Tibet
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Athletes are being urged to boycott Beijing Olympics.
International sportsmen are being urged to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing the seriousness of escalating human rights abuses perpetrated by the Chinese Communist Party. Activists representing these organizations wrote an open letter to athletes on Wednesday, urging them to boycott the games in solidarity with communities that have been recorded to be…
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RSS chief meets H.H. the Dalai Lama and expresses his support for Tibet.
Mohan Bhagwat, the Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), met Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at his residence at Gaden Phodrang in McLeodganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra region on Monday and expressed India’s support for Tibet.
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China conducts ‘real combat’ nuclear, chemical, and biological drill in Tibet.
In Tibet, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) performed an “actual combat drill” incorporating anti-nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare amid rising border tensions between China and India. The 24-hour exercise, which took place on “the snowy plateau,” included commandos and armored attack squads, according to the Hindustan Times of Delhi.
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Tibetan monk has been missing for more than a year, following his detention.
According to RFA, a Tibetan monk arrested more than a year ago in western China’s Sichuan province is being held incommunicado, with no word from police regarding his whereabouts or likely trial date. Tenzin Dargye, a monk in his 30s from the Barong monastery in the Sershul (Shiqu) county of Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…
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Congressional letters call on Biden’s Tibet coordinator to take action.
In an unprecedented move, over 60 members of Congress say in new Senate and House bipartisan letters that the Biden administration’s presumptive Tibet coordinator should push for a meeting between President Biden and the Dalai Lama, full implementation of US laws on Tibet, an end to the practice of referring to Tibet as part of…
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In a secret trial, a Tibetan writer was sentenced to ten years in prison.
According to RFA, a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Chinese court in Tibet in a secret trial. On Oct. 26, 2020, State Security officers in Chengdu arrested Go Sherab Gyatso, a 46-year-old monk from Kirti monastery…
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Tibetan monk has been sentenced to five years in prison for sharing Dalai Lama’s teachings.
According to RFA, a Tibetan monk was sentenced to five years in prison by a court in western China’s Sichuan province for spreading books and teachings by Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Lobsang Thinley had defied official warnings to stop sharing teachings from the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
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Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet considers a wide range of concerns.
On the fringes of the Swiss Parliament’s Winter Session on Tuesday, the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet convened and reviewed action plans for Tibet, according to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). At the conference, they covered a wide range of topics, including the current situation in Tibet, the situation of Tibetan asylum seekers who have…
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China is separating 4-year-old Tibetan children from their parents for indoctrination.
China’s enormous system of ‘colonial boarding schools’ inside Tibet, where children as young as four are separated from their parents, was revealed in recent research by the Tibet Action Institute. According to a report titled “Separated from their families, hidden from the world- China’s vast system of colonial boarding schools inside Tibet,” Chinese government policies…
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Officials from the NBA pleaded Enes Kanter to take off his ‘Free Tibet’ sneakers.
Enes Kanter Freedom alleged that just moments before a game, two “gentlemen from the NBA” pleaded with him to take off his “Free Tibet” sneakers.