Report says China maintaining ‘world’s most sophisticated system of authoritarian political control’
A global survey on political rights and civil liberties has placed Tibet, along with Western Sahara, as the two worst-rated territories in the world. The findings of Freedom in the World 2012, also gave China a downward trend arrow
China cuts off Tibet from the world
Tibet will be facing yet another cut-off from the outside world beginning mid-February through March, according to reports. The ban encompasses two important events; the Tibetan New Year from February 22-24 and the Tibetan national uprising day commemorated on March 10.
Change in Parliament, Sitting MP resigns
A sitting member of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has resigned citing personal reasons. Geshe Yungdrung Gyaltsen, member of the 15th Parliament from Do-Toe province submitted his resignation dated January 1, 2012, according to a report on the official Parliamentary Secretariat website.
Except self-immolation, what else can be done? by Wang Lixiong
I absolutely respect the Tibetan self-immolators. Whether they had clear visions, their intentions being achievable and realistic or not, their collective actions have inspired the courage of a nation.
Tibetan sentenced to 3 years in Ngaba
Scarce details have emerged on the fate of Tibetans arrested last year in Ngaba, following the fiery wave of self-immolations that continues to engulf the region. A Tibetan native of Ngaba, arrested early last year, was sentenced to three years in jail in January.
Monks jailed for refusing to denounce the Dalai Lama
Two abbots and seven monks of Karma monastery in the Tibetan city of Chamdo were arrested late October 2011 for refusing to denounce Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Abbots, Lodoe Rabsel, 40 and Namsey Sonam, 44, along with seven other monks