Activists call out US broadcaster of Beijing Olympics
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 9: Dozens of Tibetan, Uyghur and Hong Konger activists entered the premises of the New-York merchandise store of National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Studios at Rockefeller Center on Sunday. The activists conducted a flash mob to protest and call out NBC to not air the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics scheduled to […]
CTA Task Force charts out Covid-19 preparation for third wave
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 8: The CTA Covid-19 Emergency Task Force conducted a press briefing with the President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Penpa Tsering on Saturday to lay out policies for the upcoming months to confront the third wave of the pandemic. The executive members in the press release said that it […]
Opinion: Tibetan Identity snubbed by China. Choeyang Kyi, the Tibetan Olympic Silver medallist is not Chinese
By Tenzing Dhamdul The 20 KM race for women in the Tokyo Olympics just got over and we witnessed our Tibetan kin Choeyang Kyi finish 7th in the race with her being seconds away from securing another medal. Choeyang Kyi is a Tibetan born in Amdo and yet when she shot into stardom when she […]
Young Tibetans sent to military education camps in Nyingtri
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 7: Young school children aged 8 to 16 have reportedly been sent to new military education camps established earlier this year in Nyingtri city, which shares the border with Arunachal Pradesh in India. Such military styled facilities for training Tibetan youth during holidays, is constructed in an already sensitive militarized […]
China arrests senior monk from monastery in Ngaba
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 5: The Chinese officials in Ngaba County have reportedly arrested a 45-year-old monk named Konmay from Trotsik monastery on July 20, according to two sources from Kirti monastery based in Dharamshala. The sources however, could not provide any other information including the cause of arrest. The detained monk is a […]
Tibetan NGOs appeal for urgent resolution to parliament deadlock
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 4: Four Tibetan NGOs based in Dharamshala on Wednesday appealed to all the stakeholders to resolve the ongoing parliamentary deadlock. The Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s Association, National Democratic Party of Tibet, and Students for a Free Tibet – India issued a three-point appeal letter for the immediate resolution of […]
Chinese authorities forcibly shutdown monastery in Gansu
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 3: Local Chinese authorities in Gansu province have forcibly shut down a Tibetan monastery in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, forcing monks and nuns out of their residences. Hongcheng monastery, also known as the Royal Order of Pagoda Temple, is a Sakya monastery in Yongjing County of Gansu. It was […]
Rights group demand proof of Bangri Rinpoche’s release
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 2: The Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released a statement that demanded proof of Bangri Tsamtrul Rinpoche’s release from prison after he completed his sentence on July 31st. The reincarnated lama of Nangchen Bangri Monastery, also known as Jigme Tenzin Nima, was born in Nangchen County, […]
Chinese officials demand information on Tibetans living in exile
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 2: Chinese authorities in Tibet have reportedly ordered Tibetans to turn over names and personal information of relatives living in exile or risk losing state benefits, according to sources cited by Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Saturday. The recent campaign was launched in Dingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region […]
Nobel laureates denounce China’s attempt to bar Dalai Lama and Yuan Tseh Lee from key summit
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 29: Over a hundred Nobel laureates have signed a statement denouncing Chinese government attempts to bar two famous personas from the Nobel Prize summit in April. The Chinese embassy in Washington called the National Academic Sciences (NAS) in March to remove Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and […]