9th Dharamshala International Film Festival goes online
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 29: The 9th edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) becomes the first Indian festival to go online from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4 showcasing over 100 feature films, shorts and documentaries. With the ongoing pandemic in view, festival co-founders, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam have decided to make their […]
Swiss asylum system under fire, Chinese influence a fact?
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 28: The Swiss Secretariat for Migration (SEM) has come under fire after leaked papers suggest that a secretive test known as the ‘lingua-analysis’, decisive for asylum application for refugees including Tibetans is riddled with gaping limitations and employed usage of pro-China language. Swiss daily NZZ am Sonntag reported on October […]
HP police to recruit Tibetan and Chinese speaking agents to counter Chinese espionage threats
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 28: The DGP Sanjay Kundu of Himachal Pradesh police on Saturday said that the department had requested the central government for three skilled investigators to be inducted in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to keep a check on Chinese espionage threats in the view of the recent case of Rs. […]
Sweden to deport Chinese agent arrested for spying on Tibetans
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 28: The Swedish government has decided to deport a 52-year-old Chinese agent named Dorjee Gyantsan who was convicted of espionage against Tibetans in Sweden in April 2018. He was sentenced to a 22-month jail term by the Sodertorn District Court for “gross illegal intelligence activity” which reportedly took place between […]
Taiwanese forum denounces CCP’s religious persecution
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 27: The representatives of three major religions, Christians, Tibetans Buddhists and Muslims along with the followers of Falun Gong denounced the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) opposition to their faiths and decried that the opportunity to “take down the evil CCP has arrived”. The event on Monday was organised by Taiwan […]
Opinion: Beijing’s motives for crushing Tibetan language
Like empires of the past, the Communist Party of China is using language policy to ensure its hegemony By Tenzin Tsultrim and Karma Tenzin Transportation has played several different roles in the rise of civilizations and also in national defense. For instance, the efficient utilization of roads helped the Roman Empire rule the ancient world. The good […]
US Senator introduces bill condemning CCP’s forced labour in Tibet
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: A draft resolution was introduced in the US Senate titled “Condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor and other coercive measures to destroy religious freedom in Tibet” by Republican Senator Josh Hawley and cosponsored by 10 other Senators. The bill emphasized the CCP’s interference on the Tibetan […]
Dalai Lama welcomes activation of UN treaty on Nuclear weapons ban
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 26: Days after the United Nation’s treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was activated after the 50th country ratified the treaty, long-time advocate of global disarmament His Holiness the Dalai Lama welcomed the development and said, “A nuclear-free world is in everyone’s interest”. The Tibetan spiritual leader wrote, “This […]
Opinion: Did Trump fail the “Tibet Test”?
By Ugyen Gyalpo “If you think you live in a free country, ask if your politicians feel free to meet the Dalai Lama. If the answer is no, then you are part of the Chinese empire — you just haven’t realised it yet.” -Edward Lucas, The Times Columnists. It is true that Trump never met His […]
Activist group expresses solidarity with 12 HK activists
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 23: Activist group Students for a Free Tibet- India (SFT) on Friday carried out a demonstration in solidarity with the 12 Hong Kong youth activists who were charged with “unlawfully crossing the border” on Aug. 23. At the McLeod Ganj square, the activist group condemned the illegal detention of the […]