The article below was originally published by Hong Kong Free Press Chinese authorities levelled almost half of Yarchen Gar – one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist sites – in August, according to recently published satellite images. London-based NGO Free Tibet reported that a densely populated area on the west bank of the river running through Yarchen Gar in Palyual County,...
Recent satellite imagery has revealed that China has partially destroyed Yarchen Gar – one of the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist sites. The demolition followed the deployment of nearly eight...
The demonstration gathered at Square de Meeûs – close to the European Parliament – where a minute of silence was held to commemorate the victims of 70 years of Chinese suppression and...
The article below was published by The Guardian: TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned social network, instructs its moderators to censor videos that mention Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence, or the...
The article below was published by the Central Tibetan Administration On his tour of 30 European countries to promote ‘Dialogue for Peace’, Ven. Thupten Wangchen, Member of the Tibetan...
The article below was published by The Guardian Many moons ago in Tibet, the Second Buddha transformed a fierce nyen (a malevolent mountain demon) into a neri (the holiest protective warrior god) called...
Human Rights Situation in Tibet: Monthly News, August 2019 Racial Discrimination Continues: Chinese Tech Firm bars Tibetans & few other “minorities” In yet another...
Below is an article published by South China Morning Post: Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uygur expatriates joined Hongkongers in New York on Saturday [10 August 2019] to show their support for the city’s...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia (RFA): Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have begun a campaign of large-scale demolition at the Yachen Gar Tibetan Buddhist centre,...
Below is an article published by TimesNowNews: Chinese authorities on Sunday [14 July 2019] asserted that the successor of spiritual leader Dalai Lama will be chosen within China and warned India that...
Below is an article published by Tibet Sun: Nepal has banned the Tibetans living in the country from celebrating the birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, to avoid offending the sentiments...
The article below was published by Tibet.net The Tibetan community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein organized a demonstration paralleling the ongoing 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council in front...
Below is a press release issued by International Tibet Network: After nearly 10 months of campaigning, Tibetans and Tibet campaigners are today buoyed by the news that Google has publicly confirmed, at...
In the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Communist Party of China implemented a strategy of nationwide social control in order to prevent a recurrence of such dissident movements. It launched...
The article below was published by The Japan News The U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Four Tibetans were detained in western China’s Sichuan province on Monday [29 April 2019] after calling for the release of Tibetan spiritual...
Article published by The Epoch Times The Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed that a letter supposedly from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau supporting a new group that promotes Tibet’s...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan student after an essay he wrote for his civil service exam lamenting a declining number of...
Article was published by CNN The Dalai Lama describes it as "freedom in exile," but it's a "freedom" which has lasted longer than he likely ever dreamed about. Sixty years ago today, the Tibetan Buddhist...
Article Published by The Epoch Times Recently, The Print used satellite images to prove that at least three “re-education camps” are currently under construction in Tibet. The author...
The article below was published by BuddhistDoor His Holiness the Dalai Lama last week urged women to take a more active role in promoting and guiding social values for humanity in the 21st century, noting...
The article below was published by the Japan Times: China is barring foreign travelers from Tibet over a period of several weeks that includes a pair of sensitive political anniversaries questioning the...
Article from CBC News What might otherwise be the usual mudslinging around a student election has turned into a political firestorm on a Toronto university campus, where a newly-elected student...
Please find below the content of the Letter in English: Olivier De Raeymaeker Director general and editing director Le Soir Rue Royale 100 1000 Brussels Brussels, January 24, 2019 Subject:Insertion...
The article below was published by the International Campaign for Tibet: In a triumph today for American citizens—including lawmakers, activists and human rights advocates concerned about the decades-long...
The article below was published by Radio Free Asia Rights groups called on the international community to “stand up to the Chinese government” over rights violations against Uyghurs, Tibetans...
The article below was published by VOANews A young Tibetan man set himself on fire outside a district security office in China's Sichuan province earlier this month, chanting, "Long Live His Holiness...
The article below was published by the New York Times: Germany's top official for human rights was due to visit Tibet Wednesday [5 December 2018] for a dialogue with Chinese counterparts after being denied...
The article below was published by the Washington Post The death last month of Lodi Gyari, who as the Dalai Lama’s special envoy conducted nine rounds of negotiations with Beijing over Tibet’s...
The article below was published by Asia Times: Work on the new rail line to Tibet – one of the most difficult in the world to build because of the altitude and terrain – is proceeding...
The article below is was published by Financial Express China’s Belt and Road initiative will lead to colonisation, subjugation of Tibet and exploitation of natural resources in the region, the...
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission created to monitor the universal right to freedom of religion abroad. The USCIF monitors and documents violations globally and makes...
The report below was published by The Diplomat: Religion, particularly Buddhism, is relevant more than ever in today’s China, whose government is expected to invest more than $1 trillion in its...
In 1949, Lodi Gyari was born in Nyarong, Eastern Tibet; because of China’s occupation of Tibet, his family was forced to flee when he was only ten years old. Once settled in India, he continued his...
The below article was published by Al Arabiya: A parliamentary delegation of the Tibetan government in exile in India has said that they have started backdoor talks with China over Tibet issue and they...
Over the past years, the Chinese government has curtailed further a wide range of fundamental human rights in Tibetan, Uyghur and Mongol populated areas, often in the name of security maintenance, ‘stability’...
The article below was published by UCA News: After years of negotiations, the Vatican and China finally announced in late September that a consensus had been reached on the appointment of Chinese bishops...
The article below was published by the NDTV: Members of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile are visiting Mumbai to create awareness about the environmental degradation in Tibet due to China's activities in...
The article below was published by La Croix International: Liang Xiaojun, a defense lawyer for Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk, posted a message on his Twitter account on Aug. 22 [2018]...
The article below was published by The Tibet Post International. The event was jointly organised by Tibet Initiative Deutschland and Gandhen Phodrang Foundation. “I always expressed that continents...
Organisers: World Uyghur Congress Keep Taiwan FreeNY4HK - New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong Rtyc Nynj Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center Uyghur Human Rights ProjectUs-Tibet...
This article was published by the Eurasian Review: With the characteristic arrogance that aggressors are known to exhibit, Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said that Tibet is inseparable part of...
The article below was published by UCA News: Over the years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has adopted various means to instill the idea in native Tibetans that their traditional...
After peacefully expressing his opinion about the repressive linguistic and educational politics imposed by China in an interview he gave the New York Times in 2015, the 33-year-old Tibetan merchant and...
The United Nations has repeatedly expressed concern over enforced disappearances, not only by attempting to draw attention to the issue at large, but also by issuing resolutions to hold those who commit...
The article below was published by ABC News: China has turned down a Tibetan language rights activist's appeal of his five-year prison sentence on the charge of inciting separatism, monitoring groups...
The article below was originally published by Radio Free Asia The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concerns over China’s mass internment...
The news release below was published by Human Rights Watch: Chinese authorities are using an ostensible anti-mafia campaign to target suspected political dissidents and suppress civil society initiatives...
The article below was published by the Central Tibetan Administration: China’s latest white paper ‘Ecological Progress on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau’ begins with a brazen lie that “the...
Liu Xia is known for her poems, which transcend the suppression of the current Chinese communist regime with elegance and grace. Throughout the time that she and her husband were separately imprisoned,...
The article below was published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in northwest China’s Qinghai province have clamped down on social media and deployed large numbers of armed police to Tibetan villages...
On June 11 [2018], a week ahead of Prime Minister KP Oli’s scheduled visit to China, Shilpee Theatre in Kathmandu canceled two shows of Kora, a play depicting the woes of Tibetan refugees living...
The article blow was published by thestar.com Bhutila Karpoche made history Thursday [7 June 2018] night, becoming the first Tibetan ever elected to public office in North America. The rookie NDP candidate...
UN human rights experts have condemned a five-year jail sentence handed to Mr. Tashi Wangchuk by a Chinese court for his work promoting cultural and linguistic rights of the Tibetan minority of China....
UNPO Advocacy Officer Ms Lucia Parrucci opened the symposium by discussing evidences of Chinese interference with international organisations and national governments, especially in Europe, underlining...
The article below was published by ChrisSmithHouse.gov Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Tuesday...
The article below was originally published by The New York Times: A Tibetan businessman who campaigned to preserve his native language from the encroaching dominance of Chinese was sentenced to five...
This 2018 edition will feature no less than three UNPO members’ national football teams: title holders Abkhazia, Tibet and Kabylia. This event is all the more particular as it will feature on Thursday...
Ms Sophie Richardson started the debate by giving an instructive speech on the ongoing hostility and repression targeting Uyghur people, as well as journalists and activists. She then brought to the audience’s...
The resolution below was originally published by the US Congress: S. RES. 429 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 8, 2018 Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Rubio) submitted...
This article has been published by Radio Free Asia: A 60-year-old Tibetan woman making a religious pilgrimage to Lhasa went missing this month after police stopped her en route, Tibetan sources...
Article below from thelocal.se A 49-year-old man has been charged in Sweden for spying on exiled Tibetans for the Chinese government. The man is accused of supplying the Chinese government with...
You can download the full report here. The report highlights how the Chinese Communist Party continues to maintain that the road to protecting human rights in Tibet is via an aggressive economic development...
This article has been published by the New York Times: An original song of thanks to India had been rehearsed, and a stadium in New Delhi had been reserved for a celebratory rally...
The article below was published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Driru county are moving ahead with plans to mine resources from a mountain sacred to local Tibetans after...
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia. Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have freed a Tibetan monk jailed for 10 years for protesting Chinese rule in Tibetan areas,...
The article below was published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan man self-immolated on Wednesday [7 March 2018] in Sichuan’s Ngaba county in an apparent protest against Chinese rule and policies in...
The below press released was published by OHCHR: GENEVA [21 February 2018] – UN human rights experts* expressed serious concern over the ruling by a Chinese court to uphold charges of “incitement...
The following article was published by The Guardian A large fire has damaged one of the holiest and most politically sensitive sites in Tibet, the Jokhang temple, stirring an outpouring of grief and concern...
The following article was published by The Guardian A large fire has damaged one of the holiest and most politically sensitive sites in Tibet, the Jokhang temple, stirring an outpouring of grief and concern...
This article was published by International Campaign for Tibet: The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is dismayed to learn that German carmaker Mercedes-Benz had apologized to the Chinese...
This article was published by International Campaign for Tibet: The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) is dismayed to learn that German carmaker Mercedes-Benz had apologized to the Chinese...
The article below was published by Central Tibetan Administration: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay testified before the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European...
The article below was published by International Campaign for Tibet: Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims have been compelled by the Chinese authorities to return to Tibet after travelling to India to...
The article below was published by The Tibet Post: Tibetan nomads who have resided in their own homes for centuries around the Yulung Zangter Mountain in Kham Lhathog County of eastern Tibet,...
The article below was published by the Tibet Post: China under renewed criticism as a Tibetan man who has campaigned for the preservation of Tibetan language and culture, entered the plea during...
The article below was published by Tibet Sun A Tibetan language advocate is to be tried in a Chinese court for “inciting separatism,” a charge carrying a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison,...
This article was published by Daily Mail: The Chinese Under-20 football team's controversial tour of Germany has been suspended following a row over activists who unfurled Tibetan flags. The...
The article below was published by The Tibet Post: On his maiden voyage through Asia, President Trump failed to mention human rights even once, a marked change from years past and indicative to...
This article was published by Fortune. Engineers in China are laying plans for what would be the world’s largest water tunnel at more than 600 miles. The tunnel, which would stretch from Tibet...
The article below was published by The Tibet Post: Claiming "there is no legitimate government that that has recognised the Dalai Lama group", China's authoritarian communist regime in Beijing...
The article below was published by the Central Tibetan Administration: Beijing has a lesson for overseas universities: Don’t invite speakers who oppose the Communist Party to big events. A...
The article below was published by The Tibet Post: The Tibetans living-in-exile celebrated the 57th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day in Dharamshala city, India on Saturday. Thousands...
The article was published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan monk jailed for two years in western China’s Qinghai province for “subverting the state” has been released with restrictions...
Below is a press release by Free Tibet: It is regrettable that Liverpool Football Club has announced Tibet Water Resources Limited (TWRL) as their Official Regional Water Partner in China. Chinese companies...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan residents of Qinghai’s Rebgong county turned out this week in large numbers for an annual celebration of Tibetan culture, with many more...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: BEIJING — Update: July 7 In another contentious move, Unesco also approved China’s request for special recognition for a vast, traditionally...
Recalling and reaffirming all previous resolutions adopted on Tibet; Recognises that the People’s Republic of China continuous to commit gross and systematic violations of human rights in...
The article below was published by The New York Times: Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese dissident who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his writings promoting democracy, has been given...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: (New York) – Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human...
The article below was published on the European Parliament website: EU-China Human Rights Dialogue should be strengthened and sharpened, says DROI Chair, Pier Antonio Panzeri (S&D,...
This article has been published by International Campaign For Tibet On May 22, 2017, Mr. Terry Branstad was confirmed by the Senate to be the U.S. Ambassador to China. During the confirmation...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: Today marks the 22nd anniversary of arbitrary detention of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima by the Chinese government....
The article below was published by Voice of America Tibetan English: A high-level bipartisan United States Congressional delegation led by House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi has pledged continued...
This article has been published by the Radio Free Asia: Tibetan advocacy organi[s]ations and international rights groups called this week on China to release a high-ranking Tibetan religious figure...
The article below was published by Free Tibet: An update to this article was published by Central Tibetan Administration A monk has carried out of self-immolation protest in Kardze County, eastern...
Below is an article from Sciencemag It’s not easy living thousands of meters above sea level. The air holds less oxygen, there’s more harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from...
Below is an article published by Free Tibet. People nearby the self-immolation of Pema Gyaltsen in Kardze (eastern Tibet) on 18 March have been arrested, Tibet Watch has reported. Chinese police...
Below it is an article published by The Economics Times: China today [20 March 2017] warned India not to go against its "core concerns" to avoid disruption in bilateral ties after...
Below is an article published by Deseret News. Dozens of demonstrators rallied on the steps of the state Capitol Friday, marching and singing Tibetan hymns, and commemorating the anniversary...
Below is an article by the Central Tibetan Administration: Geneva, 10 March: A Chinese diplomat’s attempt to undermine a Tibet Briefing on the sidelines of the 34th session...
Below is an article published by CTA (Central Tibetan Administration): On this day, in 1959, Tibetans from across the social spectrum rose up to stage a defiant yet peaceful uprising...
The article below was published by the Tibet Post International: During the current 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Sun: After marching into peaceful Tibet more than six decades back, occupying the country and suppressing freedom in Tibet, world opinion against China’s...
This year, the Council of the EU promises to engage in facilitating the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives in meetings of relevant UN bodies. This certainly underpins the work that...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: A half-dozen United Nations experts who investigate human rights abuses have taken the rare step of banding together to condemn China for expulsions...
The following article was published by The Tibet Post: The political leader of Tibetan people, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay inaugurated the first 'Women's Empowerment Conference' at the helm...
On 27 December 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislative body, adopted a law on counter-terrorism, one of a recent package of laws on...
The article below was published by The Washington Post: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s prime minister says raising Taiwan’s flag is banned because Cambodia follows the “One...
The article below was published by Radio Free Asia: In a bid to tighten control over Tibetan travel outside China, Chinese authorities are seizing the passports of Tibetans returning from visits...
Below is an article published by Free Tibet: Pro-Tibet campaigners in Switzerland have been blocked from protesting against an official visit to the country by China's President Xi Jinping. Swiss authorities...
According to the World Report’s emphasis, the most egregious human rights violations against indigenous populations in 2016 can be seen in the crackdowns on Oromo in Ethiopia, the lingering human...
Below is an article published by Reuters: China has appointed a new governor for Tibet, one of the country's most politically sensitive regions, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. A thirty-five-year...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Religious observances and prayers held to coincide with a major Buddhist gathering in India are spreading in Tibetan areas of China in open defiance of...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Nearly 7,000 Tibetans hoping to attend a major Buddhist ritual in India led by exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama have been barred by Chinese authorities...
The resolution below was published by the European Parliament: The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Tibet, in particular those of...
Below is a statement published by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Center: In 2016, for those under China’s rule, freedoms have continued on a steep downward spiral. 2016 has been a year...
18 months after the death of Buddhist monk and Tibetan community leader Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in suspicious circumstances in a Chinese remote detention facility, his niece Nyima Lhamo was...
Below an article published by The Tibet Post: A Tibetan woman jailed in Sichuan Province for allegedly attempting to rescue a self-immolation protester from police has reportedly been released in poor...
The article below is courtesy of Human Rights Watch: Monks debating, breathtaking landscapes, the Potala Palace against a clear blue sky: these are images many around the world commonly associate...
The article below is courtesy of Human Rights Watch: Monks debating, breathtaking landscapes, the Potala Palace against a clear blue sky: these are images many around the world commonly associate with...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Nepali police have detained 41 Tibetans trying to cross the border into India, officials said on Tuesday [15 November 2016], in a crackdown on people fleeing...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The Vatican is reportedly poised to strike a deal with the Chinese government to accept China’s ordainment of eight Roman Catholic bishops...
The following article was published by Radio Free Asia: As Chinese authorities continue to work to reduce the size of Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, evicted monks and nuns...
The article below is courtesy of Central Tibetan Administration The Co-Chairs of the United State Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Representatives James P McGovern and Joseph R Pitts...
Below is an article published by RFA: Chinese police in Sichuan’s Ngaba county detained and beat a Tibetan monk this week, leaving him hospitalized with severe injuries after he staged a solitary...
The article below is courtesy of Times of India At least 44 Tibetan activists, including 14 women, were arrested as they staged pro-freedom protests in light of the eighth Brazil Russia India China South...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: In the 14th annual report to Congress on the status of Tibet negotiations, the US government has reasserted promotion...
In addition to a focus on the urgent theme of migration and refugees, which has affected Europe throughout the past years, some of the main world-wide challenges identified in the Annual Report of 2015...
The following article was published by RadioFreeAsia: A popular Tibetan writer released this month in Sichuan after serving four years of a five-and-a-half year prison term was taken into custody again...
The article below was published in The Tibet Post: Warsaw, Poland — Recalling the great violence of the 20th century, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mayor of Wroclaw Dutkiewicz...
Please find below an article published by SciDev.Net: Geologists gathered in Beijing for the 33rd International Geographical Congress, held in August, reported that at least six of Tibet’s southern...
Below is an article published by the World Uyghur Congress: The World Uyghur Congress along with the International Campaign for Tibet is holding a demonstration march in Geneva, Switzerland, from...
The statement below is published by the Central Tibetan Administration The Seventh International Conference of Tibet Support Groups (TSGs) was convened in Brussels by the Tibet Interest Group in the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have freed a Tibetan monk at the end of a seven-and-a-half prison term served for activities...
The article below is published by The Tibet Post The Tibetan people celebrated Democracy Day on 2 September [2016], marking the 56th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibetan democratic system....
The article below is published by the Washington Post She was 27, a kind, hard-working woman who supported her family by herding yaks and harvesting caterpillar fungus, a prized health cure, on...
Below is an article published by Deutsche Welle: "Before the police could arrest me, I escaped with the others through the back door," said Pasang Chunda Lama. The student wanted to peacefully...
The article below is published by the Tibet Post Seventy-two Members of Congress of the United States have urged President Barack Obama to formulate "new, creative strategies to encourage meaningful dialogue,...
The article below is published by the Daily Dot In late March, a mother of five, Sonam Tso, died after self-immolating in protest against Chinese rule outside a monastery in broad daylight. The horrific...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Asia As Chinese work crews continue to demolish dwellings at Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, authorities are forcing many monks and nuns...
The article below is published by The Tibet Post Speaking at a gathering of Tibetan officials and staff, in Dharamshala, India, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay Monday said "Tibetans inside Tibet have shown...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post 2016 marks the 21st year since the Panchen Lama's abduction by the Chinese forces. Even though the Tibetans have campaigned for his well-being in...
Photo courtesy: AP Below is an article published by: VOA Tibetan Chinese government workers are dismantling buildings and evicting residents at Larung Gar, one of the world's largest centers...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com Yeshe Choedron, a medical doctor by profession, is currently serving a sentence of 15 years in prison for allegedly providing and disseminating state secrets...
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Asia. Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Officials in an eastern county of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region are confiscating land at a low...
Below is an article published by: The Tibet Post The renowned and award-winning Tibetan film director Pema Tseden has reportedly been detained and assaulted at Xining Airport. At present, director...
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Asia. Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese police descended in force on Friday at a Tibetan protest site near Qinghai Lake, detaining...
This article is courtesy of The Tibet Post A source in the community said: "Akhori Townships are protecting the ecosystem by risking of their lives and they are determined to never hold back....
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Asia. Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Holding the Chinese national flag and carrying photos of Chinese national leaders, Tibetan farm women marched...
