Eight Tibetan students of the Sorig Lobling medical school in Chabcha, eastern Tibet have been sentenced to five years in prison even as the school continues to remain under strict surveillance for the third straight week.
An authoritative group of Tibet experts submitted a letter to China’s president in waiting, Xi Jinping, expressing their “deep concern” about the state of the Tibetan language in China occupied Tibet. Renowned Tibetologists
As you will be assuming your new role as President of the People’s Republic of China in March 2013, the scientific community of Tibetologists would like to express to you its deep concern about the state of the Tibetan language in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in the Tibetan autonomous prefectures in neighboring provinces.
In 2012, China put more journalists behind bars than last year and retained its spot, for over a decade now, as one the worst jailors of press according to a new report. The New York based Committee to Protect Journalists in its annual report on imprisoned journalists said the worldwide tally reached the highest since
The exile Tibetan administration challenged China to prove their assertions after Beijing laid out fresh charges against Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration of inciting self-immolations in Tibet. CTA said it was ready for a probe by the Chinese authorities and invited them
Tibetans all over the world marked the 64th International Human Rights Day December 10 with major protest rallies demanding immediate international intervention in the Tibet crisis. The exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala echoed with loud slogans of ‘Free Tibet,’ ‘Long live the Dalai Lama,’
Representatives of some of the world’s most powerful countries have assured Tibetans that they will continue to engage the Chinese government to try and visit Tibet. Diplomats at various embassies in New Delhi told a delegation of the Tibetan Youth Congress that their Ambassadors in Beijing will continue
Tibetans all over the world today marked the 23rd anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 64th anniversary of the International Human Rights Day under the heavy shadow of the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet.
Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested three Tibetan monks for their reported role in sending out information on the recent mass students’ protest in the Chabcha region of Tsolho.
The ongoing crisis inside Tibet found resonance in the Indian parliament today with a senior Indian leader urging the legislative body to “speak up” for Tibet.
BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister, Yashwant Sinha
