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RSS chief meets H.H. the Dalai Lama and expresses his support for Tibet.
Mohan Bhagwat, the Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at his residence at Gaden Phodrang in McLeodganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra region on Monday and expressed India’s support for Tibet.
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Pakistan media applauds China’s treatment of the Xinjiang region.
Recently the US has sanctioned China over its treatment of the Uyghurs. Because of China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims, countries such as the United States and other Western countries are boycotting Beijing 2022 Olympics diplomatically, but no Muslim nation has done so far.
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US has sanctioned China over its treatment of the Uyghurs
The US has launched a barrage of moves to condemn China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority, with legislators moving to stifle trade and imposing additional penalties on the Chinese government. The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to make the US the first country to prohibit practically all imports from China’s Xinjiang region due to worries about…
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China conducts ‘real combat’ nuclear, chemical, and biological drill in Tibet.
In Tibet, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) performed an “actual combat drill” incorporating anti-nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare amid rising border tensions between China and India. The 24-hour exercise, which took place on “the snowy plateau,” included commandos and armored attack squads, according to the Hindustan Times of Delhi.
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Dubious Interest in Tibetan Buddhist incarnations by Chinese Authorities
Why would Chinese Authorities be Interested in Tibetan Buddhist incarnations? Well, to sum in one word, Politics. In late November, a senior local Chinese Communist Party official visited three townships in Sog, a county in the Tibet Autonomous Region known for its religious resistance. His purpose is to persuade local Tibetan officials to support government…
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PM of Japan will not attend opening ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics.
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, has indicated he will not attend the Winter Olympics in Beijing’s opening ceremony, but it is unclear whether the country will join a US-led diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. Kishida has only stated that he will make a decision based on Japan’s “national interest,” possibly by the end of…
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Tibetan monk has been missing for more than a year, following his detention.
According to RFA, a Tibetan monk arrested more than a year ago in western China’s Sichuan province is being held incommunicado, with no word from police regarding his whereabouts or likely trial date. Tenzin Dargye, a monk in his 30s from the Barong monastery in the Sershul (Shiqu) county of Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…
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His Holiness starts to grant In-person Audience Since Lockdown, Sikyong was the first Audience
At his official residence, on Wednesday, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration an audience. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020, this is His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first in-person audience. It’s also Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s first official in-person audience with His Holiness…
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Tibetan students protest Beijing 2022 by chaining themselves to the Olympic insignia in front of the IOC.
According to Reuters, a peaceful protest was held outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) offices in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday by the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) and Students for a Free Tibet. China is being accused by the groups of utilizing the upcoming Olympic Games, dubbed “Genocide Games,” to portray itself in a…
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Congressional letters call on Biden’s Tibet coordinator to take action.
In an unprecedented move, over 60 members of Congress say in new Senate and House bipartisan letters that the Biden administration’s presumptive Tibet coordinator should push for a meeting between President Biden and the Dalai Lama, full implementation of US laws on Tibet, an end to the practice of referring to Tibet as part of…