The conference was opened by Ms Tsering Jampa, the Executive Director of ICT Europe, who briefly outlined the objective of the conference and stated that the new anti-terrorism law increases tensions and...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Lobsang Tsering, believed to be in his 20s, was detained shortly after launching his protest at about 4:00 p.m. local time on June 7 on a street...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Dharamshala – The Chinese continued negligence of people's religious sensibilities and exploitation of nature in the Tibetan plateau has...
Below is an article published by the China Post: Lobsang Sangay was sworn in for his second term as prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Friday (27 May 2016) and said he will...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Facing increasingly hazardous conditions caused by decaying infrastructure, the residents of an impoverished Tibetan town in southwestern...
Photo courtesy of The Tibet Post International. Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: New York-based Human Rights Watch's latest 86-page report on Tibet reveals increase...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. Chinese authorities have sentenced yet another Tibetan writer to prison for seven years and six months...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: Yesterday, on 5 May 2016, Lobsang Tenpa, a solo Tibetan protester was released from a juvenile prison facility...
The below article was published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. A Tibetan monk from the local Kirti Monastery who staged a peaceful solo protest against Chinese government...
Below is an article published by the Indian Defence News: New Delhi not only gave its go-ahead to the organisers to hold the conference in India, but also granted visas to Chinese dissidents,...
Photo courtesy of The Tibet Post. Below is an article by The Tibet Post: Trulku Phurbu Tsering, a senior Buddhist figure from has been released after eight years in prison. The 60-year old Buddhist...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: A group of Tibetan graduates staged a peaceful protest against unfair dismissals from jobs that later ended...
For the past quarter of a century, Mr Yang has seen as his mission to facilitate a peaceful transition of the PRC to the respect of human rights, genuine rule of law, and democratic governance for all....
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: China’s already poor human rights record worsened with a sweeping crackdown on lawyers, activists and bloggers in 2015, a year that saw...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A group of Tibetan government workers detained on April 8 after protesting the loss of their jobs in unclear circumstances were beaten...
Photo courtesy to the Indian Times. This article was published by the Tibet Post. Dharamshala, India — The popular Tibetan blogger and intellectual Druklo, more widely known by his pen name Shokjang,...
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Asia. Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have detained three Tibetans for allegedly...
Below is an article published by The Tibetan Post International: Dharamshala — Tens of thousands of Tibetan exiles on Sunday voted around the world to elect their nominees...
Photo courtesy of TPI/Choneyi Sangpo. Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: In accordance with the 57th Tibetan Uprising Day celebrated Thursday, March 10th, the Tibetan Parliament...
Photo courtesy of Radio Free Asia. Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan monk set himself ablaze and died on Monday in southwestern China’s Sichuan province in an...
Below is an article taken from the Business Standard: The Chinese state media has threatened two Hong Kong superstars with a “spontaneous” public boycott after they were spotted at...
Below is an article taken from: Radio Free Asia China imposed “intense restrictions” in Tibetan areas of the western provinces of Qinghai and Sichuan this month during religious gatherings...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia, A prominent Tibetan writer was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for writing material the government said could incite discord among...
Pictures courtesy of @Wasfia Nazereen’s Facebook Page. Below is an article published by GlobalVoices.org The third edition of the Dhaka Art Summit took place 5-8...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan man has died from injuries sustained under torture by Chinese authorities while serving a 13-year prison sentence for refusing...
Photo courtesy of chinahighlights.com Below an article published by: Phayul.com The Chinese government has announced that the Tibet Autonomous Region shall be shut down for all foreign travelers from...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net: Chinese authorities have indefinitely extended an intensive surveillance program in villages across the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) that was due...
Below is an article Phayul Following the overwhelming victory of the Taiwanese President elect Tsai Ing-wen representing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the recent presidential and general elections...
Below is an article by Nature In the northern reaches of the Tibetan Plateau, dozens of yaks graze on grasslands that look like a threadbare carpet. The pasture has been munched down to bare soil in places,...
China has passed its first counter-terror law, rejecting concerns from international governments that draconian measures in the name of national security are being used to crack down on Tibetans, Uyghurs...
As the world’s leaders meet in Paris this week for critical climate change talks, new findings by the International Campaign for Tibet reveal that Tibet’s fragile environment, which is warming...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: Two photographs grace the walls of the Tibetan farmer's home. In the courtyard, affixed with silver tacks: Xi Jinping, smiling. Inside, by...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan protester jailed for three years for spreading word of crackdowns by security forces in northwestern China’s Gansu province was...
The article below was published by Los Angeles Times: Pelosi described the visit as highly controlled, estimating that more than 30 Chinese security officers accompanied the delegation of seven....
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: The ongoing demolition by Chinese authorities of Tibetan dwellings near a scenic lake in northwestern China’s Qinghai province has...
Below is an article published by Tibet Post: Dharamshala — Chinese authorities in Ngaba County, north-eastern Tibet have detained a 15-yr-old Tibetan monk for staging peaceful...
Below is an article published by The Local DK: Copenhagen Police are under renewed scrutiny for suppressing demonstrations during a Chinese state visit in 2012 and will now face a formal enquiry. The...
Below is an article by The Tibet Post International The Cross Party Group has just concluded an extremely successful week of exhibiting in the Scottish Parliament, in an effort to raise...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Two Tibetan monks launched separate protests challenging Beijing’s rule in Sichuan province’s Ngaba county...
Below is an article published by Shanghaiist: China issued a white paper today commemorating the upcoming 50-year anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region going into exhaustive detail...
WASHINGTON: The US has asked China to reassess its policies which impose restrictions on religious freedom in Tibet, days after a top American diplomat concluded his visit to the Communist nation and discussed...
Below is an article by Central Tibetan Administration Press Release: The Central Tibetan Administration’s Response to the Chinese White Paper on Tibet Starting today on 1 September, Beijing...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have shut down a website founded by a group of young Tibetans that served as a forum for news and literary writings...
China will wage an unceasing fight against separatism in its restive mountainous region of Tibet, President Xi Jinping said, as the government repeated it would never accept exiled Tibetan spiritual leader...
Below is an article published by LA Times By the time Dongtuk arrived, the body was gone. A pack of matches lay on the ground, the only sign of the horror that had taken place. Dongtuk...
Below is an article by RFA Police in southwestern China’s Sichuan province detained a young Tibetan nomad on Saturday after the woman, the mother of a four-year-old son, staged a solitary protest...
Below is an article by International Campaign for Tibet Major troop movements, including tanks or heavy artillery in convoys of more than 200 vehicles, have been observed in different parts of Tibet...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese road-building crews have begun cutting a new track leading to Gyama Valley near Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa, leading to local...
At nearly 100ft high the Tibet balloon is arguably the largest Tibetan flag in the world. But as the unique hot air balloon prepares to soar over Bristol this week, Chinese consternation...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan nomad jailed for eight years for calling in public for Tibetan freedom and the return of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been released...
Other minority groups as well, such as Southern Mongolians and Uyghurs, have asked the IOC to reject Beijing's candidature: read more. Below is an article published by the New York Times: Tibetan...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International Dharamsala — Tenzin Tzelha, the program director of Student for a Free Tibet India, spoke about Tibet independence issue and...
Below is an article by The Tibet Post International The political leader of Tibet Sikyong, Dr Lobsang Sangay, has called for the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s sister and...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Chinese authorities cremated the body of a prominent Tibetan monk on Thursday [16 July 2015], his sister said, denying family members...
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has ridiculed China's Communist Party for wanting to control his reincarnation, saying the government is "pretending" to know more about the system than...
Human Rights Watch has released a report alleging that China has developed a two-tiered passport system designed to prevent the nation’s Tibetans and ethnic Uyghur population from leaving the country....
Below is an article published by The New York Times: One of the most prominent Tibetan religious leaders in Chinese custody has died, a family member and a Tibetan exile group said on Monday. Tenzin...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: One of the most prominent Tibetan religious leaders in Chinese custody has died, a family member and a Tibetan exile group said on Monday. Tenzin...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan monk set himself ablaze on Thursday in northwestern China’s Qinghai province in an apparent challenge to Beijing’s rule...
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday greeted His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 80th birthday, saying people around the world are inspired by his messages of peace, compassion,...
Three former Indian foreign secretaries, one of whom was also the National Security Advisor, and a former union minister came together on stage on Saturday [4 July 2015] here to pay warm tributes to the...
Below is an article by Fidh At today’s European Union (EU)-China summit in Brussels [29 June 2015], International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, Human Rights...
Below is an article published by Reuters Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Britain next week [week from 29 June to 5 July] and again in September but will not meet...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Police in China’s western Qinghai province have detained a young Tibetan man who disseminated material online marking the 80th anniversary...
Below is an article by The Tibet Post International Sarah Sewell, the U.S. State Department's Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, delivered an important statement at the UN Human Rights Council's...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A leading Tibetan NGO monitoring human rights situation inside Tibet has called the Chinese White paper on human rights an attempt to hide the...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Despite being among the worst human rights violators in the world, China recently claimed to have made "tremendous achievements" on human rights...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The only Tibetan organization monitoring human rights situation inside Tibet on Saturday launched a new report, “Wasted Lives: A Critical Analysis...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan woman living in northwestern China’s Gansu province set herself ablaze and died on Wednesday in the second self-immolation protest...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities in Tibet have detained two young Tibetans believed to have transmitted politically sensitive writings and images over the popular...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Prison authorities in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have freed a Tibetan monk jailed in 2008 for his role in protests challenging...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Six Tibetans living in China’s northwestern Qinghai province have been detained by authorities for attempting to block the demolition...
The Central Tibetan Administration has called on the international support to help pressure the Chinese government to release the 11th Panchen Lama,Ghedun Chokeyi Nyima. The announcement was...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese police arrested a young Tibetan monk and scholar Lomigon Friday in Amdo Ngaba in a southwest China province for reasons unknown,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan man burned himself to death in western China’s Sichuan province on Wednesday in the second self-immolation protest this month...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan monk detained last month by police in northwestern China’s Gansu province has been released on bail, but authorities warn he may still...
Below is an article published by Gawker: On Wednesday, a nun set herself on fire in a Tibetan area of Western China, the New York Times reports. The nun's death could not be confirmed,...
Below is an article published by Vice News China's top Tibetan official has continued to test the resolve of the region's citizens by announcing that Buddhist monks and nuns would begin to be...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan prisoner held in northwest China’s Qinghai province was freed by authorities this week after serving a three-year term at hard...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities have taken another Tibetan monk into custody in Tibet’s restive Sog county, seizing him at night in his quarters following the...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Tibetan freedom imprisoned: Interview recap with Topjor, former political prisoner. Dharamshala –"My wish has not changed, it was...
Below is an article published by Reuters: A coalition of Free Tibet groups urged the International Olympic Committee on Thursday to drop a bid from Beijing for the 2022 winter Games over its...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: A report has been submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture that documents the repression, state violence, and torture in Tibet...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese authorities have arrested seven Tibetan monks on unspecified charges and are holding them incommunicado in a restive county in the Tibet...
Below is an article published by The India Gazette: Read also Phayul.com and a UNPO article published on 10th March 2015. The international community should support Tibet because of the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan nuns living in a convent in western China’s Sichuan province rejected government offers of assistance this week [9 March 2015], throwing...
On 10 March 1959, thousands of Tibetans took to the streets of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, protesting against China’s invasion and occupation of their homeland. The peaceful demonstration resulted...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: Dharamshala - Chinese authorities in Ngaba County of north-eastern Tibet Friday have detained a Tibetan Buddhist monk for staging a peaceful...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese security forces have been deployed in large numbers in Tibetan-populated counties in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, with police closely...
Below is an article published by Asia News: Thousands of Tibetan Buddhist faithful braved the communist authorities and gathered in public to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama....
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Large numbers of Chinese security forces have been deployed this week to Tibetan-populated areas of Sichuan and Qinghai provinces in a bid to deter anti-China...
Below is an article published by Zee News: On February 13, 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama reasserted Tibetan independence in the declaration of the "Proclamation of Independence". Since the...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: “Pema Dorjee, a 17-year-old Tibetan monk was severely beaten and arrested by Chinese police in Karze County, eastern Tibet on Friday afternoon at...
Below is an article published by The Financial Express: “We are against foreign countries interfering in China’s domestic affairs under the pretext of Tibet-related issues,” Chinese...
Below is an article published by the Sydney Morning Herald: United States President Barack Obama has hailed the Dalai Lama as a "good friend" during a symbolic first public encounter between...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan monk has been ordered jailed for 10 years by a Chinese court in Tibet almost a year after being detained on still-unspecified...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese security forces moved the week starting 19 January 2015 to evict Tibetan families from new homes in an earthquake-hit region of...
Below is an article published by The Speaker: During a government meeting on urbanization this week [January 2015], the administration of Tibet stated their decision to increase the permanent...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post International: Prominent human rights organisation Freedom House has published its latest report on China, Tibet and Xinjiang and states that there is an...
Chinese authorities in Tibet have freed a Tibetan youth without explanation after detaining him for almost three weeks following the discovery of politically sensitive photos on his cell phone, sources...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Police in western China’s Sichuan province attacked and beat members of a Tibetan farming family this week, leaving one in critical...
Below is an article published by the BBC: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he realizes that he may be the last to hold the title. But he told the BBC it would be...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia; An elderly Tibetan man has been ordered jailed by Chinese authorities for advising a group of Tibetan students to abide by the Dalai Lama's call not to...
Below is an article published by The Tibetan Post International: Two Tibetan representatives are currently attending the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Peru to raise environmental issues...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Kalsang Yarphel, 39, was sentenced on Thursday by a court in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, where he had been held since being detained in June...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Free Tibet reports that Tibetan nomads are being forced off the land and moved into urban settlements leaving them to face poverty, unemployment...
Below is an article written by The Tibet Post; At-least 26 Buddhist nuns have been expelled from a Tibetan nunnery in eastern Tibet for their refusal to comply with new crackdowns, after the Chinese government...
Below is an article published by Reuters: A top Chinese official has vowed to severely punish members of the ruling Communist Party in Tibet who "harbor fantasies" about the troubled region's...
Below is an article published by Phayul Nepal, a transit for Tibetan refugees fleeing Tibet for India and a home for some 20000 Tibetan refugees, has decided to deny documents to Tibetan refugees arriving...
The Alternative Report aims to evaluate compliance with and implementation of the provisions of the Convention by the Chinese Government with regard to particular cases of the Tibetan and Uyghur communities,...
Below is the press release published by Reuters Africa: China has not ruled out a visit by the United Nations human rights chief to its unrest-plagued regions of Tibet and Xinjiang...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post; Kunga Dolma waited years to escape the repressive life of her remote Tibetan village, and one day in July [2014] it was time. The soft-spoken 24-year-old...
Below is an article published by Asia News: The local government of Tibet has launched a "Rectification and Cleansing" campaign which involves the destruction of religious buildings and places of Buddhist...
China has dismissed the possibility of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet, days after the exiled spiritual leader indicated he was in contact with Chinese officials over a historic pilgrimage. "Our position...
Below is the press release published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan businessman and father of three has been taken into custody by authorities in China’s western province of Sichuan...
Below is an article published by One India News: The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town, South Africa, this month [October 2014] has been cancelled owing to denial of a travel visa...
Chinese authorities in a protest-hit county in Tibet are ordering villagers to take part in a previously boycotted annual festival in a bid to show local residents as happy and prosperous under Beijing’s...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A 22-year-old Tibetan student has burned himself to death in front of a police station in Gansu province in protest against Chinese rule —...
Below is an article published by Phayu.com : The International Campaign for Tibet, a prominent Tibet advocacy group based in Washington DC, has urged the US government to include Chinese leaders among...
Below is an article published by: New York Times There’s a lot to admire about Tom Hugo, and not just the washboard abs that are a glaring feature of his Twitter account profile photo. For...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com : A senior Tibetan monk has been arrested and his followers and family have no clue of his whereabouts, said the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy...
Below is an article published by MyanmarTimes: The Dalai Lama Sunday [06 July 2014] reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Two Tibetan writers jailed by Chinese authorities for their commentaries on deadly protests against Chinese rule in 2008 have been freed after they completed...
Below is an article posted by the Hindustan Times: Half-a-century after the Tibetans-in-exile came to India along with their spiritual head Dalai Lama, the central government is now keen that...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: The Tibetan government in exile, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration, will organize a series of major events as part of the “2014...
Below is an article published by Phayul: An American citizen of Tibetan origin and his Canadian friend, were arrested by Nepalese police for wearing a jacket with the words “Team Tibet”...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Tibetans and supporters all over the world on 17 May 2014 observed the "International Tibet Solidarity Day," to express their solidarity with the Tibetan...
Below is press release from the Tibetaanse-Vlaamse Vriendenkring vzw (Tibetan-Flemish Circle of Friends) On Tuesday 13th May 2014, the Tibetaanse-Vlaamse Vriendenkring (Tibetan-Flemish Circle of Friends)...
On the occasion of the 52nd session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), representatives of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and of the World Uyghur...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2014 annual report on April 30, criticizing the Chinese government for severe violation...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: Hundreds of people rallied outside the parliament building in Oslo on Tuesday, April 29 to show their support for His Holiness the Dalai...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: Chinese police in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County of Sichuan Province have detained on April 26 [2014] a 19-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk after he carried...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Tibetans in exile observed the 25th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama -- one of Tibet's most important spiritual leaders -- with mixed feelings of joy and pain,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Authorities in a Tibetan-populated county in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have detained four village leaders following protests...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Qinghai province have closed a private school for young monks and implemented other “restrictive policies,” while moving to sack...
Below is an article from The Guardian: China has cancelled this week's bilateral human rights dialogue with Britain, which David Cameron highlighted as one of the "important achievements" of...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A young Tibetan was taken into custody Tuesday [9 April 2014] by police in western China’s Sichuan province after he walked alone along a public...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review Two village leaders in Tibet’s Driru (Chinese: Biru) County, Nagchu (Naqu) Prefecture, had been given lengthy jail sentences on Jan 14 [2014] for...
Below is an article published by South China Morning Post: Phuntso Wangye (1922-2014), a veteran Tibetan Communist leader who became an outspoken critic of Beijing's hard-line policies towards the autonomous...
Below is an article published by the Guardian Liberty Voice Two Tibetan monks who self-immolated last week have died from their burns. The monks self-immolated on the anniversary of a Chinese crackdown...
On March 24, 2014, the Chinese President Xi Jinping met the spiritual leader of the Tibetan peoples, the Dalai Lama. Unfortunately, the meeting only happened on a piece of paper on which a Tibetan artist...
Below is an article published by Sinosphere: The United Nations has barred a Chinese man from attending a Human Rights Council session in Geneva after he photographed at close range a woman...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia:Hundreds of Tibetans in a county in China's Gansu province staged protests this week [17-23 March 2014] over the seizure of farm land for the construction...
Below is an article by Phayul: China has rejected all the recommendations on Tibet to the United Nations Review of its human rights record except one; that is to facilitate the visits of the UN High Commissioner...
Below is an article published by RTTNEWS Henri Malosse, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), has met and held talks with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader,...
Below is an article published by Business-Standard: The European Union would make efforts to appoint a special coordinator for Tibet, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) president Henri...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: In a move certain to anger Chinese authorities, Tibetans living in western China’s Sichuan and Qinghai provinces are celebrating the Tibetan New Year this...
Below is an article from Phayul: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama told Tibetans living here that the issue of Tibet must be resolved through dialogue with China and not by...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A former Tibetan monk who self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule near the restive Kirti monastery in Sichuan province last week has died and his...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Review: China has given lengthy jail sentences in January 2014 to two Tibetan activists on unknown charges in Driru (Chinese: Biru) County of Nagchu (Naqu)...
Below is a press release published by the Tibetan Review: China has refused to release a prominent local Tibetan Buddhist leader whom it had detained since Dec 6, 2013 without specifying any exact charge...
Below is an article from Voice of America: China says it has completed its massive relocation project of Tibetan nomads into new settlements in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The controversial project...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: Chinese ruled Tibet, as opposed to China itself, figures among the 12 worst of the worst in civil and political rights in US rights group Freedom House’s...
Below is an article by Radio Australia: Dicki Chhoyang, spokeswoman for the Tibetan-government-in-exile, is in Australia for the annual Festival of Tibet in Brisbane but she's also embarked on a campaign...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A Tibetan writer and environmentalist jailed in March 2009 has been released from a Chinese detention centre in Lanzhou on January 12 [2014], the Tibetan Centre...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Sources coming out of Tibet say, Chinese authorities have shut-down three Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Driru County, Kham Region of eastern Tibet,...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: A huge blaze which occurred early on 11 January has burned down 70% of the ancient Dorkhar town in the Gyalthang County, Kham Region of Eastern Tibet,...
Below is an article published by Business Standard: The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Friday [10 January 2014] that the Tibetan community is passing through a difficult phase, but...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: The Tibetan Autonomous Region of China has been largely closed to the outside world since it was wracked by popular protests in 2008. But the extreme...
