Tibet news
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China has issued warning to Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries.
According to state media reports, a top Chinese official in Tibet visited monasteries in and around the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week to warn monks against behavior that is considered disrespectful to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. According to media reports, Wang Junzheng, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s party secretary, visited the Ramoche Temple in Lhasa…
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Airbnb makes money from rentals in Tibet and Xinjiang
According to a new study, Airbnb has hundreds of listings in Xinjiang and Tibet, two areas where China is accused of serious human rights violations and forced cultural assimilation. Beijing is holding the Winter Olympics in the midst of international outrage over human rights abuses against minorities, particularly the predominantly Muslim Uyghur people. With a…
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Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.
As they returned from a pilgrimage, Chinese officials in Sichuan province arrested three Tibetan Buddhists, alleging they were in possession of “politically sensitive material.” On Jan. 10, while returning home to Chamdo prefecture’s Dakyab township from the enormous Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy in Sichuan’s Serta (in Chinese, Seda) county, Asang, Dodra, and Nortso were…
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During Beijing Olympics, China increases controls in Tibetan areas.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, authorities have tightened security measures in Tibetan areas of western China, with police closely monitoring locals to prevent communication with Tibetans in exile, according to RFA who claimed sources in the region.
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China prohibits publication of images of Tibetan expat lamas.
The Chinese government devised a range of strategies to stifle communication between Tibetans inside Tibet and Tibetans outside Tibet, some of which are implemented openly and others in secret.
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Tibetan students are protesting the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
On Thursday, a group of Tibetan students protested the Beijing Winter Olympics in Mcleod Ganj’s main square. The protest was led by Students for Free Tibet, an exiled Tibetan organization. One demonstrator wore a mask picturing China’s President Xi Jinping, while others sat inside a mock jail with their faces and hands stained in red,…
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In Chinese custody, an Arunachal teen was tortured and subjected to electric shocks.
According to ANI who cited Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tapir Gao, an Arunachal Pradesh youngster who was beaten up and given electric shocks while in the custody of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is a serious concern. Gao, who represents Arunachal East in the Lok Sabha, originally tweeted on January 19 that the Chinese Army…
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Japanese parliament has passed resolution on China’s human rights situation.
As the Beijing Winter Olympics approaches, Japan’s parliament passed a resolution on the “severe human rights situation” in China, urging Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government to take action to alleviate the situation. Following a US-led diplomatic boycott over worries over China’s human rights situation, Japan has already indicated it will not send a government delegation…
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Chinese soldier who was involved in the conflict in Galwan Valley is now the torchbearer for the 2022 Winter Olympics
The three-day Olympic torch relay for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics began on Wednesday, with basketball legend Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a violent border conflict with India among those carrying the symbolic flame. The soldier, known as Qi Fabao, is a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regimental commander who was severely injured…
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Police continue to monitor Tibetan former political prisoner who is in poor condition.
Despite being crippled by beatings while in custody, a Tibetan monk incarcerated for six years for taking part in Tibetan independence movements is still being observed by police years after his release. According to RFA Geshe Tsewang Namgyal, a former monk at the Draggo monastery in Sichuan’s Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was…