NBA defiant as China stops broadcasting games after Hong Kong tweet row
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 9: The most watched basketball league in the world, National Basketball Association (NBA) has stood tall after one of the team’s general manager tweeted in support of Hong Kong protests, riling China and prompting its state television to stop broadcast of the NBA games in the country. China has suspended broadcast of pre-season […]
Tibetans in Nepal ‘sitting ducks’ as China presses Kathmandu to sign extradition treaty
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: Tibetan exiles in Nepal are set to be further endangered as Beijing is pressing the Kathmandu government to sign an extradition treaty during the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country in mid October for talks. The extradition treaty if signed will allow the two nations to extradite criminals or suspected […]
25 Tibetans students arrested in Tamil Nadu ahead of Modi-XI Summit
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 8: The arrest of Tibetan refugees in the run-up to the high profile Modi-Xi Summit this Friday continues as 25 Tibetan students in Chennai were arrested and taken to Selaiyur police station in East Tambaram in Tamil Nadu. The arrest happened Monday morning when the Selaiyur police officers thronged the rooms of these […]
Eight Tibetan activists arrested in Chennai before Modi-Xi Summit
DHARAMSHALA, October 7: Eight Tibetans were arrested yesterday by Tamil Nadu police and detained at Chennai puzhal central jail where prominent activist Tenzin Tsundue was shifted early yesterday following his arrest the previous day. The eight arrested yesterday consists of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India director and two executive members, members of Tibetan […]
Queensland Tibetans join other nationalities to condemn CCP’s oppression
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 7: Tibetans in Queensland, Australia, joined Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Uighurs, Hong Kongers and representative of Transparency for University in Queensland (T4UQ) on Sunday morning to protest against the continuing oppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP. The protest at the Queens Garden that follows the CCP’s recent celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the […]
Not appointing new envoys for dialogue a pre-emptive move: Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 7: On the much discussed issue of the vacant positions of the envoys for the Sino-Tibet dialogue, the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday revealed that the decision to not appoint new envoys was a pre-emptive move to maintain the previously explored channels of communication with Beijing. The Dalai […]
Prominent Tibetan activist arrested in lead up to Modi-Xi summit: Updated
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 6: Prominent Tibetan writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue has been arrested on Saturday evening in Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu in lead up to Chinese President Xi-Jinping visit next week. He is currently in police custody at Kottakuppam police station and is likely to remain there until the visit. The coastal town of Mamallapuram, the […]
Dalai Lama concludes teaching for Taiwanese group
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 5: His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the conclusion of three-day teaching today, reiterated his four commitments to over 7,000 people from 61 countries that included a sizeable number of Taiwanese Buddhists. The Tibetan spiritual leader began by stating his belief that all seven billion people are the same and compassionate by nature […]
Tibetan monk arrested in Ngaba
Dharamshala, Oct. 4: A Tibetan monk of Ngaba Kirti monastery has been arrested by the Chinese police on September 19, said Kanyag Tsering of the exiled base Kirti monastery. Sonam Palden, aged 22 years was nabbed from his monastic quarters, an unnamed source said, adding that his arrest might have to do with contents he […]
Unregulated gold mining operations rampant in occupied Tibet: rights group
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DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 4: Gold mining operations by private and state owned companies are flouting stipulated procedures for waste disposal and mine management at the irreversible expense of the local environment in occupied Tibet, rights group Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy said on Friday. Tibetan areas in Machu County and Sangchu County in Kanlho […]