Below is an article published by Aljazeera: China's announcement that it would abolish its infamous practice of "re-education through labour" last month raised hopes for a major step forward for human...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: A new report adopted by the European Parliament raises strong concern about the human rights situation in Tibet, detailing the high...
Below is an article published by The Japan Times: Nationalism arouses solidarity and generates identity politics that threaten ethnic and religious minorities. Defining the “we” also defines...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan exile political leader Lobsang Sangay reassured the Chinese leadership on Tuesday [10 December 2013] that Tibetans do not seek separation from...
Below is an article published by the BBC News China: We are high in the jagged mountains that rise towards the Tibetan plateau. Harsh and beautiful, this region outside Tibet itself is home to six million...
Below is a press release published by the Iceland Review: Ten MPs from all Icelandic political parties except Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð’s Progressive Party have submitted a parliamentary...
More than 20 representatives of nine Members (Uyghurs, Sindh, Khmer Krom, Ahwazi, Assyria, Chin, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Tibet and Ogaden) attended the sixth Session of the Forum on Minority Issues held...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Tibetans in exile, on Monday, 25 Nov. [2013] appealed International community and Tibet support groups to urge and pressure China to release the imprisoned...
Below is a press release published by: Radio Free Asia A court in western China’s Sichuan province has ordered a Tibetan monk jailed for four and a half years for seeking independence...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet: Judges in the Spanish National Court today [18 November 2013] ordered warrants of arrest to be issued against five Chinese leaders, including...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The Chinese government should follow news that it will abolish the abusive Re-education Through Labor system by announcing...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The Chinese government should follow news that it will abolish the abusive Re-education Through Labor system by announcing...
Below is an article by The Tibet Post International: His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee Tuesday [12 November 2013] called on the 60 monks and nuns attending the conference to lead water...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: Chinese security forces have detained 15 Tibetan villagers and banned mass petitioning in a Tibetan county after residents pushed for the release of a local writer...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Journalists and researchers sent by China’s central government to investigate conditions in a Tibetan-populated mining area in Qinghai province...
Below is an article by The Independent: China is vowing to silence the voice of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in his homeland Tibet by tightening media controls to ensure his “propaganda”...
Below is an article by Phayul: A differently abled Tibetan monk from Dhidha region in Pema County, Golog, has been sentenced to seven years in prison by Chinese authorities on charges of “separatism”,...
Below is an article by the Tibet Post: Members of exiled Tibetan NGOs attended the Founding Assembly of the 'Asia Democracy Network' and the '3rd Seoul Democracy Forum' held in Seoul, Korea. The meeting...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in northwestern China’s Gansu province have released a Tibetan monk from prison before he had served his full sentence for his role in protests...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: Polluted water from a Chinese mining site in a Tibetan-populated area in western China’s Sichuan province has spilled into a nearby river, killing large numbers...
Below is an article by: Phayul.com. A Chinese court in Tibet's Qinghai has sentenced a Tibetan community leader to 10 years in jail reportedly for his involvement in a self-immolation protest, reported...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese security forces shot and wounded at least 60 Tibetans as they fired into a crowd demanding the release of a villager who had led protests against...
Below is an article by: Phayul.com. The wife of jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen will appeal for her husband's release on Wednesday. Lhamo Tso will be accompanied by Hollywood actor Peter Coyote...
Below is an article published by the Huffington Post: At the outset of the First World War, the 13th Dalai Lama wrote a letter to the British Government offering 1,000 of his best warriors to the...
Below is an article by The Tibet Post After successfully concluding about a 10-day trip to four European nations, the spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Monday, September 30...
Below is an article published by the Business Standard: The European Union (EU) has noted "worrying trends in key areas of human rights concern" in Tibet, it said in a statement. "I noted...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Three Tibetan monks detained last year from Wonpo Monastery have been sentenced to prison, with two monks receiving four years and another receiving three...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have released a Tibetan prisoner in poor health after he had served all but seven months of a three-year...
Below is an article published by theTibetpost.com To review and discuss the ongoing developments in Tibet and China, the Tibetan Task Force on Negotiation on Thursday begins its 26th meeting at the headquarters...
Below is an article published by Phayul The G20 summit is the premier international forum for discussing global economic issues and the first since Xi Jinping took over the reins as President of China. Copies...
Below is an article published by: phayul.com A south zone Tibetan parliamentary delegation has called on the Deputy Chief Minister of Goa on Sunday [01 September 2013] as a part of the “Solidarity...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: Two separate delegations from the Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) visited the exile Tibetan community this week...
Since the Second World War, enforced disappearances have been a common occurrence around the world. Under Augusto Pinochet’s seventeen-year rule in Chile, 2,279 people were abducted and killed by...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Shawo Tashi, 40, was handed his sentence by the People’s Intermediate Court in Malho (in Chinese, Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Shedrub Lhamo, a 40-year-old nun of the Ganden Choeling nunnery in Sichuan’s Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was released...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetans challenging Chinese mining operations in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have vowed to take their protest to Beijing, citing what...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Meanwhile, work remains stalled at the second site while developments at a third remain unclear, a resident of Qinghai’s Dzatoe (in Chinese, Zaduo)...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: An Intermediate court in Tibet’s Ngaba region has sentenced a Tibetan man to death for allegedly killing his wife who the exile Tibetans say had died...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia The slaughter, which witnesses described as “indiscriminate,” began early in August in Ngamring (in Chinese, Angren) county in the Shigatse...
Below is an article published by RadioFreeAsia: Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have released four Tibetan monks from a re-education through labor facility several months ahead...
Below is an article published by Aljazeera: Hackers have attacked Dalai Lama's Chinese-language website, installing an unidentified piece of malware which could have compromised visitors' computers, a...
Below is an article published by the Timesofindia: Addressing a large group of foreign-born Tibetan children who are currently on a summer camp programme to the hill town, Gyalwang Karmapa...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa have deployed over 1,000 police and armed security personnel at a large monastery in the...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net: The Chinese government has forcibly shut down a Tibetan monastery, Gaden Dhargyeling based in Shak Rongpo in Nagchu county in eastern Tibet, over its alleged...
Below Is an article publish by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces have released two Tibetan prisoners in poor health after jailing them for suspected involvement in...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The US based China Labour Watch published an investigative report detailing the labor violations of three factories of Pegatron Group, a major supplier to Apple....
Below is an article published by phayul.com: Leaflets calling for Tibet’s independence and the long life of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama have been found scattered on a mountain...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: Emerging reports coming out Tibet say, several Tibetans seriously wounded in a major attack by Han Chinese at Arik Dragkar County, Amdho...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: China on Wednesday [17 July 2013] said it will intensify a crackdown against illegal publications and "reactionary" promotional products like pamphlets,...
Below is an article published by Spiegel: A Tibetan who once believed in the Chinese Communist Party and carved out a career within the Beijing bureaucracy has now decided to publish a damning report...
Below is an article published by The Business Standard: Chinese experts will soon start a massive drive to restore a group of valuable frescos in Tibet that have been exposed to over 500 years...
Below is an article published by International Campaign For Tibet: Two Tibetan monks were shot in the head and several others seriously injured after Chinese police opened fire at a crowd...
Below is an article published by The Telegraph: The Dalai Lama said he was counting on young people to created [sic] a "happier" century as he celebrated his 78th birthday on Saturday [6 July 2013] in...
Below is an article published by Times of India: 1) If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy. 2) Despite the superficial differences between us, we need to have a sense...
Years before he became His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the man then known as Tenzin Gyatso was born on 6 July 1935 to an agricultural family, in a little hamlet situated in Taktser, Amdo, north-eastern...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Worshipping the Dalai Lama remains illegal in Tibetan areas of China, despite earlier reports of changes in China's policies in Lhasa and in some parts...
Below is an article published by the SCMP: More than two million Tibetans in China have been forced to change homes or relocate in a government-sponsored programme that is damaging their traditional...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The 32nd round of the European Union (EU)-China Human Rights Dialogue further lowers the bar for effective, principled human rights...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan poet and writer Tsering Woeser said on Thursday [20 June 2013] that she has been placed under house arrest by authorities who she felt want to...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The Arunachal Pradesh state unit of Nationalist Congress Party, a coalition partner in the ruling UPA in New Delhi, called on both the centre and state governments...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: Tibet campaigners called on leaders of the G8 countries to stand together in addressing the crisis in Tibet and lead the way on a new diplomatic initiative...
Below is an article from Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the way Chinese diplomatic personnel have harassed and threatened French journalist Cyril Payen, a reporter...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International The first Education Advisory Committee Meeting of Tibetan schools is being organised by Department of Education (DoE) of the...
Below is an article published by Zeibiz: Tibetan refugees in Nepal, many of who have been here for decades, say they lack the documentation they need to lead normal lives.“Without any form of identification...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: The largest international human rights organisation based in France has urged the new leadership of China to resume dialogue with representatives of the...
Below is an article published by The Tibetan Review: Building dams on the Nu river (Tibetan: Gyalmo Ngulchu) in Tibet stopped in 2004 by China’s then Premier Wen Jiabao due to serious environmental...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: The whereabouts of the monks were unknown after they were arrested in a series of arrests that were conducted by the Chinese military...
Below is a story published by The Tibet Post: Thousands of local Tibetans from Driru county of eastern Tibet gathered at a sacred Tibetan mountain on Saturday to demonstrate against the Chinese government's...
Below is an article published by phayul.com: A new report on China has painted a grim picture of the world’s most populous country’s human rights record and revealed that Chinese authorities...
Below is an article from the Times of India: US lawmakers debating a landmark immigration bill on Tuesday [21 May 2013] approved the provision of 5,000 visas to Tibetan refugees to enter the United States...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Chinese court in Qinghai province has handed a five-year prison term to a popular Tibetan writer after holding him in secret following his detention...
Below is an article published by Phayul: China’s Ministry of Agriculture on Monday [13 May 2013] said 35 chickens at a farm in a village in Nyingtri “showed symptoms of the suspected avian...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: MADISON, May 14: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today said that the unity of the three Cholkha (provinces) of Tibet –...
Below is an article published by The Diplomat: For a dramatic glimpse of dislocation, one needs look no further than the lives of Tibetan students – both refugees in India, Nepal and Bhutan; but...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of Tibet, concluded his third official visit to the United States of America on May 10, 2013. The Sikyong...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of Tibet, concluded his third official visit to the United States of America on May 10, 2013. The Sikyong...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: Ignoring both religious freedom and the outcry of the Tibetan people, the Chinese authorities have begun demolishing the ancient capital...
Below is an article published by Reuters: The Dalai Lama, a foremost Buddhist leader, told an audience at the University of Maryland at the start of a U.S. tour that the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese mining activities in Tibet are being conducted with little regard for the region’s environment and have led to widespread damage, including...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post This second US report came just two weeks after the Secretary of State John F. Kerry, said under the pretext of maintaining social stability, the Chinese...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Tibet have released one of the region’s longest-serving political prisoners and sent him home in critical condition following...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: The democratically-elected leader of Tibetans Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay praised His Holiness the Dalai Lama's remarkable lifetime service...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: The University of Sydney, one of Australia’s top institutions of higher learning, has reversed a decision taken earlier this month to cancel a talk...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet : On 25 April 2012, the International Campaign for Tibet released its report, “60 Years of Chinese Misrule: The Case for Cultural...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: On the eve of french President Francois Hollande's visit to China, Senator André Gattolin (EELV, Hauts-de-Seine) and Deputies Noel Mamère...
Below is an article published by Bangkokpost: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/346107/human-rights-in-china-worsening-us-finds China's human rights record worsened in 2012 amid an increasingly harsh...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: Sydney University, ranked in the world's top 50, cancelled the visit by the Nobel peace laureate, scheduled for June [2013], to avoid damaging its ties with...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Twenty-one U.S. senators have urged Secretary of State John Kerry to make Tibet an "integral issue" during his visit to China on Saturday. In a bipartisan...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International : […] "Tensions between the local Tibetans and the Chinese state have increased since the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese rule...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Ms. Maya Graf, who is the President of the Federal Parliament of Switzerland, will meet with His Holiness in the Parliament building on April 16. In a...
Below is an article published by Care2: An avalanche of rock and mud buried 83 miners at the Gyama mine in central Tibet last Friday (5 April 2013). Thousands of rescuers have slowly been pulling out...
Below is an article published by The Australian: Ms Gillard starts a six-day visit to China on Friday [5 April 2013] and will be one of the first world leaders to meet with President Xi since...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: One after another, the bodies have kept coming. By Wednesday [3 April 2013], rescuers had pulled 66 dead miners from the snow-covered rubble. They...
Below is an article published by USA Today: China has released noted Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso after 17 years in prison on charges of endangering national security and separatism, an overseas...
Indigenous Movement, dedicated to raise awareness on implementation of United Declaration on the rights of the indigenous people, has recently launched the Documentaries on Wheels program, which is dedicated...
Below is an article published by SC Magazine: According to research by Kaspersky Lab experts Costin Raiu, Kurt Baumgartner and Denis Maslennikov, targeted messages were sent to activists and human rights...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: A Canadian parliamentarian, David Sweet, raised the issue of Tibet in the House of Commons on Thursday and called upon Xi Jinping to meet with the leaders of...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International : On March 18, 2013, the so called Chinese 'Intermediate People's Court' in eastern Tso-ngon in Amdho region of Tibet (Haidong Prefecture...
Below is an article published by The Economic Times: "Tibet today is one of the most repressed and closed societies in the world, where merely talking on the phone can land you in jail. Support for the...
Below is an article published by Phayul: In an open exchange of ideas between Tibetan and Chinese on the current crisis inside Tibet, more than a dozen Chinese scholars and students met with Tibetans...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Organisers said the focus of this year's lobby was “to call on MPs to ask David Cameron to make a public statement of concern on Tibet and...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A Tibetan monk who was hospitalised last year [2012] after suffering severe beating and torture in Chinese police custody has been rearrested and sentenced to...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A senior Tibetan leader today called for a common ground where people from East Turkestan, Tibet, and Southern Mongolia could cooperate and learn from each other’s...
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) – in collaboration with the UNPO, Society for Threatened People and the National Endowment for Democracy – held a major international conference from 11 –...
Below is an article published by Phayul: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=33129&article=March+10+Tibetan+Nation+Uprising+Day+now+also+Martyr%E2%80%99s+Day&t=1&c=1 The...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Speaking to VOA during a rally for Tibetan rights in New Delhi prior to China's National People’s Congress, Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a senior Tibetan Buddhist monk to one year and three months in prison for his alleged involvement in the...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com The exiled chief abbot of a Tibetan monastery at the centre of a wave of self-immolations called on Tibetans in exile to take responsibility as Tibet continues...
Below is an article published by the Globe and Mail: China’s government has barred Canada’s new ambassador from visiting Tibet as desperate monks prolong their wave of self-immolations...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: In what is being billed as the first petition ever to be directed to the Dharamshala based exile Tibetan administration, a Tibetan organisation in Switzerland...
Below is an article published by Times of India: Tibetan activists demanded immediate intervention by international leaders after self-immolation protests in Tibet reportedly reached the tragic milestone...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Members of the British Parliament on Wednesday called on the Chinese government to urgently examine policies in Tibet as separate reports emerged...
Below is an article published by The International Campaign for Tibet: Professor Ngawang Thondup Narkyid, who was a Tibetan government official at the time of the People's Republic of China's...
Below is an article published by International Business Times: On the occasion of the centennial of Tibet's proclamation of independence, the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) is approaching...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: A film festival on the state of global human rights, currently underway in Oslo, Norway will be focusing on Tibet with the screening of three prominent Tibetan...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A Tibetan man has succumbed to his injuries, nine months after he sustained severe injuries in a violent police crackdown on peaceful protest in Ba Dzong region...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The four-day Tibet solidarity campaign began on a high political note in the Indian capital on the 30th of January with top Indian leaders from both sides of...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: In an alarming development, Chinese authorities in central Tibet have reportedly detained some of the senior most monks, including abbots and chant masters...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com : A Tibetan parliamentary delegation on a lobbying tour of south India met with eminent personalities in the state of Tamil Nadu and spoke at leading educational...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: A senior member of the European Parliament has challenged China’s ambassador to the European Union to facilitate a fact-finding visit to Tibet by members...
Please find below UNPO's press release on the hearing: Landmark Hearing Urges the European Union to Act Upon Religious Persecution By China European Parliament Hearing brings evidence...
Below is an article published by Filming for Tibet: In an unusual move, it has been learned by Filming for Tibet that filmmaker and political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen has been transferred from...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan human rights have plunged to “a new low,” an exile group said in a report Thursday [17 January 2013], urging Chinese authorities to...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: A senior minister in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has pledged to raise the issue of Tibet in the Indian Parliament. Shivpal Singh...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Tibetan Parliamentarians on an all-India lobbying campaign for global intervention in the crisis in Tibet have met with the Honourable Governor of Odhisha...
Below you can find an article published by Dossier Tibet: Chinese authorities have arrested eight Tibetans, including a family member of a self-immolator, for sharing information with outsiders...
Below is the article published by The Tibet Post: Twenty seven monks were expelled from a Tibetan monastery in eastern Tibet in one day after refusing to comply with new controls on their religious practice. According...
Below is an article published by Phayul: A Tibetan parliamentary delegation leading a month-long lobbying campaign seeking support for international intervention in the ongoing crisis in Tibet...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, the former Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, said the stalled dialogue process with China failed to make much progress...
Below is an article published by Zee News: Dharamsala: The solution to the Tibet conflict should be based on dialogue and nonviolence, Tibetan PM-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has said. "The Tibetan...
Below is a Press Release from the World Uyghur Congress: The World Uyghur Congress is pleased to announce that it will be holding a conference in collaboration with the Society for Threatened...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: Tibetan Parliament Speaker Penpa Tsering has said the younger generation of Tibet would have to take the responsibility to...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: A letter to U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to exercise greater international leadership in improving the human rights situation in...
Below is an article published by ZeeNews.com: Britain has asked China to hold "meaningful dialogue" with Tibetan communities over the human rights situation, including the self-immolations in...
Below is an article from Caixin Online: Central government programs aimed at promoting economic development in the Tibet Autonomous region have had a disappointing effect on the local economy,...
Below you can find an article published by Phayul: In further boost to calls for establishing a special European Union coordinator for Tibet, a Member of the European Parliament on Thursday [December...
Below is an article published by Phayul An authoritative group of Tibet experts submitted a letter to China’s president in waiting, Xi Jinping, expressing their “deep concern” about...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested three Tibetan monks for their reported role in sending...
Below you can find an article published by The Tibet Post International: December 10 [2012], International Human Rights Day, celebrated the 64th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of...
The following article was published by Phayul: A Tibetan writer serving a ten and half year term has been awarded the ‘Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award 2012’ by the Independent Chinese...
Today, on the 10th of December 2012 Human Rights Day is celebrated on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration today launched a barrage of new initiatives as a precursor to the 2013 ‘Solidarity with Tibet Campaign’...
Below is an article published by V3: A new OS X malware sample has been spotted by researchers on sites claiming to support of the Dalai Lama. Researchers from both Intego and F-Secure...
Below is an article published in The Times of India: The Dalai Lama is now Prof Dalai Lama, thanks to Tumkur University which conferred honorary professorship on the 77-year-old spiritual leader on Tuesday. Within...
Below is an article published by DNA: The newly appointed Chinese leaders should accept the requests for official visits to Tibet by the UN nominees and implement recommendations made by...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: On November 23 [2012], the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) launched the Tibet Education Project (TEP), a two-year programme funded by...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Social Service: Mr. Chime Youngdung, currently Director of Tibetan Social Service (TSS) with its main office in Dharamsala (India), has started his European tour...
Below is an article published by Avaaz.org: China's Communist party just wrapped up its 18th Congress with elaborate declarations of national unity and social harmony, and the announcement of their wholly...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Around two hundred members of Tibetan Support Groups from 43 countries will attend the Special International Tibet Support Groups Meeting from November 16 to 18...
Below is an article published by The Telegraph: The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was addressing around 130 parliamentarians including Shinzo Abe, a former premier who is seen as a favourite...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Hundreds of students have taken to the streets in eastern Tibet to demonstrate support for protestors who are demanding greater freedoms under...
Below is an article published on Phayul: On the eve of China’s once-a-decade leadership change, the exile Tibetan Parliament today [8 November 2012] urged China’s new leaders to accept...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: Press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), is asking people to sign a petition aimed at freeing Tibetan journalist Dhondup...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: China strongly objected Monday [5 November 2012] to a U.N. critique that it must better address grievances in Tibetan areas where there have...
Below is an article published by: the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday [2 November 2012] urged Chinese authorities...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: Imagine a close loved one being taken into custody, held incommunicado for days, weeks, or even years, without any...
Below is an article published by Prague Daily Monitor: Prague, Oct 22 (CTK) - Tibet's government-in-exile "seeks genuine autonomy within China" for Tibet and it wants China's written laws to be...
