Tibet news

  • Tibetan students protest Beijing 2022 by chaining themselves to the Olympic insignia in front of the IOC.

    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…

  • Congressional letters call on Biden’s Tibet coordinator to take action.

    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…

  • In a secret trial, a Tibetan writer was sentenced to ten years in prison.

    In a secret trial, a Tibetan writer was sentenced to ten years in prison.

    According to RFA, a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Chinese court in Tibet in a secret trial. On Oct. 26, 2020, State Security officers in Chengdu arrested Go Sherab Gyatso, a 46-year-old monk from Kirti monastery…

  • Tibetan monk has been sentenced to five years in prison for sharing Dalai Lama’s teachings.

    Tibetan monk has been sentenced to five years in prison for sharing Dalai Lama’s teachings.

    According to RFA, a Tibetan monk was sentenced to five years in prison by a court in western China’s Sichuan province for spreading books and teachings by Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Lobsang Thinley had defied official warnings to stop sharing teachings from the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

  • Tibet Support Groups in India mark the 32nd anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Tibet Support Groups in India mark the 32nd anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

    According to a report by tibet.net, on the 10th of December 2021, the world celebrated the 32nd anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Similarly, Tibet Support Groups in India observed the day with pomp and gaiety, while also organizing activities and programs to raise awareness of the Tibet…

  • Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet considers a wide range of concerns.

    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…

  • Is China planning to use a railway project to entrap Nepal in debt?

    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,…

  • China is separating 4-year-old Tibetan children from their parents for indoctrination.

    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…

  • Sikyong congratulates new German Chancellor.

    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.

  • Olaf Scholz, the next German Chancellor, is congratulated by the Speaker.

    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.