China coerces 200 Tibetan students into state-run boarding school
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 3: In yet another move to undermine Tibetan culture and religious education, Chinese authorities have reportedly forced over 200 Tibetan students from a previously shut Tibetan monastery school, Lhamo Kirti Monastery School in the so called Dzoge County into state-run boarding, reported Radio Free Asia. The crackdown began in May when […]
Senior Tibetan officials in Tibet under investigation for corruption
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 3: Several senior officials in the so called Dechen (Diqing) prefecture in southern Kham (Ch: Yunnan Province) have been investigated in recent months by China’s anti-graft agency, suggesting high levels of political instability. According to a report by International Campaign for Tibet, the officials under investigation are Tibetans, including one who served […]
Sakya Trizin marks 80th birthday with long life ceremony
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 3: The exile seat of Sakya marked the 80th birthday of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo with a customary long life ceremony, at the Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Dehradun on Thursday. In his address to the gathering, His Holiness the Sakya Trizin expressed his gratitude, […]