Below is an article published by Two Circles: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Sunday [October 21, 2012] expressed concern over the prevailing tense situation in Tibet and asked the Chinese...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Ahead of China’s once in a decade leadership change next month, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have issued fresh notices reinforcing the ban...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: The United States ambassador to China made a recent visit to a mountainous region of western China, where dozens of Tibetans disaffected with Chinese...
Below is an article published by Phayul: In what is being termed as a “historic change” to the age old Geluk Gyuktoe Chenmo (Gelukpa University Examination), science studies have been...
Below is an article published by EER News: The symbolic flame is being carried through 22 European countries by a delegation led by member of Tibet's exile parliament Thupten Wangchen. A demonstration...
Below is an article published by TibetanReview.net; Chinese courts in two counties of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Prefecture in Sichuan Province have recently imposed jail sentences of up to 11-years on four...
The article below has been published by the Hong Kong Standard: The speaker of Tibet's parliament-in-exile accused Beijing of turning the Himalayan region into a giant prison camp as he opened the...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: Tibetan exiles from around the world met in India on Tuesday to discuss how to respond to dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans and find...
Below is an article published by Zeenews: The second Special General meeting of Tibetans would be held at Dharamsala from September 25 to 28 to discuss the critical issues of self-immolations...
Below is an article by Radio Free Asia: A popular Tibetan businessman and supporter of traditional Tibetan culture is believed to have been detained by Chinese authorities after his home was demolished...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: The Tibetan flame of truth torch relay led Ven. Thupten Wangchen, member of Tibetan Parliament, reached Brussels from London yesterday....
Below is an article published by Phayul: Security software company AlienVault has made rare revelations linking the long-running malware assault on Tibetan groups with a Chinese programmer connected...
Below is an article published by Bikyamasr: Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in a speech on Wednesday [12 September 2012] that his successor would only be the spiritual leader...
Below is a press release written by By Dennis Barbion (RTYC): Due to the continuing repression in Tibet and the crackdown on the Tibetans by the Chinese government, the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: A Tibetan political prisoner who was released last year after serving a three-year sentence is in poor health with multiple...
On 11th of September 2012 the third Meeting of the Human Rights Council’s 21st Regular Session was held in the Palais des Nations, Geneva. UNPO President Ngawang Choephel attended the session and...
Below is an article published by the Phayul: A Chinese court in eastern Tibet has sentenced a teenaged-Tibetan girl to three years in prison for carrying out a protest demanding the return of the Dalai...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile, today began an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi in “solidarity...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have tightened security around a Tibetan monastery in Sichuan province's Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) prefecture which has become...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan nomads have driven Chinese gold miners away from a sacred mountain in China’s Qinghai province, vowing to give up their lives if necessary...
Below is an article published by Reuters: There are encouraging signs that attitudes towards Tibet are shifting in China, the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday [29 August 2012] , adding that the exiled Tibetan...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet: Two Chinese lawyers have been prevented from representing a respected Tibetan scholar monk known as Labrang Jigme, who was imprisoned...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The global press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, has called China’s complete isolation of Tibet from international media and outside reporters...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: Karma Yeshi, member of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, appealed to Goans on Saturday to support the cause of Tibetan independence and to...
Below is an article published by the Hindustan Times: On Sunday, German journalists based in China wrote to Merkel, asking her to raise the issue of deteriorating conditions for reporters here...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have detained more than 1,000 residents of a restive Tibetan county since March [2012], targeting mainly educated youth involved...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: Five young monks were detained during night-time raids at Gyalrong Tsodun Monastery in Barkham (Chinese: Ma'erkang)...
Below is an article published by The Huffington Post: A key question about the Chinese government's leadership transition later this year [2012] is whether as a rising power China can achieve internationally...
Below is a press release published by the Central Tibetan Administration: Fresh reports coming out of Tibet say a Tibetan man was beaten to death by the police after two more Tibetans self-immolated...
Below is an article published by The Central Tibetan Administration: Two US congressmen have strongly urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to undertake stronger, more coordinated, visible international...
Below is an article published by Deseret News: Religious minorities throughout the world continue to suffer severe restrictions of their rights to religious liberty, according to a new U.S. State Department...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post International: An aannual Tibet festival of Vancouver will focus on hundreds of displaced Tibetans from India and the upcoming event will be used as a new...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post International: A press statement issued by the Kashag, the executive body of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), said that a worldwide vigil for Tibet...
Below is an article published by The Cable: China's oppression of Tibetans and their culture is preventing China from becoming a modern, pluralistic, free, and democratic nation, according to Lobsang...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: July 20 2012, thousands of Tibetans and supporters welcome "Flame of Truth" Torch Relay in the Biggest exile Tibetan Settlement of Bylakuppe. The "Flame...
Below is an article published by The Daily Telegraph: Plans to build the theme park on the outskirts of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, were unveiled last week and are part of a...
18 July, The Hague – Upon learning that UN Secretary-General will be on a visit to the People's Republic of China this week, the UNPO Presidency is urging Mr. Ban Ki-moon to raise concern on the...
Below is an article published by CNN: An 18-year-old Tibetan monk set himself on fire in a monastery in China's Sichuan province, according to advocacy organizations and the Tibetan government in exile. The...
Below is an article published by the Examiner: News of continued tensions in Tibet and the associated tragic series of self-immolations by protesting Tibetans has been causing a great deal of...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Kalon Pema Chhinjor called on the youth to be responsible Tibetan ambassadors in his addresses to the Tibetans in Austria and Germany. He urged all Tibetans...
On Thursday 5 July the East Turkestan Uyghur Association in the Netherlands organized a demonstration in The Hague to commemorate the July 2009 Urumqi massacre, in which hundreds of Uyghurs were killed...
Below is an article published by Associated Press: Thousands of Tibetans have waved banners and lit incense in celebration of the Dalai Lama's 77th birthday at his headquarters in northern India. Buddhist...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: China has tightened security in Tibetan areas bordering India and Nepal as a measure to block Tibetans from fleeing into exile after taking part in public...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: The major topics up for discussion on July 3, at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva were racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Tibet activists and supporters joined 400,000 people in the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in a protest rally against Hu Jintao, who was visiting the business...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Kalon Dicki Chhoyang told members of the Taiwanese parliament and local NGO's concerned with human rights inside Tibet that the current situation within...
Below is an article published by TechWeekEurope: Researchers at Kaspersky Lab say Mac malware is being used in an advanced persistent attack targeting people supporting human rights for the...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: The Dalai Lama has given Nicholas Vreeland, director of The Tibet Center in New York, a daunting new assignment. On July 6 [2012], Vreeland will be...
Below is an article published by ABC News: The Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile is in Melbourne, and he will use his first official Australian visit to seek support for his plan for a...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet: At a recent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Chinese representatives have been adamantly refuting claims that...
Below is an article published by First Post: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has criticised the Chinese government’s censorship policy as morally wrong and said 1.3 billion people of China...
Below is an article published by BBC Two Tibetans set themselves on fire on Wednesday [20 June 2012] in Qinghai province, activist groups and Chinese state media said. One man died and the other was...
Below is an article published by the Economist: This week two Nobel-peace-prize laureates, both international figures of inspiration, find themselves visiting Britain: the leader of Myanmar’s (i.e....
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese police have detained a Tibetan monk and tightened surveillance of his monastery after he staged a solitary protest in front of government...
Below is an article published by Voice of America “In China, the human rights situation deteriorated, particularly the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association,” according...
Below is an article published by RTTnews: The European Union has called upon the Chinese authorities to ensure that human rights of the Tibetan people are respected, including their right to freedom of...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in China’s southwestern Sichuan province have ordered the detention of a handicapped Tibetan singer accused of recording songs praising...
Below is an article published by the Examiner: Bad news from Tibet has become an anticipated event on a daily basis for Buddhists. And so recent reports that Beijing has cut Tibet off from the...
Below is an article published by ABC News: In a matter of days, the number of expected foreign visitors to Tibet has gone from millions to zero. Chinese authorities alerted foreign travel agencies...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Two educators and a school official have been removed from their posts following widespread language-rights protests earlier this year [2012] by Tibetan...
Below is an article published by Examiner: It was a relief for Buddhists today to receive news of a peaceful rally by Tibetan students to protest repressive Chinese rule. Tendar Tsering has reported...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Nearly 50 reporters of India's major news agency, Press Trust of India, today [3 June 2012] received a special audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10266585 A mother of three is the latest Tibetan to self-immolate to protest Chinese rule, reports said Thursday...
Below is an article published by Voice of America News: Reports from Chinese-ruled Tibet say government forces have clamped tight controls on community life in Lhasa, after two young men set themselves...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Today, the 23rd of May 2012, marks 61 years of Chinese occupation of Tibet. Since 2008, Wednesday is also the day of Lhakar Movement- a home grown cultural...
The article below is published by The Tibet Post: Arriving early Saturday morning at the Klagenfurt Hall in Salzburg, Austria, His Holiness addressed the community of approximately 350 Tibetans, mostly...
Below is an article published by Associated Press: The Dalai Lama arrived in Austria Thursday [17 May 2012] for a visit that will include a meeting with Chancellor Werner Faymann and is likely to irritate...
Below is an article published by the Associated Free Press: Britain said Tuesday [15 May 2012] that Prime Minister David Cameron is free to meet with anyone he chooses, after China said the premier's...
The article below is published by Daily Mail: The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader will be handed the accolade at St Paul’s Cathedral in front of an audience of more than 2,000,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have beefed up security in a troubled Tibetan-populated township in Sichuan province about two weeks after massive protests against...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: The Chinese authorities in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) had imposed tough new restrictions on Tibetan prisoners and detainees, banning all visits from...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have forcibly grabbed land from five Tibetan nomadic villages in Qinghai province expected to be given to tens of thousands of new...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A court in China’s southwestern Sichuan province has sentenced a Tibetan who participated in a January [2012] protest against Chinese rule to life...
Below is an article published by Asia News: Chinese authorities "are committing cultural genocide" in Tibet through policies that are laying the foundation for comprehensive, systematic destruction of...
Below is an article published by Mainichi: A Tibetan organization that promotes unity among ethnic Tibetans in western China's Sichuan Province was shut down last week, prompting a two-day clash between...
Below is an article published by the Official Website of the Dalai Lama: On his last full day in Long Beach [California] during this visit, His Holiness bestowed the Yamantaka Initiations, addressed a...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Sichuan province have closed a school linked to the promotion and teaching of the Tibetan language, detaining two of the school’s...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet. Delegates to the London Book Fair today [17 April 2012] entered a hall adorned with five red Chinese flags and a picture of a Chinese...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Following a year in which more than 30 Tibetans set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet, the Dalai Lama is to begin a four-day visit...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has blamed Beijing's "totalitarian" and "unrealistic" policies for the wave of self-immolations among Tibetans,...
Below is an article published by the Republican: The Dalai Lama will talk to students and participate in a panel discussion with Native Hawaiian leaders during a visit to Honolulu this weekend. The Tibetan...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities have detained three locally well-known Tibetans from a county in Nagchu prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), a source...
Below is an article published by the New York Times: Hundreds of Tibetans who attended an important Buddhist ceremony in January in India have been detained without charge by Chinese security officers...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A Tibetan monk has died a week after self-immolating in protest against Chinese rule in troubled Sichuan province, exile sources said Saturday [07...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Much has changed under Chinese rule over the last two decades in Tibet. Over the past 25 years in Tibet, repression has grown. But so has resistance. More...
Below is an article published by The New Age: Twelve Nobel laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written to China's president urging him to open talks with the Dalai Lama after a series of...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode...
Below is an article published by Asia One: Tibetan herder Gatou used to live a nomadic life on the grasslands of the Tibetan plateau before he was rehoused under a controversial Chinese government scheme. Now...
Below is an article published by The Asian Age: A US Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would call on China to ease restrictions in Tibetan areas and free prisoners after a wave of self-immolations...
Below is an article published by CNN: A Tibetan protester set himself alight in New Delhi on Monday [26 March 2012] ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India this week, police said. New...
Below is an article published by the New York Times: Like many children of Tibetan nomads, Tsering Kyi started school relatively late, at age 10, but by all accounts she made up for lost time by studying...
Below is an article published by the BBC: The Justice Ministry in China says lawyers are now required to swear allegiance to the ruling Communist Party for the first time. All lawyers obtaining or renewing...
Below is an article published by BBC News: Australia's ambassador to China is seeking permission to visit Tibet following a number of self-immolations, said Foreign Minister Bob Carr. Ambassador...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A farmer became the 30th Tibetan to self-immolate in protest over Chinese rule on Saturday [17 March 2012] as he set himself ablaze and died in...
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process established by the United Nations Human Rights Council wherein states, UN agencies, and civil society can come together and comment on a wide range of human...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The Chinese government has ended a key policy of allowing Tibetan monasteries to be run by monks who comply with government regulations and have instead...
Below is an article published by Foreign Policy: Twenty-seven Tibetans have set fire to themselves since 2009 in protest against Chinese rule. Since this January alone, 14 people have done so. A total...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities have warned Tibetans who participated in mass protests in China's northwestern Qinghai province to surrender or face “severe”...
(UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré) Tuesday, 13 March 2012. At a parallel event on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet, UNPO President Ngawang Choephel chaired a panel on Tuesday, 13 March...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: A teenage Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest on the 53rd anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, an overseas...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: Two outbursts of violence involving fatal shootings by security forces took place last week in areas of China where ethnic tensions are running...
Below is an published article by Radio Free Asia: A well-known Tibetan writer is leading a call for an end to self-immolations by Tibetans, saying the burnings have already sent a clear message to Beijing...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: A Tibetan youth has burned himself to death in south western China, the third self-immolation in three days, in what overseas Tibetan rights groups said...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan women are at the forefront of long-running resistance against Chinese rule, with five women having burned themselves to death in...
Below is an article published by the New York Times: A prominent Tibetan writer living here in Beijing said on Thursday [1 March 2012] that the police had placed her under house arrest to prevent her...
Below is an article published by BBC News: Chen Quanguo, the Communist Party secretary in Tibet, urged officials to maintain comprehensive management over mobile phones and the internet. Officials are...
Below is a report published by Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders is alarmed at the blackout imposed by Chinese authorities on the provinces of Sichuan and Qinghai, as well...
The following article was published by the Himalayan Times: Thirteen Tibetans, detained last week for protesting against China in front of the United Nations office in Nepal, started an indefinite hunger...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: An influential Communist Party leader in China is asking for completely erasing the legal identity and minority status for Tibetans as a means...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetans in China’s troubled southwestern Sichuan province ushered in the new year on Wednesday [22 February 2012] by protesting Chinese rule amid...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan New Year, Losar, in a low-key way on Wednesday [22 February 2012] in memory of protesters who have lost their lives challenging Chinese rule,...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: A young Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, becoming at least the 21st to do so in the past year, and more than...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: Chinese police have detained a Tibetan writer in a western county where there have been anti-government protests, an overseas Tibetan news service has reported,...
Below is an article by the Daily Telegraph: Several hundred Tibetans, who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, have been detained by the Chinese government...
Below is an article by Times of India: The Chinese government is establishing management committees in every monastery in Tibet to strengthen its controls, amid a spate of suicides by Buddhist...
Below is an article published by NTCTV: The Committee to Protect Journalists recently posted an online report revealing that over half of the 27 documented imprisoned journalists in China are ethnic Uyghurs...
Below is article published by the Associated Press: Upcoming Tibetan New Year's celebrations appear poised to bring more bloodshed to the troubled Himalayan region, the head of Tibet's exile government...
The following article was published by the Associated Press: A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in western China and was beaten by security forces as they put out the flames, a rights group said,...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: An 18-year-old Tibetan nun has set herself on fire in western China in the latest protest against Beijing's handling of the Tibetan regions it...
Below is an article published by the BBC: From the air, the snow-capped mountains of China's Sichuan province push through the clouds in dramatic formations. But it is not easy to see them from the ground:...
Below is an article published by the BBC: A Tibetan is reported to have set himself on fire in south-west China, the 20th such case in the past year. The man, believed to be a monk, set himself on fire...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Tibetan protesters have pulled down a Chinese flag, put up posters calling for freedom, and shouted slogans at police in western China, defying a security...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Three Tibetans have set themselves on fire in the troubled county of Serthar (in Chinese, Seda) in China's Sichuan province, the latest in a series...
Below is an article published by the Epoch Times: Tibetans gathered for a rally on the front steps of Parliament Hill Thursday [2 February 2012] as Canada’s largest China rights group called on...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Review: The administration cited a report from Tibet as saying Chinese security forces brought them to the Lhasa Railway station at around 10 am (Beijing Time)...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Monks and nuns have abandoned their monasteries in a Central Tibetan county, preferring to leave rather than submit to “intrusive” new...
Below is an article published by CNN Thousands of Chinese security forces have flooded into an ethnically Tibetan area of southwestern China following large protests that led to violent, sometimes deadly,...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Chinese security forces have detained 7 laymen and a monk in a protest consisting of hundreds of Tibetans Tuesday afternoon [24 January 2012] in...
Below is an article published by Phayul Torture and indiscriminate beatings by Chinese prison guards has maimed the body of a Tibetan monk, causing waist-down paralysis. Lobsang Khedup, 39, a monk from...
The following press release has been published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy One Tibetan layman, identified as Yonten, has died of gunshot after security officials clamped...
Below is an article published by ABC News: For a fifth straight year, China plans to close Tibet to foreign travelers during a sensitive period starting in mid-February, travel agents said Thursday [19...
Below is an article by Phayul: Details are finally emerging of the Tibetan man whose self-immolation on January 14 in the besieged Ngaba region of eastern Tibet led to public demonstrations and police...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Review: A 42-year-old Tibetan man detained and rendered disappeared after a protest in Ngaba Town of Sichuan Province in Mar[ch] 2011 following Chinese police...
Below is an article published by Seattle Pi: Dozens of Tibetans, including monks, held up a portrait of the Dalai Lama in a community in southwestern China in an act of defiance days after other...
Below is an article published by Hindustan Times Chinese security forces on Saturday fired into a crowd of Tibetans in Sichuan Province as they tried to take away the body of a Tibetan man who died after...
Below is an article published by Voice of America Norlha Ashagtsang, 49, succumbed to the after effects of torture on 27 December 2011, in Lhasa, Tibet. Ashagtsang was from Pemashang, Joda County, TAR,...
Below is an article published by CNN Thousands of Tibetans took to the streets in western China early this week to commemorate a monk who died Sunday after setting himself on fire, local residents and...
The following article was published by AFP: A Tibetan died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwest China, statemedia said Sunday, taking the total number of such acts...
This article has been published by the Indian Times: With thousands of Tibetans having crossed the Himalayan borders of Nepal and China to attend the Kalchakra teachings at Bodhgya, the Central...
Below is an article published by AlertNet: Twelve Tibetans have set themselves on fire so far this year, all but one in a heavily Tibetan part of the southwestern province of Sichuan, which is historically...
The following article was published by Phayul.com DHARAMSHALA, December 26: An Indian social worker, fondly known as Aunty Aasha Reddy in the exile Tibetan community, was honoured with the inaugural...
Below is an article published by Tibet Review: The regional tourism bureau has said Chinese tourists accounted for 8.18 million tourists this year, a 28.1 percent year on year increase, while overseas...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: A Chinese Intermediate People's Court sentenced a leading Tibetan protester from Ngaba region of eastern Tibet to five years imprison...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: The American Consulate announced the launch of a new website for the Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Lhasa, Tibet, earlier this month. The US Consular...
Below is an article by Phayul: Chinese police have beaten to death a young Tibetan man in Labrang in Amdo region of eastern Tibet. The incident occurred on December 9 [2011], when Chonjor, a Tibetan...
Below is an article published by The Parliament: The verbal attack by Zhu Weiqun, China's vice-minister with responsibility for Tibet, comes in the wake of a recent appearance before the European...
Below is an article published by EU Observer: The Dalai Lama has urged foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to keep asking China for EU diplomats to visit Tibet. "The situation in Tibet is very desperate....
Barbara Lochbihler MEP, chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights opened the session by reporting that since the last meetings in December 2010 and July 2011 the human rights situation has deteriorated...
Below is an article published by The Wall Street Journal: Before the end of this month, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will review the second draft of a proposal for comprehensive...
Below is an article by the Taipei Times: Recently leaked footage of a crackdown by Chinese security forces in Tibet indicates that the level of repression against Tibetans appears to be much more serious...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Two members of Tibetan Women's Association Tenzin Woebum, Head of Women's Environment and Development Desk and Tenzin Dolma, Joint Secretary of TWA, who...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post The 22nd anniversary of the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama's receiving of the Nobel Peace Prize was commemorated in the...
Below is an article published by the Sydney Morning Herald: A FORMER Tibetan monk who set fire to himself as an anti-China political protest in Tibet's Chamdo township has survived, according...
