Tibet news
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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…
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Chinese police foiled a self-immolation attempt at Tibet’s Potala Palace.
According to RFA, in an apparent demonstration in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa this week, a Tibetan screamed slogans and tried self-immolation, but was foiled by Chinese police. The Tibetan was taken away by police shortly after the altercation outside the Potala on Friday morning. His identity, condition,…
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Hollywood bends to China, affects movies.
According to Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel, today’s Hollywood blockbusters are explicitly constructed to appeal to Chinese moviegoers — and pass muster with the Chinese government. He cites the following examples of product placement: Mark Wahlberg’s character in the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction withdraws money from a China Construction Bank ATM while…
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Tibetans with contacts in exile are being urged to install spyware on their cellphones.
Tibetans in Dragyab County and Chamdo who have contacts in exile have reportedly been told to install spyware on their cellphones to keep an eye on them. The Chinese government has adopted a new surveillance strategy. Local sources in Tibet have confirmed the deployment of cell phone spyware that actively monitors Tibetans with links in…