Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

Another Writer Sentenced

May 9, 2016;

Lobsang Jamyang a Tibetan writer popularly known as Lomik, aged 28, has been given a seven and a half year prison sentence by a court in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province in western China, reports Tibet Times. Lomik was accused of leaking state information to outsiders and involvement in separatist activities. He was arrested in April last year in Ngaba county, since then his whereabouts have been unknown.

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