Below is a statement by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama First of all let me express my deep appreciation and gratitude to the Tibet Intergroup of the European Parliament for organizing...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Despite strong objections from China, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, left Dharamshala today [29 November 2011] to address...
Below is an article by the Central Tibetan Administration: Jadrel Jampa Thinley Rinpoche, the president of the 11th Panchen Lama's search committee, who remained missing after serving a six-year imprisonment...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: Tenzin Seldon, a senior at Stanford University has been named a Rhodes Scholar. The 22-year-old Tibetan student is one of the 32 Americans awarded with...
Below is a press released published by Phayul: Even as Lhamo Tso, the wife of jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen is touring the UK, calling for her husband’s release, another Tibetan...
On November 16 2011, the Foreign Affairs Committee of Dutch Parliament held a general meeting concerning China and Dutch-Chinese relations. As part of its Dutch lobbying...
Below is an article published by the BBC: Kyabje Kirti Rinpoche, 70, said Beijing had responded to the immolations with tougher repression of Tibetan monks. But he said the authorities could put...
Below is an article published by BBC Monks can expect pensions, medical insurance and living allowances. The announcement came at a gathering of the Tibetan branch of the Chinese Communist Party. It...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Tibet are forcing the return of monks and nuns to a monastery abandoned following a bomb attack on a government...
Below is an article published by RFA But the Dalai Lama has said that Beijing will have no say in who will succeed him if he decides the tradition should continue. China's ruling Communist Party,...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: Yet another Tibetan nun self-immolated in Kham Tawu, eastern Tibet at around 12 noon today [3 November 2011]. She is the 11th Tibetan...
Below is an article published by OHCHR A group of United Nations independent experts voiced grave concern over reports of heavy security measures, in and around the area of the Tibetan Buddhist...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: On October 25 [2011] The Voice of Tibet, newspaper of the Central Tibetan Administration, was published in Estonia that includes...
Below is an article published by The Times of India. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate called on Beijing to change its approach to ruling over the Himalayan region. "For their own interest, not just the...
Below is an article published by UNPO: Beijing’s new security campaign in Tibet has created a crisis situation in the region, forcing desperate Buddhist adherents and ethnic Tibetans to extreme...
Below is an article published by UNPO: Beijing’s new security campaign in Tibet has created a crisis situation in the region, forcing desperate Buddhist adherents and ethnic Tibetans to extreme...
Below is an article published by Reuters: The Free Tibet group said the latest self-immolation happened outside a monastery in Ganzi in Sichuan province, about 150 km (95 miles) south of Aba, the site...
Below is an article published by Phayul The Indian capital city of New Delhi continued to remain a hectic scene of Tibet campaigns for the seventh consecutive day. Earlier today [24 October 2011], a...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Chinese security forces in large numbers have moved into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in an apparent bid to discourage local protests against rule...
Below is an article published by Agence France Presse: A Tibetan lama in southwest China dodges questions about a wave of self-immolations in the region, saying his monks are forbidden even to speak...
Below is an article published by Agence France Presse: Police in full riot gear carrying automatic rifles and iron bars stand guard outside a huge Tibetan monastery in southwest China, the scene of a...
Below is an article by Independent Online: Tibetan Buddhist monks in China say a wave of self-immolations is linked to Beijing's refusal to engage with the Dalai Lama, and fear the protests will make...
Below is an article by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich: Lobsang Sangay assumed the office of prime minister of the Central Tibetan Administration (also known as Tibetan Government in...
Below is a article published by Reuters The self-immolation and the protests signal that anger is swelling in Aba county, a mainly ethnic Tibetan part of Sichuan province that has been the centre of defiance...
Below is a statement from the UNPO Presidency: The Presidency of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) is alarmed by the recent wave of self-immolation protests carried,...
Below is a statement from the UNPO Presidency: The Presidency of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) is alarmed by the recent wave of self-immolation protests carried,...
Below is an article published by the Inquirer A former monk set himself on fire near a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwest China, rights groups said Sunday, in the latest protest against perceived...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: The Chinese government should immediately end excessive restrictions on Kirti monastery in the Aba (“Ngawa” in Tibetan) prefecture of Sichuan...
Below is an article published by the Radio Free Asia: A town in southwestern Sichuan province which has become the focus of Tibetan self-immolation protests was at a near standstill as people mourned...
Below is an article published by Taipei Times: “Thank you for your recent letter of August 2011 highlighting my recent decision to strengthen the democratic system of the Tibetan community...
Below is an article by Phayul: Reports coming out of Tibet confirm that two more Tibetans set themselves on fire today [7 October 2011] in an apparent anti-China protest. One is feared dead while the...
Below is an article published by the New York Times: When the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader-in-exile, suggested at the end of September [2011] that for the first time in 600 years his successor...
Below is an article by The Guardian: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, visibly shaking with anger, compared the South African government unfavourably with the apartheid regime and threatened to pray for the downfall...
Below is an article published by the BBC The Tibetan spiritual leader's office said the South African government had failed to grant him a visa on time. He was due to take part in Friday's celebrations...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post London: October the 1st marked the 62nd anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China. To mark the event, and highlight the appalling...
Below is an article published by BBC: They were apparently protesting at the lack of religious freedom. The incident happened at the Kirti monastery in Sichuan Province - the scene of a number of recent...
Below is an article published by Agence France Presse: Police have cut Internet services and blocked roads near a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwest China where two monks set themselves alight in...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy News just came from Tibet that this morning around 10:30 (Tibet local time) two more monks of Kirti Monastery, Ngaba...
Below is an article published by The International Campaign for Tibet: Today [22 Sept. 2011], Nepalese authorities turned over a group of 23 Tibetan refugees who had been held by the Department of Immigration...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet: Human rights monitors and foreign diplomats in Nepal who monitor the situation for Tibetan refugees transiting from Tibet...
Below is an article published by Phayul Mining in Chatreng began four years back, the Tibetan said. "Tibetan workers and their Chinese bosses initially had an argument over a wage payment issue," he said....
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: A monk in Tibet has died after suffering beatings and enduring hard labor during his 10-year prison sentence for campaigning for freedom, a source said. News...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: The New Delhi-based Tibetan parliamentary and policy research centre (TPPRC) has organized a five-day orientation course on Tuesday...
Below is an article published by The Baltic Times: China has cancelled the official visit of an Estonian minister later this month, in response to "an incident in Mid-August". A visit to China by Agriculture...
Below is an article by The Times of India: At a function held recently in the Capital, The Dalai Lama inaugurated the Centre for Tibetan Studies at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou)....
Below is an article published by IBN Live. Freedom for Tibet from Chinese clutches was the only slogan that filled the air as students from Tibet and eleven monks from Gaden Jangtse Monastery in Karnataka...
Below is an article published by Tibet Post International: The so called Intermediate People's Court sentenced a 23 year old young Tibetan man from Karze county, Kham region of eastern...
Below is an article published by The Inquirer: The Canadian Tibetan Committee was targeted in an email attack that tried to infect its computers with a trojan as the Dalai Lama was on his way to Montreal. The...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: Last Jan. 27 [2010], an Inner Mongolian rights activist, Govruud Huuchinhuu, suddenly vanished after leaving a hospital where she had undergone treatment...
Below is an article by ZeeNews. The Tibetan plateau is staring at ecological destruction due to extensive mineral extraction, deforestation and unscientific construction of highways and railways by the...
Below is an article published by BBC News Chinese authorities say the man, Rigzin Phuntsog of the Kirti monastery, immolated himself on 16 March. Tsering Tenzin and Tenchum will be jailed for 13 and...
Below is an article published by RTT News. A court in China on Monday sentenced a Tibetan monk to 11 years in prison for hiding a fellow monk who in an apparent protest against Beijing's rule in Tibet...
Below is an article published by Tibet Post: Tibetans and supporters across the world are strongly concerned over the current tense situation at the Nyatso Monastery of Tawu county in eastern Tibet. China...
BEIJING (AP) — The first trial opened Monday in the cases of three Tibetan Buddhist monks charged with murder in western China over the self-immolation death of a colleague in what was described...
Below is an article by Phayul.com DHARAMSHALA, August 25: “It seems that China lacks will to resolve the Tibetan issue,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Germany’s Hesse state, Wednesday. The...
Below is an article published by Tibet Post: Tibetans and supporters across the world are strongly concerned over the current tense situation at the Nyatso Monastery of Tawu county in eastern Tibet. China...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: A Tibetan spiritual leader installed by China’s communist government against the Dalai Lama’s wishes has finished a trip...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia. Chinese authorities are driving Tibetan villagers from their homes near the city of Shigatse to make way for government housing and a parade ground,...
Below is an article published by Phayul: In May, 2010 local Tibetans in the U Yuk Sogchen sub-district of Namling Shigatse protested environmentally destructive gold mining activities after repeated...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Local Tibetan and exile sources said security forces have converged on Nyitso monastery in a Tibetan region of southwestern Sichuan province...
Below is an article posted by the Estonian Free Press: The Tibetan spiritual leader is due to meet president Toomas Hendrik later today [August 17, 2011] and discuss how the country can make...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Outspoken Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains missing despite the end on Sunday of a five-year period of “probation,” and his wife...
The LMP party in Hungary (Lehet Más a Politika, or Politics Can Be Different) is expecting a prosecutor’s inquiry in connection with the actions against the Tibetans during the visit of the...
Below is an article published by the BBC: Harvard-trained academic Lobsang Sangay has vowed to fight Chinese "colonialism" at his swearing-in as the Tibetan exiles' new political chief. As elected head...
Below is an article published by the BBC. As elected head of the government-in-exile, he is assuming the political role of the Dalai Lama who, at 76, remains the exiles' spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: Urgent appeals have been posted online in Qinghai about lead poisoning in the local water-supply due to named mining and smelting...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Defying orders from Chinese authorities, more than 5,000 Tibetan monks, nuns, and laypeople gathered last week at a monastery in southwestern Sichuan...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese police have severely beaten and detained two teenage Tibetan girls after they staged a peaceful protest against Chinese rule in a Tibetan-majority...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Two Tibetan girls, both in their teens, are being described in serious condition after they were severely beaten and arrested by Chinese security personnel for...
Below is an article published by Phayul A month after jailed Tibetan writer Tashi Rabten (pen-name Theurang) was sentenced to a 4-year prison term, another young Tibetan writer was severely beaten and...
Below is an article published by moneycontrol.com Initial source: Press Trust of India The Dalai Lama has expressed hope that status quo on Tibet will not remain for long as Chinese people on the...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: A crowd of thousands gathered Saturday morning [insert date] on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to hear the Dalai Lama give a talk on the importance...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration: A 25-year-old Tibetan writer has been severely beaten and arrested for launching stinging attack on the Chinese government's wrong policies...
Below is an article published by Associated Press: Nepalese authorities prevented exiled Tibetans from celebrating their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's birthday on Wednesday [6 July 2011] over concerns...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: A Tibetan writer and magazine editor, Tashi Rabten, has been sentenced to four years in prison for what Chinese authorities call separatist activities...
Below is the invitation by the Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Society Europe for the events in English,Tibetan and Chinese. Demonstration on the 5th of July in front of the Chinese embassy in Brussels to...
Below is an article published by Spero News: Step up censorship, immediately jail anyone who spreads damaging news for the government, widespread checks on all citizens from an early age and even denounce...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Three months after a Tibetan monk's self-immolation death to protest Chinese rule, Kirti monastery is swamped by Chinese security. Tibetan monks...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: The Tibetan community in Kathmandu had organized a week of prayers for the long life of the Dalai Lama, who turns 76 on July 6, and...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: Chinese authorities arrested two monks of Khangmar monastery in Kardze in eastern Tibet on last Friday (17th June) after staging a peaceful demonstration...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan monks at a restive monastery in southwestern China’s Sichuan province refused to take part in a religious rite on Wednesday [15 June...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia:The security situation in Kardze, a Tibetan-majority region of China, was tense Monday [13 June 2011] after more Tibetan monks and nuns took to the streets...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: China rejected pressure from a U.N. human rights panel about more than 300 Tibetan monks and said Thursday [9 June 2011] that local authorities are...
Below is an article published by 2point6billion.com: Faced with severe challenges brought by reduced water resources and a severe drought that has affected a large portion of the country, China has started...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: The 22nd anniversary of the Tienanmen square massacre was marked by Canadian author Joann Dionne and Tibetan political activist Tenzin Tsundue in Dharamshala...
Below is an article published by UNPO: Located within the grounds of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel lies a monument to the students and activists that lost their lives to the crackdown...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy: According to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the Chinese...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: Chinese authorities in Tibet's Ngaba County have arrested a 27 year old Tibetan monk of Kirti monastery on May 19, a Tibetan source living here said. Lobsang...
Brussels, 30 May 2011 – The passing of amendments tabled on 29 May 2011 transferring executive powers to elected deputies represent the latest stage in Tibet’s maturing democracy that was most...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration:The 4-day meeting attended by Tibetans from across the world deliberated the draft amendments to the charter on the devolution of...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: The landmark Tibetan National General Meeting which was successfully concluded today [24 May 2011] unanimously approved a proposal...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia and translated by High Peaks Pure Earth: A report based on the visit of a delegation of representatives of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia and translated by High Peak Pure Earth:On March 16, after the young monk Phuntsog died from self-immolation, over a thousand military police armed...
Below is an article published by DalaiLama.com: […] Talking about his first commitment of promotion of human values, His Holiness said that we are all the same human beings; we all want a happy...
Below is an article published by IndiaRealTime Lobsang Sangay, the newly-elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Thursday [12 May 2011] met with three Tibetan political activists who...
Below is an article published by ALDE: Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE group leader) and Edward McMillan-Scott (Lib Dem, UK) today called on Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, to address ongoing...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post:Dallas, Texas, USA, 10 May 2011 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his day on 10 May with a meeting with former US Special Coordinator for Tibetan...
Below is an article published by: International Campaign for Tibet. New information has emerged about the current crackdown in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP),...
Below is an article published by Tibet Post International The 250-mile walk will end at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC on May 8, 2011 with a rally by hundreds of Tibetan-Americans and supporters. ...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Express: Two Tibetan monks from Jophu Monastery in Jomda County, Chamdo Prefecture, “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR) were sentenced to varying...
Below is an article published by: International Campaign for Tibet.The Chinese state media released a statement today acknowledging that a Tibetan woman died but saying that claims that they were...
Brussels, 2 May 2011 – With the results of the 20 March 2011 Kalon Tripa elections to the Tibetan Parliament in Exile confirmed, the UNPO extends to Dr. Lobsang Sangay its...
Below is an article published by CNN: A Harvard-educated legal expert was elected head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Wednesday, filling the shoes of the Dalai Lama who said last month [March...
Below is an article published by BBC News: China says the situation is "normal" at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in south-west China which campaigners say has been sealed off by police. A...
Below is an article published by: The Guardian.Chinese state media have confirmed reports of clashes between monks and police at a Tibetan monastery in Sichuan province, but deny it has been blockaded.The...
Below is an article published by Tibet Custom: Kirti Monastery in northeastern Amdo Province in Tibet where a monk killed himself in protest against the Chinese government's repression last month...
Below is an article published by the Tibet Post: Approximately 200 people on April 6 [2011] held a candlelight vigil at the main Tibetan Temple in Dharamshala to pay their homage to the late Jamyang Jinpa,...
Below is the resolution issued by the European Parliament: PE459.800 The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolution of 17 June 2010...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet: Jinpa was detained following a protest in front of foreign journalists at Labrang monastery on April 9, 2008. Labrang...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese security forces last week [28 March – 3 April 2011] broke up a mass protest by Tibetans over the seizure of their land for redevelopment...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia Security forces in a western region of China have detained and fined family members of three young Tibetans who have gone into hiding after putting...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Headway is being made between Washington and Beijing as a rare Senate staff mission to Tibet led to recommendations that the United States works closer...
Below is an article published by Republica: Chinese officials have requested Nepal to ensure blockage in the movement of Tibetans through the border. Chinese officials put forward the request during...
Below is an article published by the Committee to Protect Journalists: Information authorities in China should restore access to a Tibetan news and blog site whose founder reports has been shuttered without...
Below is a press release published by: The China Post.Thousands of Tibetans worldwide voted on Sunday the 20th of March 2011, for a new political leader who hopes to become a fresh face of their...
Below is a press statement by International Network of Parliamentarians for Tibet: International Parliamentarians Praise Tibetan Elections: Calls upon the International Community to support Tibetan democratic...
Below is an article published by MercuryNews: Before the era of Twitter and Facebook, political prisoners such as Ngawang Sangdrol-la recorded songs on tape cassettes to document the inhumane...
Below is an article published by: Phayul.The Tibetan Women’s Association dedicated the 52nd anniversary of the National Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day to honor the indomitable literary...
Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan people’s peaceful uprising of 1959 against Communist China’s repression in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, and the third anniversary of the non-violent...
Below is an article published by The Economic Times: The movement seeking "genuine autonomy" to Tibet Autonomous Region from China will neither end nor disappear after spiritual leader the Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by BBC: The Dalai Lama said he would begin the formal process of stepping down at a meeting of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile next Monday. He said the move would...
Below is an article publish by BBC News The comments were made by Jia Qinglin, who sits on the standing committee of the Chinese Communist Party's powerful politburo. He said China also needed...
Below is an article published by The Associated Press: A brother and two sons of the Dalai Lama's nephew say they'll complete his walk to bring attention to the campaign for freedom in Chinese-controlled...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: The Tibetan prime minister Professor Samdhong Rinpoche on February 17th, 2011 - Thursday, voiced his deep concern for the current situation in Tibet: "The...
Below an article published by the Tibet Post International. The one-sided policy has robbed the Tibetans of their basis for cultural identity; causing the loss of their language in their homeland...
Below is an article published by Sify News: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he is not seeking a 'greater Tibet' as alleged by China, but reiterated that he...
Below is an article published by The Indian Express China plans to develop three major mineral bases in Tibet in the coming five years amid reports that 102 types of deposits with an estimated...
Below is an article published by The Irish Times The Tibetan spiritual and political leader the Dalai Lama is to make his third visit to the Republic this April [2011]. The Nobel Peace Laureate...
Below is an article published by: Tibetan Review Prominent newspaper columnist Chang (or Zhang) Ping, 42, who writes on politically sensitive topics, including Tibet, has been dismissed from his...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign from Tibet. As the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism scrutinized Nepal's human rights record on...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Three essayists in Tibet refuse to appeal a judgment which, according to sources, came from 'higher authorities.' Three Tibetan writers, who were ordered...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: US President Barack Obama took the opportunity of a joint press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao on 19 January...
Below is an article published by The Huffington Post: For over twenty years, the Tibet House has operated with the function of preserving Tibetan art and culture. Prior to Tibet's illegal...
Below is a press release published by The Economic Times: After ordering the closure of the Dalai Lama's envoy's office in Kathmandu and taking over absolute power with a military-backed...
Below is an article published by The Economic Times: After ordering the closure of the Dalai Lama's envoy's office in Kathmandu and taking over absolute power with a military-backed bloodless coup in...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post: Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States may not go as smoothly as the Obama administration may have hoped. At least 17 Taiwanese-American...
Below is an article published by One India: "The Chinese government laid policies to enforce asystematic crackdown on influential Tibetans like singers,writers and environmentalists," Ugen Tenzin,...
Below is an article published by the Official Website of Central Tibetan Administration: Inspired by the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on compassion and interdependence, a diverse...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: Tenpa Lodoe, pseudonym Gang-ga Champo, a well-known Tibetan writer and the editor of 'Walk-Forward' (Dhunkyod) was arrested recently by Chinese Security...
Below is an article published by Open Democracy Many Tibetans these days are rightfully feeling dismayed, believing that their culture and identity is increasingly being eclipsed and their hopes for...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post International: A Tibetan political prisoner named Jigme Gyatso serving a 17-year long prison sentence in Chushul prison near Tibet's capital Lhasa is in...
Below is an article published by Daily News & Analyses: The Tibetan government-in-exile today said the border dispute between India and China cannot be resolved until the issue of Tibet is addressed...
Below is an article published by The International Campaign for Tibet: The International Campaign for Tibet joins people around the world in offering heartfelt condolences to the family of Ambassador...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post Tibetan classical musician Techung and the non-profit Built On Respect are working with other musicians and NGOs to raise awareness for two Tibetan artists...
Below is an article published by Taipei Times: Surrounded by dozens of friends, Tibetan activists and curious onlookers, the Dalai Lama’s nephew Jigme Norbu launched his 400km-plus walk from Taipei...
Below is an article published by The Tibet Post: The demonstration will be led by a coalition of United Nations for a Free Tibet, the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress Belgium and the Free...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia A Tibetan man sought by Chinese police for more than two years for taking part in protests against Chinese rule has evaded his pursuers and crossed...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review The authorities in Kandze (or Karze, Chinese: Ganzi) County in Sichuan Province have released on November 19 a nun in serious health conditions...
