Dharamshala: Addressing the 49th COVID-19 taskforce briefing, Dr. Tsamchoe updated the pandemic status of the exile Tibetan community, reporting 61 new cases this week raising concern over a surge in the cases once again. The cases reported this week are from the region-wise: 55 from (...)
Rabgayling, Hunsur: As the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is set to be administered to the healthcare workers of Hunsur Rabgayling settlement, thus far, a total of 152 frontline workers have been vaccinated including healthcare staff, heads of monasteries, the staff at the quarantine (...)
Kullu, Manali: On 3 March, the auspicious White Wednesday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the Settlement Office of Kullu- Manali organised the first of a kind inter-religious dialogue, titled ‘All Religions Prayer for World Peace and Special Talk on Inter-religious Harmony’ under the (...)
Dharamshala: The Chinese authorities have released early a Tibetan political prisoner, serving a 10-year prison term, in critical health. Gangbu Rikgye Nyima, aged around 30, was released from prison last week on 25 February in Drakgo (Ch: Luhuo) county in Karze (Ch: Ganzi) Prefecture, (...)
Dharamshala: Tibet is ranked the number one least-free country in the world in 2020, tying the spot with Syria, according to the latest Freedom in the World report by Freedom House. Tibet was given the “worst” rating for years on and had received the aggregate score of one, placing Tibet among (...)
GRAEME SMITH | 1 March 2021 | The Interpreter This article draws from the “Tibet: Colonialism with Chinese characteristics?” episode of The Little Red Podcast, which features interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Evolving from an organisation that almost no one (...)
Geneva: Paralleling the ongoing 46th UN Human Rights Council session, the Tibet Bureau Geneva hosted a virtual side event to discuss the human rights situation in China occupied Tibet. The panel discussion was broadcasted live via Tibet TV Facebook page. The virtual event featured three (...)
The modern day China, in future, can scale up water war through its control of the Tibetan water. SANTOSH CHAUBEY, CNN-NEWS18. MARCH 03, 2021. Historically, when China used to colonise Tibet, the main intention of Chinese rulers was to create a buffer state for security. The onslaught by the (...)
Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. March 3, 2021. Chinese authorities in Tibet are tightening security and carrying out arrests in the regional capital Lhasa and along Tibet’s border with Nepal in the run-up to a (...)
The Sentinel | 3 March 2021 GUWAHATI: Dr Lobsang Sangay, the President of exile Tibetan government, also known as the ‘Central Tibetan Administration’ (CTA), has asserted that Tibet should be a core issue for India as it is for China, and urged India to acknowledge its importance and discuss (...)