Dalai Lama to be honored with 15th Spendlove Prize
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept 22: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been awarded the “Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance” by the University of California, Merced as its 15th recipient. Sherrie Spendlove who established the prize at the university said, “In our increasingly politically-divided and highly […]
One Tibetan killed, four arrested in Serthar County
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 21: One Tibetan man among a group of five has reportedly been killed by Chinese authorities in Serthar County in the Eastern Tibet, in connection to organizing religious activities, Dharamshala-based rights group revealed on Monday. Tibet Watch said that one of the detainees has been killed during detention due to […]
Lhasa officials apologize for mishandling Covid-19 lockdown
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 19: Several authorities of Lhasa city in Tibet have apologized for mishandling the city’s lockdown following backlash from local residents’ online for indefinite lockdown, lack of proper care, chaotic testing system and food shortages. One of Lhasa’s vice mayors, Damdul (Zhandui) apologised on Saturday and agreed that the criticism has […]
7 detained for exposing China’s Covid-19 mismanagement
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 18: A Tibetan nomad Rinchen Dhondup among six other Tibetans have reportedly been detained for merely sharing Covid-related photos and videos online amid the harsh implementation of the Chinese government’s ‘Zero-Covid policy’. Tibet Times’ reported that Tibetans from Lhasa, Nagchu and other counties were arrested on Wednesday for sharing information on […]
Chinese police operating unofficial “service stations” overseas to target dissidents: Report
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 18: A Spain-based NGO said that China has set up 54 “overseas police service centers” worldwide operated by Chinese community groups associated with the Chinese Communist Party, to target and pressure dissents abroad. Safeguard Defenders on Monday released a report that claimed that under the project “110 Overseas”, official provincial statements and […]
Exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim in October
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 15: The octogenarian Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be making a visit to Sikkim on October 28, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs of Sikkim Sonam Lama said Wednesday. A delegation from the Sikkim government led by Lama called upon the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala on […]
Chinese agent at Twitter could collect user data, claims whistle-blower Zatko
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 14: A whistle-blower named Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a famed hacker who served as Twitter’s head of security, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee ob Tuesday and said that the Twitter’s employees were concerned that the Chinese government would be able to collect data on company’s users. The whistle-blower, who worked […]
China set to purchase DNA sampling kits despite criticism
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 14: The Chinese government is reportedly set to buy over $1,60,000 worth of “profiling kits and other supplies” from Thermo Fisher, a US-based company that came under fire for selling similar supplies to Chinese authorities in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) in the past. The Chinese documents online showed that the CCP […]
Parliamentary session halted as MPs walk out over ‘Document 39’
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 13: The proceedings of the biannual session of 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has been halted since Saturday as a group of MPs from the Utsang, Domey and Europe constituency staged a walk out over their objection citing the revival of the infamous ‘Document 39’ that ousted all the Judges of the Tibetan […]
Book Review: A Tiblomat’s Reflections
Tibet: Reports From Exile By Thubten Samphel Blackneck Books Year of Publication 2019 Page 284 By Dr. Tenzin Tsultrim The author of this book, Thubten Samphel (TS) was one of the very few Tibetans who have written in both genres of fiction and non-fiction in English. Falling Through the Roof published by Rupa publication is […]