Below is a press release published by the European Parliament: Burma MEPs welcome the recent release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi but are concerned about her safety...
Below is a press release published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in the remote western Chinese province of Gansu have stepped up surveillance of Tibetan high schools following a small-scale...
Below is an article published by The Copenhagen Post Online Tibetan leader Dali Lama has been invited to visit Denmark by humanitarian organisation Tibet Charity as well as seven other Danish...
Below is an article published by Tibetan UN Advocacy: Dharamshala: The report documented comprehensive accounts of restrictions on religious freedom, abuse of religious freedom, forced religious...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration: The report documented comprehensive accounts of restrictions on religious freedom, abuse of religious freedom, forced religious...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration: "Why did they run away the minute we came to talk to them? We did not came here for confrontation. Shirin Ebadi and we...
Below is an article published by University World News Recent protests by students against the downgrading of the Tibetan language as a medium of instruction in schools and colleges were backed...
Below is the statement published by the Dalai Lama: I welcome the release of fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and extend my appreciation to the military regime in Burma. I extend my full support...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration: Statement The Sixth International Conference of Tibet Support Groups was held at Surajkund in the north Indian state of Haryana from 5...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: The heads of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the Central Tibetan Administration's Department of Religion and Culture today [27...
Below is an article published by the Huffington Post: Some summers ago when I was in Lhasa, I noticed that the sun rose surprisingly late and daylight diffused quite a long while into...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press: Chinese officials tried to defuse discontent following days of student protests in ethnically Tibetan areas, saying a plan to teach classes...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Thousands of Tibetan students pressed ahead with protests for the second day running amid fears they will be forced to adopt a Chinese-language-only...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Thousands of Tibetan students pressed ahead with protests for the second day running amid fears they will be forced to adopt a Chinese-language-only...
Below is a press release published by Radio Free Asia: Find here a video clip on the protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy6Cso_KzfM Thousands of Tibetan students in...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Local Tibetans and supporters in Vancouver held a protest Saturday, 16 October 2010, against the acquisition of the Gyama (Ch. Jiama) mine by the...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration The US government urges the Chinese government to hold substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives...
Below is an article published by VMC Local Tibetans and supporters protested the acquisition of the Gyama (Ch. Jiama) mine by the Vancouver company China Gold International Resources (CGG). The...
Below is an article published by VMC Local Tibetans and supporters protested the acquisition of the Gyama (Ch. Jiama) mine by the Vancouver company China Gold International Resources (CGG). The...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in the remote western province of Gansu have sentenced two Tibetan students to two-year jail terms in connection...
Below is an article published by BBC News: A group of 23 Communist Party elders in China has written a letter calling for an end to the country's restrictions on freedom of speech. The...
Below is an article published by the Huffington Post: Last Sunday on October 3rd, thousands of Tibetans went to the polls to vote for the Prime Minister and MPs of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile....
Below is an article published by Phayul China plans to tighten control over Tibetan Buddhist monasteries to reduce the influence of the exiled Dalai Lama and other 'internal and external separatist...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: The Dalai Lama's special envoy has expressed concern over Nepal's police action to block voting by Tibetan refugees for the spiritual...
Below is a statement issued by the Office of the General Secretary of the UNPO: The Hague, 5 October 2010 – The news that Nepalese officials and police have removed ballots containing...
Below is a press release by Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch is concerned about the situation of the Tibetan minority nationality in the People’s Republic of China as they...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: We “ethnic minorities” took notice of thousands of Cantonese people recently taking to the streets fighting for their language,...
Senge H. Sering (2010): China Builds Dam on Indus near Ladakh, Journal of Defence Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, page 136. Abstract: "The tail-end of Indus receives so little water that today...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: Marking 50 years of Tibetan Democracy in-exile, South African MPs from opposition parties delivered four statements...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: In yet another sign of increasing Chinese influence in India's neighbourhood, Nepal is detaining refugees from China's Tibet Autonomous...
Below is an article published by the Times of India: In yet another sign of increasing Chinese influence in India's neighbourhood, Nepal is detaining refugees from China's Tibet Autonomous...
On the occasion of Tibetan Democracy Day, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy, the International Network for Parliamentarians on Tibet (INPaT) urged the People’s Republic of China...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: A British composer says he is "deeply disappointed and dismayed" by the British Council's decision to cancel a performance of his ballet...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The 50th anniversary celebrations of Tibetan democracy was commemorated today in Bylakuppe, the largest Tibetan settlement in India where the...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: Chinese police in Palyul (Chinese: Baiyu) County of Karze (Chinese: Ganzi) Prefecture in Sichuan Province have on Aug 17 [2010] opened fire on...
Below is an article published by The Central Tibetan Administration: The US State Department has submitted its annual report on Tibet negotiations to the Congress, encouraging substantive...
Below is an article published by The Wall Street Journal: Over the past few years, Beijing's repressive policies have increasingly alienated Tibetans. One indication was the March 2008 uprising and...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Chinese authorities in Tibet have restricted the display of photos of the Karmapa Lama, confiscating them from monks and warning drivers...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibet Administration: I have been deeply saddened by the loss of many lives and the destruction of property caused by the floods in Pakistan and India....
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: Tragyal was detained on April 23, 2010 from his home in Xining following the publication of his now-banned book,...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: The death toll has risen to 702 after an avalanche of mud and rock swept through Drugchu, a Tibetan area of Gansu...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Tibetan farmers and nomads in China's remote western province of Qinghai are camping out on what's left of their homes following April's devastating...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration: The responses were released on the Chinese-language website of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 19 July 2010. Question...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch :(New York) - Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: Eyewitness accounts confirm that Chinese security forces used disproportionate force and acted with deliberate brutality during and after unprecedented...
Below is an article published by UNPO: The Concert Noble played host a celebration of the 75th birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama on 13 July 2010 with UNPO joining guests representing European Union institutions,...
Below is an article published by the Washington Post Teenager Dawan Dunjhu is Tibetan and lives in Tibet, but says that if his friends and classmates can't master Mandarin Chinese, they have little...
Below is an article published by Zeenews: "Throughout our experiences together- whether in the field or the halls of political power - she has remained a skillful navigator whose commitment...
Below is an article published by Spero News: In less than a year, Chinese police arrested, tortured and sentenced to prison or to "re-education-through-labour" three brothers and...
Below is an article published by Press Trust of IndiaExiled Tibetans will take part in a 'mock election' today, July 6th, to elect their Prime Minister on the eve of 75th birth anniversary of Tibetan...
Below is an article published by Xinhuanet News: "The preservation and development of Tibetan culture bears on the inheritance of the centuries-old Tibetan history, the advancement of...
Below is an article published by Xinhuanet News: "The preservation and development of Tibetan culture bears on the inheritance of the centuries-old Tibetan history, the advancement of...
Below is an article published by the bbc.co.ukThe lyrics of the song are not exactly subtle: "The occupation and denial of freedom of Tibetans/This is torture without trace."Another sounds a...
Below is an article published by Phayul: International Network of Parliamentarians on Tibet (INPaT) was convened last November in Rome during the Fifth World Parliamentarians’ Convention...
Below is an article published by Strait.com: Next week's G8 summit in Huntsville, Ontario, is a unique opportunityfor world leaders to speak with a single, resolute voice in support ofthe Dalai Lama's...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post: While Tibet raises a number of controversial questions, one dimension will assume increasing political significance: its water resources. The Tibetan...
Below is an article published by Sify News:A new prime minister and parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in this northern Indian hill town will be held in March next year, an...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibet Administration:Election Commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) declared the dates for voting the next members of the...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Mrs Rinchen Khando, former minister of the Tibetan exile government, speaks at the opening day function of advanced leadership training for Tibetan...
Below is an article published by The Canadian Press : The young man enthroned by Beijing as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism is visiting major religious sites in Tibet,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Authorities in the western Chinese province of Qinghai have now formally arrested a Tibetan writer who signed an open letter...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia : Hotels in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, are being forced to install electronic surveillance equipment amid an ongoing security clampdown...
Below is an article published by Sify News:'The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) is deeply concerned that the Chinese government has once again handed down a death sentence to one Tibetan...
Below is an article published by: BBCCity shopkeepers say the authorities are particularly concerned about material printed in Tibetan. This appears to be an attempt to prevent ordinary people from...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net: The interview was conducted by its chairman, Mr. Yu Pinhai, who had flown to Cedar Falls from Hong Kong, for the purpose. His Holiness responded...
Below is an article published by stlToday.com: This week's resumption of U.S.-China human rights talks after two years will spotlight what critics say is a deterioration in Beijing's...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Asia “It is now one week since he was detained,” Yeshi Tsomo, daughter of the Tibetan writer Tagyal, said in an interview. “I...
Below an article published by One India: Tibetan journalists in-exile in Dharamshala have urged China to release all journalists jailed in Tibet and allow the international media to...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jou said April 30 [2010] in an interview with the CNN that he supports autonomy for Tibet and the Dalai...
Below is an article published by The Peninsula :A leading Tibetan writer who worked for a Chinese state publishing house has been taken into custody after criticising the government’s...
Below is an article published by globalpost:On a drizzling afternoon in this village in northwest Yunnan province, a Chinese New Year party is underway at He Bao Shang’s earth-walled...
Below is an article published by Orissadiary: The Cabinet of Tibetan Ministers of government in exile, the executive body of Central Tibetan Administration, through a circular today [20...
Below is an article published by AFP: Lhamo Yongsuo's black dress matches the mood in China's northwest quake-hit region where nearly 1,500 have died, but upon seeing the Dalai...
Below is an article published by AFP : DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama appealed to Beijing Saturday [17 April 2010] to allow him to visit the province in China where he...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Asia The 7.1 magnitude quake, which rocked the Yushu Tibetan region of Qinghai province Wednesday, has claimed at least 760 lives, according...
Below is an article published by FreeTibet.org : An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit Tibet at 0749 local time today [14 April].Official Chinese news sources have reported that more than 400 people have...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy :Tibetan students in Machu County, Kanlho “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) in Gansu Province...
Below is an article published by The Times of India : "Things are hopeful in the long run, very hopeful, but in the short term, (it is) very difficult," the Tibetan spiritual...
Below is an article published by: One IndiaThe decision was taken at the two-day general body meeting attended by NDPT functionaries at Dharamsala."We decided 15 candidates for the Members of...
Below is an article published by The Epoch Times:"I have been back and forth to Tibet a number of times and I never noticed the dams were there-but they are hidden, they are down...
Below is an article published by: AFPThe detainees have been in police custody since March 10 -- the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet -- under a law that allows authorities...
Below is an article published by Khabrein: The Swiss Tibetan friendship organization criticizes on Tuesday [16 March 2010] the position of the Swiss federal council, refusing a meeting with Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by Reuters : Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled...
Below is an article published by Tibetan News and Culture Online: A two-day deliberation on how to facilitate and empower Tibetan women to take full and active participation in social, political...
Below is an article published by: PhayulA report in the official newspaper Lhasa Evening News (Ch: Lasa wen Bao) yesterday (Tuesday, 2 March 2010)in the Lhasa City government had ordered...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net:So they came up with a fresh idea called “The Bridge Conference” to interact with each other informally to explore the causes and sentiments...
Below is an article published by Sify News: The Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala held special prayers to mark the anniversary of the Tibetan...
Below is an article published by One India:Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to Dharamsala on Saturday after his visit to the United States, where he met President Barack Obama....
Below is an article published by: CNN In his first interview since his recent controversial meeting with President Obama, the spiritual leader of Tibet told CNN's "Larry King...
Below is an article published by News10 :The Dalai Lama said he wasn't offended by the low-key reception he received at the White House this week and understands that President Barack...
Below is an article published by News10 :The Dalai Lama said he wasn't offended by the low-key reception he received at the White House this week and understands that President Barack...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of Tibetans staged a rare public protest in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan during the lunar new year holiday,...
On his arrival at the White House, His Holiness was received by Ambassador Capricia Marshall, the Chief of Protocol of the United States Government and was led to the Map Room. His Holiness was accompanied...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post : Now that the White House has announced that President Obama will receive the Dalai Lama, it is important that he be welcomed not only as a moral...
Below is an article published by: The Washington PostPresident Obama's failure to meet the Dalai Lama last year set back the Tibetan cause, but a new meeting at the White House this week is a...
Below is an article published by Reuters:The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who greeted thousands of Tibetans in the main Buddhist temple in the north Indian town of Dharamsala at the start of what would...
Below is an article published by The Epoch TimesThe university, which has about 600 students from mainland China and Hong Kong, confirmed last week that it had been removed from the Chinese Ministry...
Below is an article published by One India: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), a global forum of the Tibetan community has urged upon fellow Tibetans around the world not to celebrate Losar, their...
Below is an article published by Asia Times:The Dalai Lama's envoys in Beijing have refused to bow to pressure from China to steer the Tibetan spiritual leader away from meeting US President...
Below is an article published by: The New York Times It was the second successive day that China has spoken out against the meeting, and comes after Beijing said ties had been harmed by a U.S....
Below is an article published by The Epoch Times: Representatives of the Tibetan government in exile returned to India with nothing on Feb. 1, as they concluded the ninth round of talks with Chinese Communist...
Below is an article published by the BBC : Chinese Communist Party official Zhu Weiqun said there would be "corresponding action" if the meeting went ahead. The White House...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia : The mother of two Tibetans detained for more than a month by Chinese security forces says she’s concerned over the fate of her sons,...
Below is an article published by Philadelphia Inquirer: BEIJING - Two envoys of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans, arrived in China yesterday to resume a long-running...
Below is an article published by: BBCDiscussions broke down in acrimony in 2008, with Beijing saying that no progress had been made. One of the Dalai Lama's representatives told the BBC he thought...
Below is an article published by The Official Website of Central Tibetan Administartion:His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi G. Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive...
Below is an article published by Asia Times: Beijing, stung by rioting in Tibet, hardened it stance against the Dalai Lama last year, convincing United States President Barack Obama and...
Below is a statement issued by Jamestown Foundation:The Hu Jintao administration has significantly tightened policy over Tibet in an apparent attempt to ensure the proverbial Chinese...
Below is article published by phayul.com: Ten Tibetans arrested in Nepal after escaping Chinese-occupied Tibet have been handed over to the United Nations and not deported back to Tibet, media reports...
Below is an article published by Kyodo News Agency: Nepali authorities have arrested 10 Tibetan nationals who entered Nepal illegally and may face deportation to China, government...
Below is an article published by AFP: Nepalese police said on Sunday [January 17, 2010] they have arrested a group of Tibetans for crossing the border into the Himalayan nation...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: It is not just human rights activist in China whose GMail accounts were hacked, according to a New York Times report which said a Tibetan student of Stanford...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Review: China on Dec 28 [2009] sentenced self-taught video-maker Dhondup Wangchen to a six-year jail term for filming interviews with Tibetans on their...
Below is an article published by Press Trust of India :The Dalai Lama today [11 January] alleged that Tibet has no religious independence and appealed to foreigners, who assembled here to listen to his...
Below is an article published by Buffalo News: A Tibetan filmmaker who made a documentary that was highly critical of the Chinese government's policies in Tibet has been sentenced...
Below is an article published by the Wall Street Journal:When President Obama didn't meet with the Dalai Lama during his October [2009] trip to Washington, it gave many the impression that human-rights...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net:The day-long national seminar titled "Education for Peace: Issues and Challenges", organised by the local Dronacharaya College on Sunday witnessed...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today joined thousands of Tibetan exiles in a ceremonial function commemorating the 20th death anniversary...
Below is an article published by Phayul:Over 238 participants consisting of directors, principals, headmasters and senior teachers, from 85 Tibetan schools, including three higher studies centres,...
Below is an article published by International Parliamentary Network on Tibet: Tibet, the world's largest and highest plateau, is the 'world's third pole' because it contains...
Below is an article published by Phayul.comAs leaders of 192 countries discuss ways to save the earth from climate change at the UN Climate Action meet in Danish capital Copenhagen, the exile Tibetans...
Below is an article published by VOA News: Sources in China's Sichuan province say dozens have been arrested after protests over the detention of a Buddhist monk jailed for a series of...
Below is an article published by the Central Tibetan Administration:Yangkyi Dolma, aged 33. who belonged to Lamdak monastery in Karze, Tibet, died around 2 pm on Saturday, 5 December 2009. ...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: The exact number of Tibetans detained on Dec. 5 [2009] was unclear, but one exiled source who has been in contact with witnesses said...
Below is an article published by Voice of America:One of the world's largest inter-faith festivals has opened in Australia. Up to 8,000 people are expected at the Parliament of the World's...
Below is an article published by Environment News Service:Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Monday (30 November) that the world's leaders must give the highest priority...
Below is an article published by The Tibetan Review:The permanent population of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) will reach 3.4 million over the next 11 years, with 1.46 million living in urban areas, reported...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Australia's government is struggling to have its key climate change policy, a carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS), passed by a hostile...
Below is an article published by the Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration : His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Australia for a series of lectures on universal responsibility...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press:Obama made his first trip to China as president last week and has faced criticism that he didn't do enough to press Beijing on...
Below is an article published by Thaindian News: The department of religion and culture of the Central Tibetan Administration has been organising the conference. “Around 85 Buddhist...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Court documents relating to one of three Tibetans believed to have been executed by Chinese authorities for their part in the Lhasa unrest of March...
Below is an article published by NDTV:The court found 39-year-old Kunchok Tsephel guilty of so-called “divulging state secrets.” It’s a vague charge Chinese authorities often use...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: U.S. President Barack Obama began wrapping up a three-day state visit to China on Wednesday with a call on Beijing to start talks with the exiled...
Below is an article published by Samay Live: "His Holiness the Dalai Lama this (Monday 16 November 2009) afternoon reached Rome to attend the fifth World Parliamentarians' Convention...
Below is an article published by The Times of India: "We did note that while we recognise that Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China, the United States supports the...
Below is an article published by Tibet Custom:On 27 September 2009, the Chinese government issued a white paper on its nationalities policy. This is the third white paper on the minority nationalities....
Below is an article published by AFP: Obama, who leaves the United States for his debut Asian tour as president on Thursday, [12 November 2009] will talk about religious freedom, the plight...
Below is an article published by LA Times: Ignoring Chinese protests, the Dalai Lama traveled Sunday to a remote town in northeastern India near China's Tibetan border where thousands...
Below is an article published by BBC News: The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader is in Tawang in India's state of Arunachal Pradesh, itself a source of dispute between Beijing...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: On his arrival at the provincial capital of Matsuyama early morning today [3 November 2009],His Holiness the Dalai Lama interacted with the local media...
Below is an article published by BDNews 24:The exhibition was organised by 'Students for a Free Tibet', and includes some very rare photos of the Dalai Lama's journey into...
Below is an article published by VOA News : The Dalai Lama came to Japan to take part in panel discussions with scientists but the exiled Tibetan leader did not shy away from the...
Below is an article published by BBC News: They are thought to be the first executions in relation to the unrest, which left at least 22 people dead. There are reports that two more Tibetans have been...
Below is an article published by AP : However, the two Asian giants have agreed not to let border tensions erupt into violence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said after meeting with...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Batzangaa, 35, a Chinese national and ethnic Mongolian who developed a network of traditional Mongolian-Tibetan medical practitioners around the...
Below is an article published by the Times of India : The world had seen the great fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of powerful Soviet Union into independent nations, so...
Below is an article published by Trak News: The Dalai Lama’s “Middle Way” approach abandoned the dream of an independent Tibet in favour of seeking greater autonomy...
Below is an article published by Norwich Bulletin: Thursday night [15 October 2009], about 200 Tibetans, most from Montville and Norwich, but some from as far as Boston and New York, held a dinner...
Below is an article published by CBS: Powerful U.S. lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday [6 October] even as President Barack Obama faced harsh...
Below is an article published by Tibet Custom : According to reliable information received on 5 October 2009, a 54-year-old retired Tibetan doctor named Yeshi Choedon was given...
Below is an article published by New York Times: But one appointment not on the calendar of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, is a meeting with the president of the United...
Below is an article published by: International Campaign for TibetChina tightens screws on Tibet for October 1st 60th anniversary: New details of ongoing protests and political prisonersAs people throughout...
Below is an article published by: The Christian Science MonitorTibetans are hoping the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China will pass uneventfully, and Chinese police and military in...
Below is an article published by UPI : The Dalai Lama has arrived in Canada to co-host the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit, supporters say. About 100 people, mostly Tibetan-Canadians...
Below is an article published by Phayul : The Dag Hammerskjold Plaza opposite the United Nations building in New York was filled with angry protesters yesterday as Chinese president...
Below is an article published by Bloomberg: President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama after the president’s first visit to China in November, a White House official...
Below is an article published by the Tibetan Review : The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, has cited “discrimination and the failure...
Below is an article published by Local Independent Media : Saga Dawa Festival, which falls on April 15 in the Tibetan lunar calender, is celebrated as the day of Buddha...
