Activists in London show solidarity to Beijing’s “Bridge man”
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 21: The London-based Free Tibet activists on Thursday hung a banner identical to the one at the Sitong bridge in Beijing that was hung by an unidentified protester on October 13. The group held a demonstration calling for an end to the Chinese government’s restrictive Covid-19 measures in solidarity with the Chinese […]
Imprisoned businessman’s family in Lhasa campaign for his release
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 21: The family of the high-profile Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, whose deteriorating health in Drapchi prison last year concerned Tibetans in exile, has made allegations against the Chinese authorities of being complicit in his unjust sentence. His brother Dorjee Tseten published an open letter in the ‘Rights Network Group’ in […]
Six Tibetans sentenced up to 14 years for threatening ‘state security’
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: The Chinese government has arbitrarily sentenced six Tibetan intellectuals and activists, to prison terms ranging from four years to fourteen years, on vague charges of “inciting separatism” and “endangering state security”, according to several media reports. Former political prisoner Golog Jigme told RFA that the whole trial was conducted […]
Chinese authorities order Tibetans to watch CCP Congress
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct 18: Chinese authorities have ordered Tibetan residents in Lhasa to watch the televised coverage of the ongoing 20th Party Congress meeting of the Chinese Communist Party by forbidding them to leave their houses until the end of the sessions, according to sources cited by Radio Free Asia. Monasteries and schools in […]
President Xi reiterates Zero-Covid stance, military development at 20th Party Congress
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 18: The Chinese President Xi Jinping in his two hour long address at the 20th Party Congress in Beijing on Sunday emphasized his commitment to the zero-covid policy, resisting any hopes of opening up the country despite widespread frustration and economic damage. “We have adhered to the supremacy of the […]
China detains five Tibetans for performing song about Dalai Lama
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 16: Chinese authorities in the so called Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has reportedly detained five Tibetan men on Thursday for merely performing a song about the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to the research group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. The local Chinese […]
Adrian Zenz, Tibet Film Festival to be awarded Snow Lion human rights prize
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 14: The US-based International Campaign for Tibet will award its first human rights prize to the founders of Tibet Film Festival and anthropologist and prolific China researcher Dr. Adrian Zenz whose 2021 report exposed Chinese abuses in Xinjiang. The two will receive the honor and 3,000 euros at a ceremony […]
Rare protest erupts in Beijing against Xi’s authoritarian regime
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 13: A rare protest in Beijing against President Xi Jinping and the government’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic has been reported by several media outlets on Thursday in the lead up to the 20th Party Congress. Images showed two banners on Sitong bridge in Haidian district in Beijing that read, “No Covid […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decade-long rule must end, says HRW
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 12: A Human Rights Watch report on Monday said that governments around the world should commit to pressing Beijing to respect human rights both inside and outside China, ahead of the new term that President Xi Jinping is likely to assume. “President Xi’s precedent-breaking third term bodes ill for human […]
China claims ‘victory’ as UN rejects debate on rights abuses in Xinjiang
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 7: The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted not to debate on the treatment of the Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in East Turkestan, known widely as Xinjiang. The Council rejected the motion by 19 votes to 17 and 11 countries abstaining during the process. China welcomed the move […]