TYC Indefinite Hunger Strike: two Tibetans critical

Two persons have become critical since the launch of indefinite hunger strike in Delhi’s Tihar Jail by the Tibetan Youth Congress members. The strike began June 29 when the TYC general secretary Mr. Tsultrim announced it from the prison. Gyaltsen, a 20-yr-old man from Manali chapter of TYC has become

Tibetans fear ‘cultural genocide’ will follow Chinese railway

Tibet will be soldered to China today with the opening of a railway line across the Himalayas. But the controversy around the engineering marvel was highlighted at Beijing station yesterday when protesters unfurled a banner warning that the line would destroy the culture and environment of

Protest outside Chinese consulate in NY against railway

China is proud to launch its first ever railway in Tibet, also popularly known as the roof of the world. Yet, as with so much else in China’s often harsh 56 year rule over Tibet, the 710 mile long railway to the Tibetan capital has drawn controversy even before the first

Tibetans target Chinese embassy in US over Railway

Students for Free Tibet along with Tibetans living in the US capital and Charlottsville, Virginia, staged a very feisty demonstration in front the Chinese Embassy here in Washington, DC on July 1 to denounce the inauguration of the Golmud-Lhasa Railway line. Visibly angry and incensed

China unhappy over Tibet refugees

China has taken up seriously with the Nepal government the matter of “vulnerable” Tibetan refugees currently in Nepal being resettled in the United States, said Deputy Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli here

Nepal Immigration deports 3 Tibetans to India

The Department of Immigration, Nepal today deported 3 Tibetan men to India. They were arrested 20 days earlier at Thankot Police Check Post on the edge of Kathmandu Valley along with 6 other Tibetans while traveling from India to Nepal without carrying any valid