Below is an article published by Bloomberg: India rejects China’s opposition to a plan by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled leader, to visit a northeastern Indian state claimed...
Below is an article published by Bloomberg: India rejects China’s opposition to a plan by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled leader, to visit a northeastern Indian state claimed...
Below is an article published by Canada Tibet Committee: Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) supporters will stage an information picket this afternoon (15 September) at the Canada China Business...
Below is an article published by: AFP Senior officials from US President Barack Obama's government held talks Sunday with the premier of the Tibetan government in exile ahead of...
Below is an article published by Phayul : China will launch a renewed “Strike Hard” campaign in Tibet ahead of the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China...
Below is an article published by the Associated Free Press: Nepalese riot police on Wednesday arrested 10 Tibetans as they tried to protest in front of a visiting high-level Chinese delegation,...
Below is an article published by CNN.com: The Dalai Lama, on a visit to Taiwan that includes prayers for recent typhoon victims, has rebutted China's claims that he is there for political...
Below is an article published by Human Rights in China :A United Nations expert body said today [28 August 2009] that China must “carefully consider the root causes” of inter-ethnic tensions...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia:Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan youth in the regional capital, Lhasa, for viewing restricted political information online, according to...
Below is an article published by Tibet Custom:Tibetans living in Japan and their Japanese supporters made a pilgrimage up Mount Fuji on Saturday [22 August 2009] to pray for world peace, AFPnews...
Below is an article published by Save Tibet : Tibetan bloggers have reported the disappearance of a young Tibetan writer and university student, Tashi Rabten (pen-name Te’urang), the editor...
Below is an article published by Global Justice: According to a confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Chinese court on 13 August...
Below is an article published by International Campaign for Tibet:For the first time since the protests across Tibet began in March, 2008, Chinese authorities will allow United States Congress personnel...
Below is an article published by IANS: The National Civil Rights Museum in the US will confer the International Freedom Award on the Dalai Lama for his "steadfast commitment to protecting...
Below is an article published by Swiss.info.ch: The Dalai Lama says he is encouraged by what he called growing solidarity and support shown by Chinese people and intellectuals for the Tibetan...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet: Two new ICT reports document the dangers for Tibetans in Nepal due to the Chinese government's focus on Tibetan...
Below there is the Press Release of the Tibetan UN Advocacy: PRESS RELEASE OVER 100 CHINESE AND TIBETAN SCHOLARS, WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, ADVOCATES TOGATHER IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Switzerland,...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com:Two Tibetan youths returning to Tibet from exile have been brutally tortured by Chinese police after their arrest at the border near Nepal in April...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, on his 74th birthday celebration on Monday [July 6] said he is promoting secular values and...
Below is an article published by Nepal News: The government on Sunday [5July 2009] issued prohibitory orders on all kinds of demonstration in the country that is targeted against the Chinese rule...
Below is an article published by Phayul:Students staged a demonstration in Labrang, Gansu Province Dharamsala, July 1 [2009] Chinese authorities on June 19 [2009] expelled two Tibetan students of...
Below is an article published by AFP:Nepalese police on Friday [26 June 2009] arrested 34 Tibetan exiles who tried to stage a demonstration near the Chinese border, witnesses said. The...
Below is an article published by CTV British Columbia: Tibetan supporters wrapped themselves in Tibetan flags and played dead outside a shareholders meeting of a Vancouver mining...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net : At least 3 Tibetans were seriously wounded after clashes broke over attempts by Chinese authorities to divert the Gyama river to a mining site,...
Below is an article published by Sindh Today: The Tibetan government-in-exile in this Himachal Pradesh town is deliberating upon ways to break the impasse with the Chinese for restarting...
Below is an article published by Tibetan Review: The Chinese government had banned the original Mandarin text of the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's speech delivered to Beijing...
Below is an article published by Tibet Custom:Two Tibetan non governmental organisations have expressed their concern over the deprivation of rights to the Tibetan children to study their history...
Below is an article published by Human Right’s Watch: Commitments to Uphold Human Rights Ignored China has made a mockery of its commitment to the UN Human Rights Council's Universal...
Below is an article published by The New York Times: Dharamsala, India — A group of prominent Chinese lawyers and legal scholars have released a research report arguing that the...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Only three days remaining for the 20th anniversary of the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre, exile Tibetans say they will organise a number...
Below is an article published by M&C Asia-Pacific News: Armed police in a Tibetan area of south-western China opened fire on protestors who opposed resettlement for a new dam, seriously...
Below is an article published by Time: A new report from a group of Chinese scholars has for the first time challenged China's official explanation that the deadly riots that broke out across...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of villagers in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of western China are facing off against armed security forces at the site of a planned...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: An envoy for the Dalai Lama says Tibet is ready to resume peace talks with China. Kelsang Gyaltsen's speech to foreign correspondents...
Below is an article published by Radio Netherlands :The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has criticised Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's refusal to meet the Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia: Five Tibetan monks who took part in widely publicized 2008 protests against Chinese rule have arrived safely in the Indian capital after...
Below is an article published by Phayul: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy based here [Dharamsala] said that China is attempting to ‘whitewash’ its tainted human...
Below is an article published by BBC News: Rising temperatures in Tibet are threatening droughts and floods, which could endanger millions of people, China's top weather official...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Some 50 Indian and Tibetan journalists, including a handful of Tibetan analysts, participated in an interactive function this morning [Sunday May 3rd]...
Below is an article published by Phayul: Tibet’s Government in exile has strongly condemned the latest harsh sentences being handed down by Chinese court on three young Tibetan...
Below is an article published by The Washington Post :China said Thursday [23 April 2009] that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when...
Below is an article published by Asia News : The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has protested for its exclusion from the United Nations Review Conference on Racism...
Below is an article published by: Tibetcustom.com A Tibetan monk from Ngaba Gomang Monastery was arrested in the beginning of this month [April 2009] for alleged anti government writings, according...
UNPO Presidency Member and representative for Tibet, Mr. Ngwang Choephel, will be speaking at an event at the United Nations Durban Review Conference, which is currently being...
Below is an article published by Reuters : Two Tibetans have been sentenced to death for their role in riots in Tibet's regional capital of Lhasa last year [2008], China's official Xinhua...
Below is an article published by: The Times of India An American state Senate has adopted a resolution asking the Obama Administration and the US Congress to give "diplomatic recognition"...
Below is an article published by: TibetCustom.com The Public Security Bureau officials (PSB) and armed military personnel tortured a Tibetan to death for protesting against Chinese authorities...
Below is an article published by The Parliament: MEP attacks China over 'lost opportunity' on Tibet A parliamentary hearing has been told that the fight for Tibetan autonomy...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Asia Authorities in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan have forced Tibetan farmers into their fields in a bid to end a farming...
Below is an article published by: The New York Times The Chinese government will reopen Tibet to foreign tourists on April 5 [2009] after a nearly six-week ban, according to the state-run...
Below is an article published by: Globe and Mail Against the backdrop of humming computers in the underground lab in Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies, a screen flickered,...
Below is an article published by: www.tibet.net As an expression of their gratitude to the government and people of India for their generosity and hospitality in the last 50 years...
Below is an article published by : EU Politics NewsWednesday's [25 March 2009]news comes in the wake of new video footage allegedly showing Chinese security personnel violently beating Tibetans.The...
Below is an article published by: Telegraph Video footage from Tibet is extremely rare. The film, which shows violent scenes from the March 2008 riots, is the clearest evidence yet that...
Below is an article published the: BBC News South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference linked to the 2010 Football World Cup, which the country...
Below is an article published by: Politico House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in a familiar position last week [March 2009], rising in the well of the House to denounce China’s human rights...
Below is an article published by: Tibet Custom The UN Human Rights Council currently in third-week of its 10th session in Geneva where numerous international NGOs raised issues concerning...
Below is a statement published on thecommunity.com Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Statement on Tibet, China and the Dalai Lama"We the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, human...
Below is an article published by: Straits Times Authorities in north-west China have taken more than 100 Tibetan monks away from their monastery for political re-education after they held a...
Below is a statement issued by: Voice of America Tibet's government in exile is expressing cautious optimism about the Chinese premier's statement on his willingness for...
Below is an article published by: Tibet Custom An unprecedented large number of Chinese troops have been deployed in Rebgong (Chinese:Tongren) in Malho Tibet Autonomous Prefecture in...
Below is a resolution adopted by: The European Parliament The European Parliament ,- having regard to its previous resolutions on China and Tibet, in particular its resolutions...
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, the United States House of Representatives has issued a formal Resolution calling for renewed and strengthened engagement on issues...
Tensions remain high in Tibet as Tibetans commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the foreign occupation of their homeland and the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet to India in March 1959. The anniversary...
Below is an article published by: Associated Press Tibetans and their supporters rallied across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday [10 March 2009] demanding an end to Chinese rule...
Below is a statement of HH the Dalai Lama:Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising against Communist China's repression in Tibet. Since last...
Below is an article published by: Associated Press Authorities detained a nun and another woman protesting in a Tibetan area of western China to demand religious freedom and the return...
Below is an article published by: Australia In the nearly sixty-year occupation of Tibet, China's position has never been better or stronger, writes Thubten Samphel, the spokesperson of...
Below is an article published by: Times of India A monk set himself on fire to protest against the Chinese government at a Tibetan Buddhism monastery on Friday [27 February 2009]. The...
Below is an article published by: International Campaign For Tibet Around 100 monks staged a candle-lit vigil and protest outside the government headquarters in Mangra (Chinese: Guinan)...
Below is an article published by: The New York Times TONGREN, China — Snow fell across this mountain valley as red-robed monks in a prayer hall beat drums and chanted in tantric harmony, a seemingly...
Below is an article published by: AFP Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday [20 February 2009] after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let...
Below is an article published by: The Huffington Post "Chinese political circles get very worried about anniversaries." So says Professor Perry Link, an expert on Chinese human rights...
Below is an article published by: The New York Times written by Edward WongBEIJING — Chinese officials have significantly increased security forces across Tibet in the face of a grass-roots...
Below is an article published by: Northern Voices Online Following yesterday’s [15 February 2009] solo protest by Lobsang Lhundup, a monk of Nekhor Monastery in Lithang...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com: China has handed down court sentences to 76 people over anti-China unrest last year [2008] in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Chinese state media...
Below is an article published by AFP: The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday [11 February 2009] of a fresh uprising in Tibet in the "very tense" run-up to the 50th anniversary of the failed...
Below is an article published by: Phayul.com Fifty European Tibet Support Groups have launched a campaign for the implementation of the European parliament’s resolution...
Below is an article published by Central Tibetan Administration: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will arrive in Rome, the capital ofItaly on 8 February 2009 in the first leg of his visit...
Below is an article published by: CECC A Communist Party-run newspaper has provided the first detailed information about Tibetans convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment for nonviolent activity...
Below is an article published by: BBC Eighty-one people have been detained and nearly 6,000 questioned in the past 11 days [January 2009], Chinese state media reported. The Tibetan Daily...
Below is an article published by Thaindian News: Imbued with commitment to reversing the fate of the Tibetan community-in-exile, a group of nine young monks has set out cycling through India to raise awareness...
Below is an article published by: Tibet Custom Calling for an immediate end to the use of force against the Tibetan people by China, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said "stability cannot...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Asia Three Tibetans protesting Chinese rule in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been beaten and detained by police amid rising tensions...
Below is an article published by: International Herald Tribune The Tibetan government-in-exile said Saturday [17 January 2009] it has yet to receive a Chinese response to its request for autonomy...
The annual report written by Freedom House that details the level of political and civil liberty enjoyed by people across the world has noted a decline in human rights for the third consecutive year....
Below is an article published by ETaiwanNews.com :China warned Tuesday that the future of its ties with France depends on whether Paris can "correct its wrongdoing" over Tibet.French...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press: Chinese-backed Tibetan leaders will soon set a date for what they call "Serf Liberation Day" to mark the defeat 50 years ago...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com:Chinese government has moved some 300,000 Tibetan farmers and herders from 57,800 families into permanent brick houses in Tibet this year [2008], under...
Below is an article published by Punjab Newsline: The sentences of indicted range between 8 years to life imprisonment, according to the confirmed information received by the Dharmshala based...
Below is an article published by AFP: China said on Tuesday [16 December 2008] it was still open to dialogue with representatives of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, after the...
Below is an article published by Newspost Online :[Yesterday, 10 December 2008], Tibetans living-in-exile in Dharamsala celebrated the19th anniversary of the Dalai Lama receiving the...
Below is an article published by tibetcustom.com:Speaking to a group of journalists on Sunday [8 December 2008] afternoon, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that President Nicolas Sarkozy of...
Below is an article published by AFP:China's state-controlled press warned Monday [8 December 2008] that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama could have a...
Below is an article published by AFP:The Dalai Lama said Friday [5 December 2008] the issue of Tibet could be resolved quickly if China fully embraces democracy, as he arrived in Poland as...
Below is an article published by Time:In much of the world, President Nicolas Sarkozy enjoys a reputation for being something of a diplomatic dynamo. In China, the energetic French leader...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press:Business ties with France will likely suffer if French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama,...
Below is an article published by AFP: China's unprecedented decision to cancel a summit with the European Union over Tibet shows an increasing willingness for Beijing to flex...
The article below was published by the International Herald Tribune: China reacted angrily Monday [24 November 2008] to a United Nations report that says the government tortures political and...
Below is an article published by AFP: Leading Tibetan exiles gathered in India on Sunday [16 November 2008] ahead of a week of discussions that could transform how the movement pursues...
Below is an article published by Rediff News: For the first time since the Tibetans took refuge in India in 1959, the Dalai Lama has called a special meeting to decide the future...
The article below was published by Tibet Custom: A United Nations (UN) watchdog investigating torture allegations on Monday [10 November 2008] pressed China to provide details of Tibetans...
Below is an article published by BBC News:Talks between China and Tibetan exiles on the future of the Himalayan region have failed to make any progress. Chinese officials blame the failure on the...
Below is the statement by UNPO, ICT, FTC and TCHRD, which can also be viewed as a pdf document. COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE Forty-first SessionChina’s Fourth Periodic Report (NGO Statements)7 November...
Below is an article published by Tibet.net:A group of Chinese scholars have expressed their wish for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be in Beijing and to speak with the Chinese leadership on...
Since the Pan-Tibetan Uprisings that took place this spring - Chinese authorities have been increasingly infringing upon Tibetan civil liberties and human rights. TCHRD have registered...
Below is an article published by The International Herald Tribune:The Dalai Lama has called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles to discuss the future of their struggle as talks with China have foundered,...
Below is an article published by savetibet.org: The Dalai Lama has made an important statement about his role and Tibet's future in which he admits that his faith in the present Chinese...
The Australian Parliament unanimously passed a motion tabled by Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens, “wishing both the Chinese government and the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama...
Below is an article published by Reuters: A Tibetan monk who was imprisoned after helping make a film about the Olympics and Tibet has been released but was severely tortured while...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press: The Dalai Lama left a hospital in the Indian capital on Thursday [16 October 2008], six days after undergoing surgery to remove gallstones,...
Below is an article published by The Guardian:China is planning to build a string of new dams in southern Tibet to boost its electricity supply, the region's chief of water...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press: The Dalai Lama was hospitalized in New Delhi, his spokesman said early Thursday [9 October 2008], just two days after...
Below is an article published by BBC News: The earthquakes struck about 16km (10 miles) and 15 minutes apart in a sparsely populated area about 84km (50 miles) west of Tibet's capital, Lhasa. The US...
Below is an article published by Reuters India: The Dalai Lama will have a medical check next week, a senior aide said on Saturday [4 October 2008], calling it a routine follow-up after he was admitted...
Below is an article published by The Thaindian News :Tibetan Prime Minister in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche has said that the Tibetans issue shall be resolved through the non-violent Gandhian principles.Rinpoche...
On the 2nd of October 2008, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) marks the International day of Nonviolence. This international day was introduced by the United Nations when it adopted...
Below is an article published by The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy:The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its deepest concern over the fate of former...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia:As China reels under the impact of a widening scandal over contaminated baby milk formula, with tens of thousands of infants believed affected, adults...
Chinese police in the mountainous region of Tibet beat up to 50 monks who had tried to complain about the beating of one of their colleagues, a rights group said. Four of the monks had to...
Below is an article published by The Associated Press: China issued a government report Thursday [25 September 2008] praising its rule over Tibet and accusing the Dalai Lama of wanting to restore...
Below is an article published by TibetNet:US President George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush on Tuesday [23 September 2008] hosted a lunch for democracy activists from around the world to discuss how...
Below is an article published by Expressindia:A three-day meeting of the Task Force on Negotiations (TFN), set up by the Dalai Lama, began in Dharamshala on Monday [22 September 2008]. The taskforce will...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com:The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), together with the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Institute for the Rights of People...
Below is an article published by The International Herald Tribune:China has rejected a Senate resolution urging Beijing to hold serious talks with supporters of the Dalai Lama, saying the move shows...
Human Rights CouncilNinth SessionItem 4HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTIONJoint Statement delivered by Tenzin S. KAYTA on behalf of Society for Threatened Peoples,...
Below is an article published by the International Campaign for Tibet :At a government conference in Lhasa on September 2 [2008], the TAR Deputy Party Secretary Zhang Yijiong acknowledged that there had...
Below is an article published by Reuters: The Dalai Lama has called a special meeting of Tibetan exiles in November or December [2008] to discuss political unrest in Tibet this year and the future...
Below is an article published by Bay News : Jigme, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, says he had just finished having a pair of shoes mended when four uniformed guards jumped from a white van and dragged...
Below is an article published by Phayul.com :Ambassador Martin Ihoeghian Uhomohbhi of Nigeria, the President of the UN Human Rights Council, this morning [11 September 2008] overruled an attempt by a Chinese...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Nepali police detained 72 Tibetan exiles […] in Kathmandu on Tuesday [9 September 2008], resuming anti-Beijing protests after a brief lull.Refugees got...
Below is an article published by The Canadian Press: Taktser Rinpoche, the oldest brother of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, has died in his home in Indiana [USA] after a prolonged illness....
Below is an article published by Reuters.Chinese aluminium and copper giant Aluminum Corp of China, or Chinalco, has set up a unit to explore for minerals in Tibet, the company said on its website.The...
A group of Tibetan monks, originally from Tibetan-populated regions of China's southwest Sichuan province, has been released from detention in Qinghai province and returned to their home areas, according...
Below is an article published by Thaindian News Tibetans celebrated their 48th “Democracy Day” Tuesday [2 September 2008] and suspended protest demonstrations that were going on in the Indian...
Below is an article published by AFP :The Dalai Lama was discharged from a Mumbai hospital on Monday [01 September 2008], four days after the Tibetan spiritual leader was admitted with stomach pain, but...
Below is an article published by the AFP : Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, the private Indian hospital to...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Without Frontier: ...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Asia:Hundreds of Tibetan monks detained after widespread protests against Chinese rule earlier this year [2008] were deported from the Tibetan capital Lhasa...
The Hague, 28 August 2008: The past months have seen increasing repression of and violence against Tibetan activists and their supporters. This Saturday 30 August 2008, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will...
Below is an article published by the Timesonline: Tibet’s most famous woman writer and blogger was accused of taking photographs of military installations and arrested by police after she returned...
Below is an article published by Human Rights in China:On Sunday [24 August 2008] evening, Beijing concluded the 29th Olympiad that had opened 16 days ago with a ceremony that awed and mesmerized spectators...
Below is an article published by The Boston Globe:Kurt Langer says he was followed by undercover police officers for more than a day, then arrested by Chinese authorities and interrogated before he was...
Below is an article published by Aljazeera :Five foreign activists have been detained in Beijing after they unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner at the new headquarters of state-run China Central Television.The...
Below is an article published by Associated Press:The Dalai Lama sent China a message of good will for the Olympics and skirted the contentious issue of Tibet at the start of his 12-day visit to France...
Below is an article published by The Guardian:By Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice-President of the European ParliamentThe opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics [8 August 2008] will inevitably be an occasion...
Below is an article published by AFP: The suit was filed on July 9 [2008] against seven Chinese leaders, including Defence Minister Liang Guanglie, by the Tibet Support Committee and two other Tibetan...
"China ga voor Goud! Geef de mensenrechten na Beijing 2008 een kans!" "China Go For Gold! Give Human Rights in Beijing A Chance!" Demonstration in Dam Square, Amsterdam 08/08/2008 ...
Below is an article published by The Guardian : "What is not clear," Simon Jenkins wrote last Friday [25 July 2008] of the Beijing Olympics, "is who will win, China or its critics"....
Below is an article published by Tibet UN Advocacy: Melbourne publisher Hardie Grant thought editing was done on The Knowledge Book until it ran up against the Olympics, the Dalai Lama and Mao Zedong.After...
Below is an article published by The Telegraph: Monks with "attitude problems", or who refuse to change their thinking in line with official demands, will be dismissed or jailed. Abbots and other...
