Tibetan political prisoner confirmed dead for opposing Chinese re-education campaign
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 5: Tibetan political prisoner Norsang, 36, has reportedly died in custody back in 2019 after his release from a political re-education detention in Nagchu prefecture. RFA Tibetan service citing an anonymous source confirmed his death in custody two years ago after being severely tortured by Chinese authorities. A father of […]
Opinion: My first encounter with ‘Modern Tibet’ – Part II
By Vijay Kranti (Part of the ‘My journey through the Tibetan mindscape’ series) It may sound funny if I say that my journeys through Chinese occupied Tibet have made me an admirer of Chinese communist masters of Tibet at least in one way. In their true Han style of delivering shocks of unexpected kind, Beijing […]
US says China operating “repressively at home and aggressively abroad”
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 4: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused China of operating “more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad” a ‘60 Minutes’ CBS interview aired on Sunday. Secretary Blinken said that even though the US did not want to hold China down, it would not allow it to […]
Two new parliamentarians sworn in
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 3: Following the resignation of MP Lobsang Dakpa (Dotoe) and MP Gyari Thar (Domey) from the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile earlier last month, two replacement parliamentarians Tsering Dolma (Dotoe) and Sonam Wangmo (Domey) took oath of office as representatives of their constituencies on Monday. Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok administered the oath […]
China enforces nomadic relocations to militarize border regions
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 1: The Chinese government continue to enforce relocations of Tibetans through turning huge territories of grasslands into military base camps, according to the London-based rights group Free Tibet. The report published on Friday cited an anonymous source from Tibet who said that Tibetans living near the border region in central Tibet, […]
3 dead, 352 Tibetans infected in a week: CTA Covid-19 Task Force
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, April 30: As India became the global epicenter for the deadly virus, 352 Tibetans have tested positive and 3 Tibetans have died this past week, the Central Tibetan Administration’s task force on Covid- 19 said Thursday. Task force member and spokesperson Dr. Tsamchoe said that active cases among Tibetans in India […]
German Chancellor Merkel presses China for human rights dialogue
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 30: The German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday pressed China’s Premier Li Keqiang for discussions on human rights issues, noting that the relationship between their countries “means that we can address difficult issues and put everything on the table.” The remarks from the chancellor came after Merkel and Li led […]
Japan lawmakers pledge continued support for Tibet
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 29: The All Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet on Tuesday pledged continuous support for the Tibetan struggle during a virtual meeting with President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), known also as the Tibetan government-in-exile, Dr. Lobsang Sangay as he completes his two-term tenure as Sikyong. The head […]
Covid cluster at Bangalore Youth hostel grows as 45 cases discovered
By Tenzin Lekdhen BANGALORE, Apr. 29: The worsening Covid-19 situation at Tibetan Youth Hostel (TYH) in Bangalore where a cluster case was discovered last week has further deteriorated as additional cases were discovered. In addition to the 15 cases last week, 25 more people have tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday, taking the […]
China arrests two for communicating with Tibetans in exile
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 29: Two Tibetans have reportedly been arrested for communicating with exile Tibetans in Eastern Tibet on April 16, according to rights group Tibet Watch. Samten Sangpo and Tsultrim from Machen County in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were arrested for communicating with exiled Tibetans through the micro messaging app WeChat. The […]