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.

Writer Imprisoned

May 24, 2013;

The Chinese government have sentenced Gartse Jigme, a well known Tibetan writer and respected monk from Gartse monastery in Amdo to five years in prison for writing a book on Tibet and the wave of self immolations. The book was seized by police from the publishers’ before it could be printed. Gartse Jigme has repeatedly urged the Chinese government to end their accusations leveled against Tibetan religion and practitioners.  He was also briefly detained in April 2011.

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