Around 80 Tibetans detained after protest against illegal gold mining in Kham Zachuka
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 17: Chinese authorities in Kashi village, Kham Zachuka, Sershul County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, detained around 80 Tibetans following a protest against illegal gold-mining activities, with the whereabouts of seven individuals still unknown. The information was made public by Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Deputy Director and environmental researcher at the Tibet Policy […]
Chinese authorities deploy police, paramilitary presence during Ganden Ngamchoe in Lhasa
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 16: Chinese authorities have reportedly deployed a heavy presence of police and paramilitary forces in Lhasa on Sunday during the annual Ganden Ngamchoe festival, a key religious observance commemorating the parinirvana of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Ganden Ngamchoe, observed on the 25th day of […]
Opinion: China fuming over 6th Dalai Lama conference in Tawang
By Vijay Kranti In late November when I received invitation to participate in an international conference on Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso, the famous and controversial 6th Dalai Lama at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, I alerted some journalist and diplomat friends to watch out for a hot reaction from China soon. I didn’t make this prediction as […]