China dismisses growing Western criticism of human rights abuses at UN
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 26: China has dismissed the growing criticism by Western countries of its treatment of ‘ethnic minorities’ in Xinjiang and Tibet, and citizens in Hong Kong. China’s ambassador to the United Nations Chen Xu addressed the forum on Wednesday, “At this high-level segment, the U.K., EU, Germany, USA, Canada, and some […]
Opinion: My first encounter with ‘Modern Tibet’ – Part 1
By Vijay Kranti (Part of the ‘My journey through the Tibetan mindscape’ series) Unlike enlightened souls like Richard Gere who was bitten by the Tibet bug at a mature age, my fascination for Tibet started as a little kid back in 1950s when my school text book taught me about India’s neighbors. It included an […]
EU demands China to allow ‘meaningful access’ to Xinjiang
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 24: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday demanded China to allow independent rights observers to access Xinjiang province to probe abuses. “Across the world, in a major health crisis, human rights and democracy are facing serious threats,” he said at a UN Security Council meeting. The […]
TCHRD warns against China’s “distorted development” in Tibet
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 23: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) on Tuesday launched a report titled “Distorted Development: Chinese Discourse on the Right to Development and its Implementation in Tibet”, which argued that the heightened Chinese model of development unequivocally ignores the existing human rights situation in Tibet. The press […]
China asks US to halt support for “separatist forces” in Tibet, HK, Xinjiang
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 22: China on Monday urged US to stop “smearing” the Community Party of China (CPC) and its one-party system, adding that it should lift sanctions on trade and halt support for “separatist forces” in Tibet, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during his annual speech […]
US bipartisan bill targeting Uyghur, Tibetan forced labour
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 22: A new bipartisan bill prohibiting goods made by Uyghur forced labour from entering the US will also mandate an enforcement strategy for dealing with coerced labour by Tibetans, reported International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). The Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act will create a “rebuttal presumption” that goods made in […]
China confirms four casualties in Galwan clashes
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 19: China on Friday officially confirmed that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops suffered four casualties during the confrontation with Indian soldiers at Galwan valley, Ladakh in June last year. According to CCP mouthpiece Global Times, four frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains were killed in the clashes. […]
NYPD cop charged with spying on Tibetans out on bail
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 19: The New York Police Department (NYPD) cop who was charged with spying on Tibetans was released on $2 million bond on Feb. 12 from federal jail after contracting COVID-19, according to Newsday. Baimadajie Angwang (Pema Dhargyal Ngawang) is a naturalized US citizen from Tibet who has been held in the […]
Tibetan tour guide dies of injuries sustained in Chinese prison
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 17: A middle aged Tibetan man who worked as a tour guide has reportedly died in a hospital in Lhasa in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), less than three months after being transferred from a Chinese prison, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. Kunchok Jinpa, 51, who was serving the […]
China denies helping Myanmar military coup after embassy protests
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 18: China’s ambassador to Myanmar has denied rumours of assisting the military coup in Myanmar after hundreds of pro-democracy protestors demonstrated outside the Chinese embassy on Thursday. Myanmar’s military invalidated the results of the November election where the National League of Democracy (NLD) won by a large margin on Feb. […]