Below is an article published by AFP :Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday [24 July 2008] that he would hold talks on Friday [25 July 2008] with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled...
Below is an article published by AP :The poet Woeser has long been a rarity — a Tibetan living in China who doesn't flinch from publicly criticizing the Chinese government. Now the activist is...
Below is an article published by Thaindian News : Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), July 21 (ANI): The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) will go on a hunger strike from July 28 [2008] in New Delhi against the...
Below is an article published by The Times : Two monks at a monastery in western China were killed in a clash with paramilitary police last weekend [12 July 2008], three Tibetan sources have told The...
Below is an article published by Bloomberg :An envoy to the Dalai Lama said Tibetans see no purpose in holding further talks with China because the government in Beijing lacks seriousness, Agence France-Presse...
Below is a resolution adopted by the European Parliament: European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2008 on the situation in China after the earthquake and before...
Following today's announcement by French and incumbent EU President Nicolas Sarkozy that, in agreement with all the EU Heads of Government, he is to participate to the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony...
Below is an article published by The Associated Press: RUSUTSU, Japan (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony next month [August],...
Taking a dig at President George W Bush's decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said he would make no such commitment unless China...
Below is an article published by The Wall Street Journal:It was business as usual for the foreign correspondents covering the June 18 2008 Olympic torch relay through the city of Kashgar in China's...
Below is an article published by: The International Herald Tribune TAIPEI, Taiwan: Tibetan and Taiwanese activists carried a "freedom torch" to the summit of Taiwan's tallest mountain...
Below is an article published by the New York Times: China agreed Thursday [3 July 2008] to hold another round of discussions with envoys of the Dalai Lama before the end of the year, but officials...
Below is an article published by Press Trust of India: Pressing the international community to speak up for the Tibetan people at this "critical" stage, the Dalai Lama today [3 July...
Below is an article published by : The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China's Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday [2 July 2008], even as envoys...
Below is an article published by the Chicago Tribune: Secrecy surrounded the start of talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government on Tuesday [1 July 2008] aimed at easing tensions...
The meaningful and substantial acts of reconciliation and compensation undertaken by the New Zealand government as part of a process being undertaken to redress the grievances of the indigenous Maoris...
Below is an article published by Telegraph.co.uk: Three and a half months after Lhasa and other Tibetan areas were riven by protests and riots, a group from Sweden became the first foreign tourists...
The pilgrims returned to the Potala Palace yesterday [22 June 2008], spinning their prayer wheels and prostrating themselves in front of the Dalai Lama's ancient palace on a mountaintop in Lhasa. For...
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received information that police in Chengdu confirm the detention of Huang Qi, a leading Internet human rights activist, who was reported taken away in a car by unidentified...
Australia's acting leader Senator Chris Evans met with the Dalai Lama, ignoring requests from China to avoid showing support for the Tibetan spiritual leader who it accuses of fomenting unrest in the...
The Dalai Lama hopes postponed talks between China and his envoys will resume next month [July 2008], he said on Thursday [12 June 2008], adding he supported China's desire for stability but that it...
Below is an article published by AFP: The United States and the European Union will call on China Tuesday [10 June 2008] to have "results-orientated" talks on Tibet with the Dalai Lama's...
Talks between Tibetan envoys and Chinese officials set for June 11 have been postponed due to last month's earthquake, an aide to the Dalai Lama said on Friday [6 June 2008], adding he...
Below is a Member Resolution as presented and adopted before the IX UNPO General Assembly held during 16-17 May 2008 in Brussels, Belgium: IX UNPO General Assembly16 - 17 May 2008, Brussels...
Below is an article published by Associated Press: More than 300 Tibetan exiles have been stopped by authorities in northern India from marching to Tibet, an official said Monday [26 May 2008]. ...
Below is an article written by John Garnaut and published in the Sydney Morning Herald: Australian officials were recently stunned to hear a senior Chinese policy maker give an honest diagnosis of...
Below is an article published by the BBC: The Dalai Lama has told the BBC he believes China is changing and that this could lead to a "more transparent" attitude over Tibet. In an interview...
Below is an article published by the International Herald Tribune: The Dalai Lama arrived in London on Tuesday [20 May 2008] as part of a protracted foreign tour, highlighting efforts by European governments...
A pro Tibet demonstration, attended by Dalai Lama, will take place today, Monday 19 May 2008, in Berlin. Below is an article published by Berlinista : In attendance of the Dalai Lama a huge pro...
Below is an article published by Agence France-Presse: The Dalai Lama urged China and the international community to facilitate an international media presence in Tibet, in an interview with Polish...
Below is an article published by CNN: Police in Nepal arrested more than 500 Tibetan protesters, nearly all of them women, on Sunday [11 May 2008] before what was to be the first all-female rally...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Without Frontiers: On 6 May, Ms Kesang Yangkyi Takla, the minister for information and international relations of the Tibetan government in exile was...
Below is an article reported by Reuters and published by Phayul: Lodi Gyari (L), an envoy of the Dalai Lama, waves to members of the press as he leaves for a flight to India, at Hong...
Below is an article published by Reuters: A renowned Chinese columnist has lost his job at a magazine over commentaries on unrest in Tibet which did not conform with the official line, a watchdog...
Below is an extract from an article published by Associated Press: China's official Xinhua News Agency is reporting that the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials plan a second round of...
Below is an article published by Associated Press: The Tibetan government-in-exile says talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader are planned for Sunday [4...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Chinese media kept up its tough language on the Dalai Lama on Saturday [26 April 2008], a day after a surprise offer of talks with his envoys, as analysts expressed...
Below is an article edited by Kandy Ringer and published by BBSNews: Before confirming attendance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies, French President Nicolas Sarkozy should insist on specific...
Below is an article published by The Australian: Beijing has launched a vast re-education campaign in Tibet to promote Chinese patriotism and counter the "Dalai clique". ...
Below is an article written by Christopher Bodeen and published by Associated Press: The European Commission's president plans to discuss concerns over Tibet on a visit to Beijing, the latest...
Below is an article published by the Sunday Morning Herald: About 1000 protesters kicked off a rival torch relay in New Delhi today [17 April 2007], hours before the Olympic flame was set to be taken...
Below is an article published by the Christian Science Monitor: By refusing to talk to Tibet's Dalai Lama, China has set itself up for yet another protest of the Olympic torch run, this time in...
Below is an article published by CNN: The United Nations secretary general has joined a growing list of high-profile leaders who have indicated they will not attend the Olympic Games' opening...
Below is an article published by Independent Online: Police in the Indian capital detained more than a dozen pro-Tibet demonstrators on Tuesday in an area that will be sealed off for the Olympic torch...
Below is an article published by: Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende says he believes that the discussion about human rights in China is focusing too much on the...
Below is an article written by Steven Erlanger and published by the International Herald Tribune: As the Dalai Lama begins a contentious two-week visit to the United States and the Olympic torch continues...
Below is an article written by Ashling O’Connor and published by The Times: Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled...
Below is an article written by Stephanie Nebehay and published by The Guardian: China has turned down a request by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour to visit Tibet this month [April...
Below is an article written by Jim Yardley and Jake Hooker and published by the International Herald Tribune: China suffered another unexpected public relations setback on Wednesday [9 April 2008]...
Below is an article written by Barbara Dernick and published by the Los Angeles Times: In an effort to quell unrest, Communist Party officials are ordering Tibetans back to school. Buddhist monks,...
Below is an article published by FORUM-ASIA: FORUM-ASIA deplores the failure of the UN Human Rights Council to address the gross human rights violations occurring in Tibetan regions of China. ...
Below is an article written by Christopher Boden and published by the Associated Press: New violence has broken out in a volatile Tibetan region of western China, leaving eight people dead, an overseas...
Below is an article written by Lodi Gyaltsen Ghari and published by the International Herald Tribune: In the last few weeks, we have witnessed an uprising against the Chinese authorities' repressive...
Below is an article written by Geoffrey York and published by the Globe & Mail: A group of diplomats making their first visit to Lhasa since the wave of Tibetan protests were prohibited by China...
Below is a press release issued by the European Parliament: In an introductory statement, European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering told the House "the events in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet,...
Below is an article written by François Godement, published by the European Council on Foreign Relations: The risks involved are deadly. Just as they did in 1989, the Chinese authorities have...
Below is a press release issued by Human Rights Watch: The Nepali police’s recent abuses of and threats to deport Tibetan protestors in Kathmandu betray the government’s own record of restoring...
The words penned by Conrad stand as succinct and relevant monikers for the photo essay reproduced here, which summarizes Chinese actions in Tibet between 2002 and 2008. "The dreams...
Below is an article issued by Agence France-Presse and published by the Times of India: The European Union will invite the Dalai Lama for talks to Brussels, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said...
Below is an article published by Hindustan Times:Hundreds of people have been arrested across Tibet in a crackdown by Chinese authorities following […] [unrest] in the region and neighbouring...
Below is an article published by the Associated Press: A Chinese government policy of "demographic aggression" is threatening Tibetan culture as increasing numbers of non-Tibetan Chinese...
An Appeal to the Chinese People from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Today, I extend heartfelt greetings to my Chinese brothers and sisters round the world, particularly to those in the...
Below is an article published by M&C: European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday [26 March 2008] threw their weight behind exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, urging China to begin constructive...
Below is an article written by Anthee Carasava and published by the International Herald Tribune: Activists angered by the Chinese crackdown in Tibet disrupted the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony...
Below is an article published by F-Secure.com: There's unrest on the streets of Tibet - clashes between Tibetans and the Chinese military. […] However, there's unrest also on the...
Below is a statement made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama: On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising in Lhasa on 10 March 1959, I offer my prayers and pay...
BEIJING - French President Jacques Chirac singled out China's attitude on human rights as a particular area of concern for the country's leaders as they look ahead to hosting the 2008 Olympics. He said...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A controversial scheme to channel water from Tibet to the parched Yellow River in western China is unnecessary and anyway not feasible, China's top water resources minister said on...
Geneva, October 23 - According to the website of the European Parliament, the legislative body of the 25 Member countries of the European Union, the situation in Tibet will be taken up in the agenda of...
OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay "strongly" condemned the killing of an unarmed Tibetan fleeing into Nepal and wounding of another by Chinese troops, captured on video. "Canada...
A new set of images received by ICT depicts a group of Chinese police at the scene of the shooting of the young Tibetan nun on the Nangpa Pass near the border of Nepal on September 30. The images depict...
OTTAWA - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay "strongly" condemned the killing of an unarmed Tibetan fleeing into Nepal and wounding of another by Chinese troops, captured on video. "Canada...
Reuters[Thursday, October 12, 2006 20:36] BEIJING - Chinese troops fired on about 70 people near the country's mountain frontier with Nepal, and one of them died, Chinese state media said on Thursday,...
Bursik said that economic pragmatism has prevailed over pushing through the integrity and inalienability of human rights in the world, Greens spokeswoman Eva Roleckova told CTK. The Dalai Lama took part...
Chinese diplomats in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu are tracking down and trying to silence hundreds of Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the killing of Tibetan refugees on the Nangpa La mountain...
A Tibetan nun in her mid twenties was shot dead by Chinese border patrols and at least one other Tibetan may have been killed while on their way into exile in Nepal on the Nangpa pass five days ago, according...
A reliable source close to ExplorersWeb who wishes to be undisclosed until he gets out of China, reported alarming news this morning in the middle of the Cho Oyu massive summit push. A group of Tibetans...
A new report on human rights conditions and the development of the rule of law in China by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China states that the future of Tibetans and their religion, language...
Dharamsala: Wednesday, September 20 2006: Mr. Karma Choephel, who was recently elected by the exile Tibetan Assembly its new Chairman for the first half of the Five years’ term of the 14th ATPD (Assembly...
China's respect for religious freedom remains "poor," with people being thrown in jail and reportedly facing death due to torture for practicing their faiths, an annual US report on international...
The US House of Representatives today passed a bill to award the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled leader, the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian honor. The award is in recognition of the...
London - The Tibet issue and China's dire human rights record must be raised with Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, during his visit to London next week. Precise details of the visit, for annual talks held...
Brussels: The European Parliament has adopted a report strongly criticizing the human rights situation in China, including Tibet. The report was approved by 351 votes for and 48 against, with 160 abstentions...
Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze in southwestern China's Sichuan province have detained the abbot of a major monastery, possibly in connection with the appearance of posters supporting Tibetan...
Time is running out to reach an agreement on Tibet's future which, if not sorted out by 2008, could become a blemish on the Beijing Olympics, a French parliamentary delegation said on Wednesday 30 August...
The US delegation headed by Jim Kolbe (R-Arizona) reconfirmed that the US will resettle about 5000 Tibetans from Nepal in the USA, in a press conference before wrapping up his four-day visit. "We have...
Saturday 26 August the EU Coordination Office organised the second political discussion forum titled Middle-Way Approach of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Tibetans in Belgium at Nalanda Institute and...
In his very first visit to a U.S. law school conference, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will publicly share for the first time his thoughts on how religion, particularly Buddhism, can influence law and...
China on assured Nepal that it will extend the newly-built Qinghai-Tibet railway to the Sino-Nepalese border for enhancing trade and economic exchanges. "Tibet is a remote place that is looking forward...
The spectacular Qinghai-Tibet railway is the world's highest and crosses the fabled "Roof of the World" as it snakes its way from southwest China to Lhasa. At the Tangulla pass, it reaches an astonishing...
The Dalai Lama met with worshippers in Mongolia on Tuesday, and the Chinese Embassy said it had no plans to protest his visit following assurances he wouldn't take part in political activities. The exiled...
Ever heard of a little place called Tibet? You know, that disputed region that has circulated through our culture to the point that it's even been mentioned on "The Simpsons" numerous times. Well, Google...
China warned again Tuesday it was opposed to any country offering the Dalai Lama a political stage, after the Tibetan spiritual leader began his seventh visit to neighboring Mongolia. "The Dalai Lama is...
Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze (Ganzi, in Chinese) in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have detained a 16-year-old girl in connection with a crackdown on pro-independence leafleting...
Thirty Tibetan Youth Congress members who were detained at the Parliament Police station Under Section 107/151 Cr.Pc. for protesting against the visit of Chinese delegations were released on 19th august...
China on Thursday 17 August denied that it had jailed a Tibetan history teacher on charges overseas pro-Tibet independence groups said were related to spying or leaking state secrets. Dolma Kyab, 29,...
Earlier this year an historic lawsuit opened, charging the Chinese authorities with genocide and other crimes in Tibet. Below is a press release of openDemocracyinterviewing Tenzin Tsundue, one of the...
Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, who was re-elected to a second term as the Chairman of the Cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration, said that he will make more efforts towards dialogue with the Chinese...
Chinas new top official in Tibet has embarked on a fierce campaign to crush loyalty to the exiled Dalai Lama and to extinguish religious beliefs among government officials. Zhang Qingli was appointed...
The Dalai Lama feels he has made sincere and consistent efforts with an open mind to achieve autonomy for Tibet. This, he believes, is the only way to happiness for both Tibetan and Chinese people. Talking...
August 14th, 2006 Human Rights Council Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Fifty-eighth session, Agenda Item 2 Oral Statement by Ms. Phuntsog Nyidron, Society for Threatened...
The former president of TCV and presently the Chairman of the Executive Council of Tibetan Childrens Villages (TCV), Mrs. Jetsun Pema, today expressed complete hope that a Tibetan College in the Indian...
A young Tibetan writer and teacher has smuggled out a letter from prison saying he is serving a ten-year sentence linked to his unpublished book. Twenty-nine year old Dolma Kyab, who is known among his...
The Dalai Lama has said that he is committed to reaching on a solution to the Tibetan issue based on his Middle Way Approach and that he is not disturbed by the latest Chinese tirade against him. In...
Today the International Campaign for Tibet [ICT] officially launched its 2008 Olympics Campaign under the banner "Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet". The launch marks the start of the two-year countdown...
China's Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s, according to sources with knowledge of...
As Dr. B. Tsering was on her way to New York to represent Tibetan Womens Association (TWA), at the UN Conference on Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), due...
This online Web TV will now enable general people and Tibetans around the world in particular an easy access to televised video news related to Tibetan Government in Exile and Tibetan issues. In today's...
BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) - China's quest to rewrite its future through vast engineering feats could test new limits as Beijing prepares a controversial scheme to divert water from Tibet to the parched...
China said on Wednesday that Canada's decision to bestow honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama could hurt commercial relations between the two countries, which have been steadily growing stronger. The...
Nepal Police of Dolakha District on Friday arrested 21 Tibetans including a 16-year-old girl from Dolakha Bazaar for illegally entering Nepal without any valid travel document. Most of them are young men...
Nepal Police of Thankot Police Check Post on the edge of Kathmandu Valley at around 5 AM today arrested 5 Tibetans monks who were traveling from India to Nepal without carrying any valid travel document....
The seven members of the European Parliament Delegation including their leader Neena Gill and Thomas Mann visited the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center in Kathmandu on 21 July. The members of the delegation...
A lay boy and three monks of Kandze County of Sichuan Province were arrested in October 2005 at a bridge between Shigatse and Sakya in Tibet while trying to escape to India. They were taken back to Kandze...
The President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, has concluded his 7 day visit to China, including Tibet, in which he raised his continued concern over the situation in Tibet. Borrell visited Beijing,...
A Tibetan monk in China's southwestern Sichuan province is facing up to eight years in jail for allegedly painting separatist slogans on government property and circulating pro-independence posters, according...
Nyima Choedron, the former teacher at a Lhasa school serving ten years in prison for 'splittism', has been released from prison a year before the end of her sentence, according to official confirmation...
For the first time ever, Tibet will be represented at a North American Soccer tournament. Team Tibet is one of the 37 nations competing in the All Nations Cup Qualifiers Festival Weekend from July 14 ...
The members of Tibetan Youth Congress who were detained in Delhi's Tihar Jail since June 26 were released in the evening of July 7 after 12 days of detention. They were detained for protesting in and...
The President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, will be visiting Beijing, Lhasa and Shanghai from 8 to 14 July 2006 on his first official visit to China. Borrell has stated that he "intends to...
A group of Tibet activists in Taipei on Thursday protested the opening of the world's highest railway that links China and Tibet, calling it a "second invasion of Tibet." Khedroob Thondup, a member of...
With the opening of the new railway line through the Tibetan Plateau on Saturday, and the increased number of travelers expected to visit the area as a result, WWF and its wildlife trafficking monitoring...
The world's highest railway across the Tibetan plateau opens Saturday (1 July) in Lhasa in an increasingly repressive political climate. Security is tight in Lhasa this week as the government steps up...
Tibets last-known female political prisoner has been freed but her husband remains incarcerated for splittism, a San Francisco-based human rights watchdog said on Thursday. Nyima Choedron was released...
The Dalai Lama's schedule is usually set seven years in advance, but the Tibetan spiritual leader made a rare change to his plans in order to attend a San Francisco conference convened...
Activists campaigning for a free Tibet have dismissed the first international Buddhist forum being held in China as an eyewash perpetrated ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's US visit to persuade...
Samdhong Rinpoche, head of the Tibetan government in exile, has urged Tibetans and Tibet support groups based in the United States and Canada, not to protest during the forthcoming visit of Chinese President...
It was on the 14th May 1995 that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet proclaimed Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama. Within days of the announcement, Chinese police forcibly removed...
China has said that it could discuss a possible visit by the Dalai Lama and that the visit was not impossible for consideration. The official China Daily reports on April 3, 2006 that a senior...
Untitled Document Mr. Lodi Gyari Rinpoche is currently the Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Special Envoy in Washington and Executive Chairman of the Board of the International Campaign for...
The situation in Tibet was a scar on the conscience of the world, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said on Sunday. He was speaking after meeting the Dalai Lama -- spiritual leader of the...
To Tashi Wangla and Tenzin Chokden, earning scholarships to study at Nova Southeastern University was the equivalent of winning a lottery. The 20-year-old Tibetan students came here last fall...
For the first time in nine years, Canada is quietly sending an ambassador on a tour of Tibet, armed with an agenda that seems to give business a higher priority than human rights. The...
India on Friday said there was no change in its Tibet policy, maintaining that New Delhi has taken a consistent position that it was an autonomous region of China. During an interaction at the...
Late Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong is set to cast a huge shadow over Tibet once again with a giant stone statue of the Great Helmsman on its way to the Himalayan region, a newspaper...
The United Nations investigator on torture has called on China to abolish its "re-education through labour" system, charging that it treated political prisoners in an inhumane and degrading...
The UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Manfred Nowak, stated that 'torture remains widespread' in Tibet and China after he spoke directly to Tibetan political prisoners during visits...
China is preparing to present its best face to the world as host of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports that Tibetans see it as an opportunity to push for more...
Phuntsog Nyidrol arrives at Dulles airport in Washington DC on March 15, 2006 Phuntsog Nyidrol, a Tibetan nun who was imprisoned for 15 years after peaceful protests in 1989, arrived...