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News · 20 Oct, 2024

A conversation with Amy Yee: The author of Far from the Rooftop of the World

Amy Yee is author of Far from the Rooftop of the World : Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama (University of North Carolina Press 202…

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News · 03 Jan

Chinese authorities detained Tibetan Woman for Social Media Posts

Tsering Tso, a 39-year-old Tibetan woman, was arrested in Drachen County within the Rangkyongjong Tibetan Autonomous Region on December 19, allegedly due to her online posts that w…

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News · 28 Dec

Nepal`s Himalaya Airlines Initiates Historic Flight Route to Lhasa, Tibet

Source: Radio Free Asia Nepal's Himalaya Airlines has made history by becoming the first foreign airline to commence regular flights to Lhasa, the regional capital of Tibet. Th…

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News · 29 July

New Study Shows Concerning Increase in Activity at High-Security Detention Centers in Tibet

A new research conducted by the Rand Europe research institute has revealed a troubling trend of increased activity in high-security detention centers in Tibet. This heightened act…

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News · 13 Jan

CHASE to hold Int Webinar on ‘Consequences of Xi Jinping’s Failure on Covid-19 Front’

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) from Dharamshala and the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement (CHASE) of New Delhi are jointly organizing International Webinar on Satu…

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News · 04 Jan

China starts Winter Tourism Campaign in occupied Tibet

Despite raging Covid-19 infections, China has announced that the "iconic Potala Palace" in Tibet's capital Lhasa will reopen for tourism after being closed for more t…

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News · 29 Dec

Chinese team is in Nepal to research a Himalayan railway project that would connect Tibet to Kathmandu: Reports

Source: SCMP Chinese survey and design experts are in Kathmandu to conduct feasibility studies for a 170km railway project that has been in the works since 2016. The Belt and Road …

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News · 6 December 2022

China's human rights cause has achieved all-round development under CCP, claims new Chinese report

The China Foundation for Human Rights Development and the New China Research under Xinhua News Agency on Monday released a report on contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights, t…

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News · 03 Dec 2022

CTA stands in solidarity with Chinese peaceful protesters

Source: Tibet.net On Friday, the Central Tibetan Administration offered its support to those who had been affected by the "Zero Covid" policy, which led to widespread pro…

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News · 24 Nov 2022

Violent worker protests erupt at China’s Foxconn iPhone Factory

Source: The Guardian As China's Covid-19 cases reached a new daily high, workers protesting working conditions and pay at the largest iPhone factory were beaten by police. Vide…

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News · 17 Oct 2022

20th CPC: Xi Jinping skips Tibet, Xinjiang in his speech

Source: Reuters China’s 20th Communist Party Congress began on Sunday, with Xi Jinping poised to clinch his third five-year stint in charge. Xi opened the week-long, twice-a-…

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News · 13 Oct 2022

India restores the sacred writings of Mongolian Buddhism

Source: Economic Times India has restored 108 volumes of sacred Mongolian Kanjur (Buddhist texts) and has sent them to 50 Buddhist monasteries and educational institutions. The sac…

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News · 13 Oct 2022

Censorship in occupied Tibet: China stops Tibetans from speaking about rodent plague

Source: Tibetan Review Even as the Covid-19 pandemic rages unabated, despite official claims about a significant decline in cases in recent weeks, a pneumonic plague spread by mice…

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News · 12 Oct 2022

Video shows racist Chinese woman calling on Tibetans in Lhasa to “disappear”

Source: ICT A Chinese woman’s racist social media post on Saturday calling for the extermination of Tibetans in Tibet’s capital city led to her apprehension after the p…

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News · 10 October 2022

CCP propaganda machines prepare Tibet to ‘welcome’ 20th Party Congress

Lhasa: With Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress set to begin on October 16th, Chinese social media handles are replete with reports and pictures of events held in o…

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News · 10 Oct 2022

Taiwan celebrates National Day in the midst of growing tensions with China

Source: News18 Taipei: Taiwan celebrates its ‘National Day’ today (10 October). The Taiwan National Day remembers the 1911 Wuchang Uprising which ultimately led to the …

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News · 04 Oct 2022

Tibetan suicide wave due to China’s crackdown on COVID

Source: International Campaign for Tibet With Chinese officials making no significant changes to their Covid-19 restrictions in Tibet's capital of Lhasa despite issuing a recen…

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News · 01 Oct 2022

International Experts ask the world to confront China’s colonialist deeds and the ongoing cultural genocide in China’s colonies.

