Tibet news
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China commemorates Tibet anniversary by urging people to accept Communist Party rule.
On the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Tibet Autonomous Region on the world’s roof, China issued an appeal for acceptance of the Communist Party’s authority. Since 1951, when the People’s Liberation Army marched in and assumed control in a “peaceful liberation,” Beijing has dominated Tibet.
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Tibet’s language and cultural symbols are being pushed by China
A top Chinese official said on Thursday that “all-around efforts” are needed to guarantee Tibetans speak standard spoken and written Chinese and share the Chinese nation’s “cultural symbols and images.” At a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of China’s invasion of the huge Himalayan province, Wang Yang made the statements in front of a handpicked…
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Due to increased surveillance, fewer Tibetans are fleeing: Sikyong
Sikyong Penpa Tsering stated on Wednesday that the information flow from Tibet had severely decreased over the years owing to intense repression and monitoring, making it difficult to assess the situation within Tibet. He was speaking at the Tibet Policy Institute’s seventh Young Tibetan Research Scholars Conference, which he organized. Due to the Covid-19 epidemic,…
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Tibetan travellers are stopped by Chinese police, who push one into a river and shoot another.
A Tibetan living in the area told RFA on Monday that Rigdrak, 50, and Sherab Gyatso, 26, were returning to Domda hamlet in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with a group of other motorists when they were stopped on the road by Chinese police in plain clothes.
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Over 100 Tibetans have been detained in Nagchu by Chinese officials for sharing’sensitive content’
At least 110 Tibetans were held in Nagchu Prefecture’s Janglam village, Nyanrong County, on suspicion of sharing videos of preparations for a local horse racing festival. According to Phayul, citing Tibet Watch, 80 Tibetans have been released after being made to pay a monetary fine, but the identities of the other 30 inmates are unknown.…
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Monks and nuns in a Tibetan monastery in Gansu have been ordered to disrobe.
Local officials in Gansu Province forcibly removed monks and nuns and forced them to forsake their monastic life in order to close down the Tibetan monastery Kharmar (Ch: Hongcheng) Monastery, according to recent video evidence. According to Mingde, the forcible eviction and closure of Kharmar Monastery began on July 31, 2021, when the Yongjing County…
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Tibet’s largest airport terminal is now open in China.
On Saturday, the newly constructed Terminal 3 at Lhasa Gonggar Airport in Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, the region’s largest, opened for operations, marking a significant milestone in the region’s rapid infrastructure development that could significantly boost passenger and cargo transport and help the region become a global logistics hub for South Asia, experts said.…
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No news of Tibetan detainee’s release after serving a 20-year sentence in China
A Tibetan instructor who was jailed by Beijing on grounds of separatism has served his 20-year sentence, but there has been no word about his release. Bangri Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist instructor, was sentenced to life in prison on September 26, 2000, with his sentence set to expire on July 31, but no word on…
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Tibet sympathizers to lodge protest against China’s aggression
Guwahati: Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, an umbrella body of Indians supporting the Tibet Mukti Sadhana (Tibetan freedom movement) has decided to observe forthcoming 20 October as a protest day against the Communist regime in Beijing as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attacked simultaneously on Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh (then North East Frontier Agency) on this date in 1962.
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Dalai Lama’s former interpreter: Dalai Lama is China’s greatest threat
China views the Dalai Lama as the greatest of their opponents, whom they cannot defeat, according to Geshe Dorji Damdul, the Dalai Lama’s former interpreter, who visited US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his tour to India. As part of a civil society delegation, Geshe Dorji Damdul met Antony Blinken in New Delhi. After…