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Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet considers a wide range of concerns.
On the fringes of the Swiss Parliament’s Winter Session on Tuesday, the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet convened and reviewed action plans for Tibet, according to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). At the conference, they covered a wide range of topics, including the current situation in Tibet, the situation of Tibetan asylum seekers who have…
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Is China planning to use a railway project to entrap Nepal in debt?
Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that China will assist landlocked Nepal in improving road and rail connectivity, a move that experts say may raise strategic concerns for regional competitor India. Wang also offered sustained Chinese help for Nepal’s reconstruction following the tragic earthquake of 2015, and advocated stronger cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative,…
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China is separating 4-year-old Tibetan children from their parents for indoctrination.
China’s enormous system of ‘colonial boarding schools’ inside Tibet, where children as young as four are separated from their parents, was revealed in recent research by the Tibet Action Institute. According to a report titled “Separated from their families, hidden from the world- China’s vast system of colonial boarding schools inside Tibet,” Chinese government policies…
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Sikyong congratulates new German Chancellor.
The Central Tibetan Administration’s Sikyong Penpa Tsering hailed Germany’s incoming Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, today. On Wednesday, December 8, the German Bundestag elected and swore in Olaf Scholz as Chancellor.
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Olaf Scholz, the next German Chancellor, is congratulated by the Speaker.
Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), congratulated Olaf Scholz on his inauguration as the new Chancellor of Germany on December 8, 2021.
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China’s huge system of colonial boarding schools in Tibet is exposed by Tibet Action Institute.
China’s enormous system of colonial boarding schools inside Tibet, which removes children as young as four from their parents, was revealed in research released on Tuesday by Tibet Action Institute. “Separated from their families, hidden from the world – China’s massive system of colonial boarding schools within Tibet,” according to the research, Chinese government policies…
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His Holiness extends his greetings to Germany’s new Chancellor
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama extends greetings to Olaf Schulz the New German Chancellor. His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote in a letter congratulating Olaf Scholz on his election as Chancellor of Germany
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Nepalese government does not include Tibetans in the scope of the certificate of refuge.
According to the Kathmandu State New, Nepal’s government plans to issue asylum certificates to the refugees living there, but this time mainly to the Bhutanese people. The Nepalese government has made it clear that there is no asylum certificate for Tibetan refugees. As per Zangpo, the spokesperson on human rights groups in Nepal, as the…
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Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, signed a $275 billion secret deal with China.
During a series of visits to China in 2016, Apple CEO Tim Cook inked a deal worth more than $275 billion with the Chinese government, according to investigative tech publication The Information.
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Why US skipping Beijing Olympics?
Since winning the bid in 2015, Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympics has been a source of contention. Tibetan campaigners lobbied the International Olympic Committee that year, hoping to prevent Beijing from hosting the games due to its deteriorating human rights record.