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Chinese police seize statue of respected Tibetan monk.
According to RFA, authorities in western China’s Sichuan province seized a life-size statue of a respected Tibetan religious leader that was being transported into Tibet last year and arrested those involved in its fabrication and delivery. According to Tenzin Yarphel, a former student of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche who now lives in Europe, the statue…
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China’s development boom in Nepal has put the Himalayan ecology in jeopardy.
Since the 2015 earthquake, China’s involvement in Nepal has grown, primarily through funding in reconstruction projects. For decades, Nepal’s southern neighbor, India, served as the country’s primary economic partner, a position now contested by China. China started a series of projects in Nepal worth $2.4 billion in 2019, including industries and hydropower facilities, accounting for…
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US Special Coordinator asks China to hold dialogue with Dalai Lama
Uzra Zeya, the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, expressed the US administration’s strong commitment to human rights on Friday, calling on China to engage in direct dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives without preconditions in order to achieve meaningful autonomy for Tibetans.
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Enes Kanter has called for boycott of Beijing Olympics.
The Boston Celtics center encourages his teammates to choose morals before money when it comes to sports. On his Twitter account, Enes Kanter Freedom does not mince words: “The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in bed with the Chinese Government. They are complicit and echo the Cultish Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda.” #NoBeijing2022
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Independent Tibet’s Last Surviving Government Official passes away.
Tsedrung Gyaltsen Choden, one of Tibet’s longest-serving civil employees and the only surviving government official, died in the United States on Friday at the age of 102, according to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). On January 12, a prayer ceremony was held in the Kashag Secretariat to mourn his death, which was attended by Sikyong…
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Tibetan Woman Unable to Walk After Torture in Prison
Dolkar, a former Tibetan political prisoner from Sershul County in Kardze, eastern Tibet, is bedridden after being tortured and denied medical treatment for nearly a year in prison. For stating the truth about her nephew’s detention, Dolkar was condemned to prison and forced labor.
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TIBETAN STUDENT WAS RELEASED IN CRITICAL HEALTH.
Sangay Tso’s family discovers her in a hotel, unable to walk, a week after she was arrested. After being unlawfully jailed for more than ten months, Sangay Tso, a co-founder of a chat group, was freed in a critical health state. Sangay Tso, a university student, was detained in Kyegudo, Yushul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, on…
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Tibetan man has been arrested for criticising China’s language policies.
According to RFA, a Tibetan college graduate was imprisoned last year in northwest China’s Qinghai province for speaking out against Chinese regulations requiring the teaching of Chinese language in Tibetan areas. Loten, 23, was apprehended on Dec. 20 in Matoe (in Chinese, Maduo) county in the Golog (Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after complaining of social…
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China desecrates another famous Tibetan statue
Since late last month in western China’s Sichuan province, RFA has confirmed the destruction of a second Buddhist statue beloved by Tibetans, as part of a campaign the ethnic minority claims is targeting its religion and culture. The destruction of a three-story statue of Maitreya Buddha at Gaden Namyal Ling monastery in Drago (in Chinese,…
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Surgeons transplant the heart of pig into dying human patient.
In a pioneering surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the United States, David Bennett, a 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease, had a heart transplant from a genetically engineered pig. Doctors opted to proceed with the experimental surgery after getting an emergency authorization because it was Bennett’s only choice.