Coalition demand China to submit report to UN Committee against Torture
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct 6: Ten human rights groups in a joint letter on Wednesday demanded the Chinese government to submit its state party report to the UN Committee against Torture without any further delay. “By ratifying the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the PRC has committed to submit […]
China claims authority over reincarnation of Dalai Lama
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 6: A panel of so-called Chinese experts have claimed absolute authority over the reincarnation of the spiritual head of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at an International Webinar on the ‘Religious Rituals and Historical Customs of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas’ on Monday. The event that took place on […]
Dalai Lama urges hope to Tibetans affected by Covid crisis
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 5: Following the reports of the ongoing ordeals of Tibetans inside Tibet due to the harsh Chinese policies in the name of Covid prevention, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged hope to all affected Tibetans. “What is most important is that you [Tibetans […]
Tibetan man from Dartsedo dies in Chinese custody
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct 2: A Tibetan man named Ngodup Tsering has reportedly died after Chinese authorities arrested him on Sept. 28 for allegedly visiting and providing food and edibles to an old age home in Dartsedo County in the so-called Sichuan province. A source told Tibet Times that the Chinese police reportedly beat the man […]
Five suicides due to draconian Covid measures in Lhasa, says TCHRD
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 30: The Dharamshala-based research group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said that five known deaths by means of suicide have taken place primarily due to the draconian measures adopted by the Chinese government under the Zero-Covid policy, which has been widely criticized both inside Tibet and abroad. […]
Tibetan writer’s debut novel shortlisted for 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept 29: The Vancouver-based Tibetan writer Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, published in May has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The jury presenter on Tuesday said that the “pages of the story are both a homage to survival and a home for the […]
Tibetan teacher in Lhasa detained over lockdown post
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept 28: A Tibetan teacher named Gontse has reportedly been detained in Chongchi County on August 14 by the Chinese police following his social media posts about the Covid-19 lockdown in the capital city of Lhasa. According to the Dharamshala-based group Tibet Watch, the teacher in his 40s hails from Walshul […]
Pandemic mismanagement in Tibet exposes China’s failed Covid policy: CTA President
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 27: In the wake of the ongoing implementation of the so-called Covid-19 prevention measures in Tibet, the CTA President Penpa Tsering in a statement on Monday said that the Chinese government is disregarding the basic needs of the Tibetans and exposing its mismanagement of the pandemic. “The mismanagement of the […]
Former MP Lobsang Shastri appointed new representative of Delhi
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 25: The former member of the 12th and 13th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile Lobsang Shastri was appointed the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Bureau office in New Delhi. As the key Tibetan official in the Indian capital, he will assume the responsibility of representing the Tibetan government-in-exile as the nodal […]
Tibetan President addresses Japanese parliamentarians in Tokyo
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 23: The President of Tibetan government-in-exile known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering addressed the All Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet on Thursday, highlighting the worsening situation of the Tibetan people under the repressive policies of CCP. Japan has the largest Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet […]