Tibet news
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Chinese police have imposed restrictions on funeral of Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche
Chinese authorities prevented devotees from attending a popular Tibetan lama’s funeral earlier this year and removed photographs of the religious leader that were published online, according to RFA. Choktrul Dawa Rinpoche, 86, died on Jan. 30 at his home in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, and reached a state known as thukdam, in which a skilled meditator’s…
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China prohibits the use of Tibetan in learning apps and streaming services.
Chinese government limitations on the use of the Tibetan language have now moved to video services and other online platforms, as Beijing continues to drive ethnic minorities into the dominant Han Chinese culture.
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Tibetan writer endured 13 years in Chinese Prison
A Tibetan writer who had been imprisoned for 15 years for writings deemed separatist by Chinese authorities has been freed two years before the end of his term, with no word on his current health. Kunchok Tsephel, a Tibetan rights activist born in 1970, was released from detention on March 18 and has returned to…
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H.H. Dalai Lama makes his first public appearance in two years.
His Holiness In his first public appearance in almost two years since the corvid outbreak here at Tsuglakhang, the Dalai Lama said he is in good condition and can “even play boxing with the doctor” in his first public appearance in almost two years since the covid outbreak here at Tsuglakhang. Thousands of Tibetans, including…
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Access to Tibet is ‘systematically’ denied by China
According to the South China Morning Post, a new US government report shows that foreign diplomats, journalists, and tourists have been “systematically” denied access to China’s Tibet autonomous territory for the past year, showing that Washington’s efforts to prod China into opening up the fiercely guarded region have failed for now. As per the news,…
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Chinese police detained and beaten Tibetan tour guide.
Chinese police detained a Tibetan tour guide working in western Tibet’s Shigatse municipality this month, according to RFA, as authorities step up attempts to prevent interactions between locals and foreign visitors to the tightly controlled Himalayan area. Pasang Norbu, a resident of Shigatse’s Gampa (in Chinese, Gangba) county in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), was…
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Lhasa was under strict security on Tibetan Uprising Day
Security in Tibet’s capital Lhasa was notably intensified on Thursday according to RFA, to suppress and prevent commemoration of the uprising against Beijing’s control, just a week after a well-known Tibetan musician set himself on fire in protest in front of the city’s renowned Potala Palace.
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Tibet’s new classes begins in all Chinese.
As authorities push on with practices critics believe are intended at eroding kids’ connection to their own language and culture, Tibetan children returning to school after the winter break are now starting classes taught entirely in Chinese as per RFA. Teachers are also receiving workshops on how to begin educating youngsters in Chinese.
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Tibetans protested all over the world on National Uprising Day
According to webindia123, A series of events were held in London to commemorate the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Protesters held a flag-raising ceremony at Town Hall in Woolwich Royal Borough of Greenwich. The website claims that the Tibetans protested at several locations in London, including the Chinese Embassy, on the 63rd anniversary of the Tibetan…
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County of Santa Barbara has declared March 10 as Tibetan Uprising Day.
Santa Barbara County has passed a resolution recognizing March 10 as Tibetan Uprising Day and will join other communities around the world in a Tibet National Flag Raising and Ceremony, 10-11 a.m., at 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, in support of Tibetan human rights and freedom. Supervisors Das Williams and Joan Hartmann co-sponsored the…