Tibet news
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Copenhagen illegally silenced anti-China demonstrators
A government-appointed commission slammed Denmark’s Foreign Ministry this week for caving into Chinese pressure and prohibiting anti-Beijing protests during state visits in 2012 and 2013. According to the Tibet Commission, Denmark’s intelligence and security services used coercion to persuade Copenhagen police to put an end to any anti-China protests, in contravention of the country’s constitution.
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Tibetan tries to commit self-immolation near monastery
A Tibetan man lit himself on fire at a police station in a Tibetan district of northwestern China’s Qinghai province on Wednesday, according to RFA, and was promptly carried away by officials with no news on his health. Tsering Samdup, self-immolated in front of a Chinese police station near a Buddhist monastery in Kyegudo (in…
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China removed Keanu Reeves movies after the actor’s support for Tibet.
Keanu Reeves films were abruptly removed from Chinese streaming services this week after the actor expressed support for Tibet and Tibetan independence. Since his appearance at a pro-Tibet gathering on March 3, Chinese streaming platforms iQiyi, Tencent Video, Bilibili, and Xigua Video have all pulled movies starring Reeves, according to The L.A. Times. Reeves has…
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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.