Religious Freedom

  • China Pressures Tibetans to Denounce the Dalai Lama

    China Pressures Tibetans to Denounce the Dalai Lama

    China is reportedly intensifying its efforts to pressure teachers and students in western Tibet to pledge allegiance to the one-party state and denounce the Dalai Lama, labeling his beliefs as separatist. Sources inside Tibet have revealed that more than 400 teachers and students in Ngari prefecture alone of the western Tibet Autonomous Region were summoned…

  • Dubious Interest in Tibetan Buddhist incarnations by Chinese Authorities

    Dubious Interest in Tibetan Buddhist incarnations by Chinese Authorities

    Why would Chinese Authorities be Interested in Tibetan Buddhist incarnations? Well, to sum in one word, Politics. In late November, a senior local Chinese Communist Party official visited three townships in Sog, a county in the Tibet Autonomous Region known for its religious resistance. His purpose is to persuade local Tibetan officials to support government…

  • First Tibetan Origin Commissioner Completes Term at USCIRF

    First Tibetan Origin Commissioner Completes Term at USCIRF

    The first Tibetan origin Commissioner at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on May 14 this year. The commissioner is the first ever Tibetan American to hold the post and he has served for two terms since 2016. The Commission has nine commissioners appointed and their terms will be expiring this May.

  • China Encroaches on Religious Freedom at Tibetan Monastery

    China Encroaches on Religious Freedom at Tibetan Monastery

    China encroaches on religious freedom at the Tibetan monastery by enforcing new government controls over Larung Gar according to the report in the Human Rights Watch. The new interference into the religious affairs at the iconic Tibetan monastery by the government rightly proves the party claims of constitutionally protecting religious beliefs.

  • Mongolia Risked It All For The Dalai Lama

    Mongolia Risked It All For The Dalai Lama

    With more than 50% of its population constituting Buddhists who follow and worship the Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader, Mongolia risked it all for his visit to the country last month. Despite being highly depended on China economically and politically, Mongolia invited the Dalai Lama on a religiously visit to the country despited total…