Tibet news
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Tibetans may soon suffer the same fate as Uyghurs: Sikyong.
According to Sikyong, there is a palpable dread that Tibetans may suffer the same fate as Uyghurs and Hong Kong residents. The visit of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping to Tibet in May 2020 was nominally unimportant, but the undercurrents hinted at a deeper goal. In terms of control, there has been an increase in intensity.…
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His Holiness says Zeya will help improve the situation in Tibet.
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, has written to Uzra Zeya to congratulate her on her appointment as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues. He expressed the hope that she will be able to make a substantial contribution to improving the Tibetan people’s predicament.
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CATA hosted the 32nd Nobel Peace Prize day event
On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Representative Namgyal Choedup and personnel from the Office of Tibet (OoT) attended the 32nd anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize day event hosted by the Capital Area Tibetan Association (CATA), according to tibet.net. CATA youth Tenzin Tsedup was also there at the meeting and shared his experiences and the importance…
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China retaliates with sanctions over the United States’ Tibet policy
In the latest tit-for-tat response to Washington’s own sanctions targeting suspected perpetrators of “genocide” in Xinjiang, China has blacklisted four members of a US congressional panel on religious freedom. Beijing also chastised the US for establishing a new special coordinator for Tibet and chastised international powers for criticizing Hong Kong’s municipal elections, which weeded out…
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US appointed new special coordinator’ for Tibet.
On Monday, the US announced the appointment of a new special coordinator for Tibetan Issues, who will be entrusted with resuming talks between the Dalai Lama and China, as well as encouraging respect for Tibetan human rights.
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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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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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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…