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China’s Economic Assimilation of Tibet Greenwashing Displacement and the Battle for Global Climate Narratives
By Tibet Rights Collective Tibet Needs More Friends Especially Environmentalists For decades Tibetans have appealed to the world for solidarity and today a surprising group of pote…
Read more →Tibetans detained for collecting donations for religious offerings in Darlak County, Police offer rewards for information
Darlak County police detained eight Tibetans on October 20, 2023, on charges of "creating a criminal organization," "picking quarrel and provoking trouble," and…
Read more →Tibetan Language Classes Banned in Kardze, Leaving Tibetan Teachers and Students in Limbo
The Bureau of Education of Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture issued a notification in early September this year forbidding Tibetan language classes from primary to high secondar…
Read more →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…
Read more →Eight Tibetan Students Attempt to Flee to India, Four Arrested and Four Missing Amid reports of Interrogation and Ransom Demands
Four Tibetan students from Second Middle School in Chuchen (Ch: Jinchuan) County, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, were arrested while attempting to flee to India, wh…
Read more →China Mandates Mandarin Only College Entrance Exams for Tibetan Students, Raising Concerns of Cultural Suppression
Source: Radio Free Asia According to local residents in Tibet who spoke to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Tibetan students were required to take China's annual college entrance exam so…
Read more →Free Tibet: New report highlights human rights abuses in Tibet
Source: Free Tibet A new report, which was released on January 23, 2023 by the London-based NGO Free Tibet and its charitable research arm, Tibet Watch, details previously unreport…
Read more →Tibetan delegation at COP27 presents briefing paper on Tibet Climate Crisis to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime Tibetan supporter, was presented with a briefing paper on the Tibet Climate Crisis by the Tibetan delegation at COP27. The Tibe…
Read more →Tibetan monk passed away after years of poor health after being freed from jail
Source: RFA A Tibetan monk imprisoned for six years for opposing Chinese rule in Tibet has passed away after suffering failing health following his release from prison in 2018, rep…
Read more →Tibetan Delegation at COP27 presents pamphlet to India’s Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
Sharm El-Sheikh: The all-woman Tibetan delegation at COP27 met India’s Union Minister for Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and handed over their briefing paper. The …
Read more →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…
Read more →Tibetans in Switzerland & Liechtenstein demand UN to pay attention to Tibet’s deteriorating Human rights Situation
Source: Tibet.net Geneva: Tibetan Community of Switzerland & Liechtenstein held a peaceful demonstration in front of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights on Frid…
Read more →Five Tibetans arrested in Serthar County for organising religious activities, one killed in detention: Tibet Watch
Source: Tibet Watch News has emerged from Tibet about the arrest of five Tibetans in eastern Tibet this summer in connection with religious activities. One of the detainees has sin…
Read more →Tibetan political prisoner in critical health from injuries sustained in prison
Dharamshala: A Tibetan political prisoner and a mother of three, Norzin Wangmo is reportedly in critical health condition following her release from prison in May 2022. According t…
Read more →Monastery forced to relocate to make way for hydropower station: Report
Lhasa: Chinese authorities in Amdo, eastern Tibet are planning to relocate a 19th century Tibetan monastery against the wishes of its resident monks and local Tibetans. The monaste…
Read more →Virtual Discussion on Human Rights in Tibet
Geneva : A virtual side-event paralleling the 50th UNHRC Session will be held on July 5, 2022. The webinar on Human Rights situation in Tibet is being organized by Tibet Bureau, Ge…
Read more →China tightens restrictions in Lhasa ahead of Dalai Lama’s birthday
Dharamshala: According to London-based Free Tibet, Chinese authorities have tightened restrictions in the capital city of Lhasa ahead of the exiled spiritual leader His Holiness th…
Read more →Chinese authorities sentence Tibetan student to 3 years for contacting Tibetan in exiles
Lhasa: According to Radio Free Asia , Chinese authorities this month sentenced a university student to three years in prison for contacting Tibetan exiles, the latest in a series o…
Read more →Tibetan man arrested in November 2021 in connection with posts made on WeChat: Tibet Watch
Tibet Watch has reported an arrest of a Tibetan man in eastern Tibet in November 2021 in connection with posts he made on the messaging app WeChat. Palsang, a 24-year-old man from …
Read more →Chinese authorities increase restrictions in Lhasa ahead of Dalai Lama’s birthday: Reports
Lhasa : In anticipation of strong expressions of allegiance by Tibetans to their spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama ahead of his upcoming birthday in July, Chinese author…
Read more →A Tibetan man was arrested in Golog for posting 'sensitive' remarks on WeChat.
Dharamshala : According to the London-based human rights organisation Free Tibet, Chinese officials arrested a Tibetan man named Palsang from Eastern Tibet in November last year in…
Read more →China arrests Tibetan couple for contacting overseas relatives, 2 others for language rights posts on WeChat
New Delhi: Tibet monitoring group Tibet Watch said May 4 that it had just learnt that a couple had been arrested last month in eastern Tibet for maintaining such contacts and two o…
Read more →Tibetan couple arrested for communicating with exiled relatives: Tibet Watch
Tibet Watch reported that two Tibetans have been arrested in Gyalser County, accused of communicating with exiled family members. On 17 April 2022, a Tibetan man suspected of conta…
Read more →Fears of removal of Tibetan nomads as China plans more national parks in Tibet
Lhasa: An announcement that China has made to mark Earth Day 2022 has raised concerns of more forceful removal and resettlement of Tibetans, especially nomads, from their own lands…
Read more →Young Tibetan wife heartbroken after her husband’s prison term is extended three years by CCP
Tashi was sentenced to 12 years under charges of leaking state secrets. Yangkyi, a Tibetan mother to a young girl, was left heartbroken after she learned that her husband, Tashi, w…
Read more →Tibetan parents being forced to attend Chinese language workshops: Tibet Watch
Lhasa : According to research by Tibet Watch, from February to March this year, at least 16 compulsory workshops for parents were held in a secondary school in Golog Tibetan Autono…
Read more →Every Tibetan born after 1959 is born as an activist: Chemi Lhamo on her love for the Land of Snow, No Beijing 2022 protests and Tibetan Resilience
A human rights activist and community organiser, Chemi Lhamo is recognized in Canada’s national current affairs and news magazine Maclean’s Top 50 Power List of 2022. L…
Read more →The Book Xi Jinping doesn’t want you to read: Benedict Rogers on his new book, Tibet issue and how Dalai Lama has influenced him
Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at the international human rights o…
Read more →The Cries of Self-Immolation by Tibetans Echo Repression and Oppression by Beijing
By Tenzing Dhamdul Research Associate, FNVA Prologue: We humans are capable of great things, when we work together. However not all phenomenon leads to a morally good conclusion in…
Read more →The Chinese Communist Party’s Long-Standing Attempt to Erase Tibetan Language and Why They Will Not Succeed
In 2017, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the Chinese government must respect Tibetan culture and language . Speaking with the Times of India, His Holiness described how narro…
Read more →Education in Tibet: An Indoctrination Tool of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Introduction In the month of July 2021, without giving any official reason, the Chinese authorities in Golog, eastern Tibet, ordered [1] to shut down a private Tibetan school, Seng…
Read more →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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