Source: Tibet.net New Delhi: The webinar entitled “Celebration of Colonialism by China’, was organized by the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement (CHASE) a…

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News · 30 Sep 2022

China building dual use infrastructure to assimilate Tibetan Culture and Identity

China has promoted infrastructure construction to boost economic development during the headwinds caused by COVID-19, officials from the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday, re…

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News · 27 Sep 2022

Tibetan arrested for social media post about Lhasa Lockdown, his whereabouts unknown over a month

Source: Tibet Watch A Tibetan teacher named Gontse was arrested in Chongchi County by the police authorities on 14 August 2022 following his social media posts about the Covid-19 l…

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News · 22 Sep 2022

22 died of starvation in single day under CCP’s COVID lockdown in Xinjiang: RFA

Source: Radio Free Asia Xinjiang: At least 22 people died of starvation or lack of medical attention on a single day last week under China’s COVID lockdown policies in the no…

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News · 17 Sep 2022

Three Tibetans passed away from COVID19 in Tibet: RFA

Lhasa: Three Tibetans have recently passed away from COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread across Tibet Autonomous Region and local netizens complain of harsh and unsanitary qu…

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News · 16 Sep 2022

CCP censors Weibo hashtag about handling of Tibetan Covid outbreak

A Weibo hashtag on Tibet’s covid outbreak has been completely censored by Chinese authorities, in an attempt to silence the criticism regarding Chinese Communist Party’…

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News · 14 September 2022

CECC holds hearing on Control of Religion in China through Digital Authoritarianism

Washington DC: A hearing on the Control of Religion in China through Digital Authoritarianism assessed the shifting landscape for religious freedom in China and the PRC’s use…

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News · 13 Sep 2022

'Hunger Genocide' underway in Xinjiang: Uyghurs suffer under CCP regime’s Zero COVID Policy

Uyghur NGOs in Istanbul on Monday demonstrated near the Chinese Consulate in Sariyer district against China's 'Hunger Genocide' under the pretext of controlling the Cov…

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News · 08 Sep 2022

CTA observes prayer service for natural disaster and Covid19 affected Tibetans inside Tibet

Dharamshala: Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) held a prayer service to express solidarity and mourn the deaths of Tibetans in Tibet caused by natural calamities and increasing …

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News · 06 Sep 2022

Earthquake strikes areas of Tibet, many feared dead

Reports suggest that powerful earthquake jolted areas of Tibet, leaving many missing and injured. According to The Hindu report, over 50,000 people have been relocated to safer loc…

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News · 29 Aug 2022

Covid-19: Over 100 officials reportedly reprimanded or dismissed in TAR

Lhasa: More than 100 officials in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been dismissed or reprimanded this month for failing to contain the spread of Covid-19, reported the scmp.com A…

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News · 26 Aug 2022

COVID19: China’s shutting of Tibetan border ports affects Nepal’s festive season

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Dashain festival shopping season is likely to be significantly affected by the fact that goods bought for it from Tibet and China have been stuck on the Ti…

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News · 24 August 2022

COVID19: Train services from Tibet’s capital Lhasa to Beijing suspended

Lhasa: Train services from Tibet’s capital Lhasa to Beijing have been suspended and adjusted to run between Lhasa and Xining, capital of Qinghai province, after more than 30 …

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Report · 14 Nov

DIFF (Dharamshala International Film Festival) 2023

Founded by filmmakers and artists Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin, DIFF welcomed its 12th edition from 4th to 7th November in Upper Tibetan Children Village School, Dal lake, Dharamsh…

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Report · 5 July 2023

World Tibet Day is a good example of the solidarity of international community: Sethu Das on Friends of Tibet and his journey

After graduating from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, Sethu Das went to Srinagar for an assignment and accidentally reached Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan Govern…

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Report · 24 May 2023

Fighting for the Truth: Gonpo Kyi’s Relentless Fight for Dorje Tashi

Tibet, which was unlawfully occupied by China, is the least-free country on earth . According to a report released by freedom watchdog Freedom House, Tibet has a global freedom sco…

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Report · 6 April 2023

Free Tibet, Go Back China

By Novanita Sharma This is in response to the reports of the unauthorized renaming of 11 places situated inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh by the Chinese government rece…

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Report · 3 November 2022

No End in Sight: Tracking Three months of Zero-COVID repression & Lockdown in Tibet

“We just want to go home.” Han migrant workers in Tibet’s capital Lhasa protesting against the extended lockdown and Chinese Communist Party’s Zero-COVID po…

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Report · 1 January 2022

Tibet Brief 2021

Introduction “My message for the Chinese government is Free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans.” Enes Kanter Freedom is perhaps the one significant voice in 2021 that mad…

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