Tibet

DHARAMSALA, May 22: Tibetan language advocate, Tashi Wangchuk has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of ‘inciting separatism’ by a Chinese court.

DHARAMSALA, May 16: Tibetans were ordered not to take their Children to religious activities and rituals and shouldn’t observe Saka Dawa either, an order issued by the Chinese authorities in Chamdo region in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham demanded.

DHARAMSALA, May 15: China has banned India-educated Tibetan monks from teaching Buddhism in Lithang County in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham claiming the monks were wrongly educated.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, March 20: Prominent Tibetan writer and poet, Druklo was released by the Chinese authorities after completing his three years’ sentence.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, March 9: Chinese authorities have deprived Tibetans of their weekly rest on Sunday in the month of March which also marks the politically sensitive 59th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day against the illegal occupation of Tibet by the Chinese regime.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, March 7: A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire earlier today in Ngaba County in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo in an apparent protest against China’s repressive rule in Tibet.