2021 SIKYONG ELECTIONS PRELIMINARY ROUND RESULTS
NOTE: Results shown below are from various polling locations in India and abroad obtained form reliable sources. The official vote count will be announced by the Election Commission on February 8, 2021. INDIA LADAKH Penpa Tsering ——————————————-912 Gyari Dolma———————————————-786 Dongchung Ngodup————————————393 Kelsang Dorjee Aukatsang—————————-203 Lobsang Nyandak—————————————60 Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok——————————-42 Tashi Topgyal———————————————04 GANGTOK Penpa Tsering ——————————————-501 […]
China deploys underwater drones in Indian Ocean
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Jan 4: China has deployed a fleet of underwater drones called Sea Wing (Haiyi) glider in the Indian Ocean which can operate for months and make observations for naval intelligence purposes, according to a report published in Forbes Magazine. Defence Analyst HI Sutton in his report said that these sea gliders […]
192 Tibetans recast ballots in Ladakh over vote fraud concerns
By Tenzin Dharpo and Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 4: 192 Tibetans from the polling station at camp no. 8 in Ladakh’s Sonamling Tibetan settlement had to cast their ballots again on Sunday after an incident of vote tampering and interference with the election process. An official at the polling booth in Agling camp who was […]
Opinion: Tibetan Elections 2021-My concerns
By Kalsang Rinchen Around 80000 Tibetans living in exile around the world will participate in a historic election on January 3, 2021. The air is tense. Supporters are exchanging posters, pamphlets, and messages to campaign for their candidate. But before talking about all it, I felt it important to tell you who I am as […]
Polling stations in parts of US and UK to vote early
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 31: The Tibetan diaspora will participate in the 2021 general elections on Sunday. As the threat of Covid-19 looms over the election, some of the communities in US and UK have acquired permission from the Election Commission (EC) of the Central Tibetan Administration to hold early voting where voters can […]
Exile Tibetans gear up for voting day despite Covid-19 threat
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 31: Despite the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, polling stations around the world are gearing up for the 2021 Tibetan general elections in preparation for the January 3 voting day. Here in India, the largest base of the exile Tibetan set up, the regional Election Commission staffs were seen taking down campaign […]
Opinion: Tibet- Where “no answer” too is a perfect answer
By Vijay Kranti (Part of the ‘My journey through the Tibetan mindscape’ series) In “China’s Tibet” today one thing which is at premium is the knowledge and fluency in English. A Radio Jockey on Lhasa’s English FM station of Radio China International is a dream position that a young Chinese girl or a Tibetan boy […]
Tibetan jailed for social media posts of Dalai Lama and CTA
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 30: A Chinese court has sentenced a Tibetan named Lhundup Dorje from Machin in Golok Prefecture earlier this month on Dec. 14. The Tibetan nomad was sentenced to one-year prison term by the Golog Prefecture Intermediate Court on the charges of “inciting separatism” by posting and forwarding content deemed illegal […]
Nepalese police detain 5 Tibetans for holding elections
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 28: The Nepalese police have reportedly detained five Tibetans including an RFA journalist and the settlement officer in Boudha region on Sunday morning. Radio Free Asia reported that the Tibetan community in Nepal were holding elections in a low-profile manner on Dec. 25th and 26th. RFA journalist Dorjee Gyaltsen Gurung and […]
Trump signs ‘historic’ TPSA 2020 into law
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 28: Days after the US Congress passed the Tibetan Policy and Support bill to strengthen Washington’s stance on key issues concerning Tibet and Tibetans, incumbent US President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on Sunday. The bill that supplements and strengthens the Tibet Policy Act of 2002 is welcomed […]