Tibet news
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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…
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Ukrainians take part in Tibet rally in Taiwan.
According to media sources, Ukrainians in Taiwan expressed their solidarity for a protest march against 63 years of Chinese tyranny in Tibet on Saturday. Since 2004, the Taiwanese have held an annual protest march for Tibet to commemorate the Chinese crushing of the Tibetan uprising in March 1959. The Tibetan uprising against communist China’s government…
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Protest rally held in Taiwan, pre-Tibetan Uprising day
As per reports from ANI, Tibetan and other human rights organizations in Taiwan staged a press conference in front of the Parliament in Taipei on March 2 to announce their protest plans for March 10 to commemorate the Tibetan uprising. In China, the oppression of minorities and other dissenting voices has become the standard, and…
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Tibetan singer self immolates to protest the Chinese government
A Tibetan man who yelled slogans and set himself on fire in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa last week has been recognized as a popular modern Tibetan singer, according to RFA. Tsewang Norbu, 25, died after attempting to self-immolate on February 25; according to initial reports, the attempt…
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Three Tibetan Buddhist statues have been desecrated by the Chinese authorities in the last three months.
The Tibetan Buddhist monument of Padmasambhava, created six years ago was smashed by the Chinese government to stamp out Tibetan religious traditions. The destruction of the Padmasambhava statue also known as Guru Rinpoche is considered the latest attack on Tibetan religious liberty. It once stood three stories high at the Chanang Monastery in Drago (in…
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China digs tunnels through sacred Tibetan mountain.
Chinese contractors working on a government-ordered railway line are burrowing under a Sichuan mountain sacred to Tibetans, using artillery fire to damage the rock face and speed up their job. For several months, the devastation of Asal Dzari mountain, which is located in Toe township of Nyakchu county in the Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…
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After teaching Tibetan to children, a university student was detained.
According to Tibet Watch, a university student was reportedly arrested earlier this month for teaching Tibetans in Chamdo and has not been seen since. Notably, Chinese authorities have outlawed ‘informal’ Tibetan language programs that children attend outside of school hours in numerous parts of Tibet.
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Beijing 2022 will be remembered for human rights campaigns: Free Tibet
Free Tibet, a human rights organization, claims that the ultimate legacy of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games will be the unification of campaigners. Free Tibet, in collaboration with Uyghur, Hong Kong, and Chinese activists, organized the No Beijing 2022 Olympics campaign, which they feel succeeded in overshadowing China’s grandstanding moment. They cite the diplomatic boycott…