, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said on Sunday, two days after the release of a Huawei executive following almost three years of house arrest in Vancouver. Huawei Technologies Co Ltd read more →
Exhibition in Taipei spotlights ‘genocide’ in Tibet
From Taipei Times. Sept 27, 2021 An exhibition on Tibet opened at a bookstore in central Taipei yesterday, highlighting human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in the region. The exhibition at To-uat Books in Zhongzheng District (中正) features charcoal sketches by Tung Ching-jung (董靜蓉), depicting Tibetan leaders and read more →
When Will Tibet Be Liberated From China, And How? – OpEd
N. S. Venkataraman for Eurasia Review It is now more than six decades since China forcibly occupied Tibet by sending its military and massacred the protesting Tibetans mercilessly. The Dalai Lama and his followers were left with no alternative other than leaving Tibet and China has been taking stern steps read more →
China enforces compulsory Mandarin Chinese learning for preschool children in Tibet
Reported by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy A Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) decree went into force this month to teach Mandarin Chinese to all preschool children, an extension of Xi Jinping’s belief in catching them young, noting the significance of language learning in the early years, and discounting the read more →