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TPiE Votes 23–15 Against Private Member’s Bill on Continuation of Tibetan Independence Struggle
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 18 Sept: A private member’s Bill calling for the continuation of the Tibetan independence struggle prompted heated debate in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) on Friday over the constitutional and procedural basis for bringing the proposal before the House, before members voted 23-15 against admitting it to the discussion agenda.
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Tibetan Buddhist Leader Choktrul Dorje Ten Missing Nine Months After Detention
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 22 Sept: The whereabouts and well-being of prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator Choktrul Dorje Ten remain unknown more than nine months after his arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities, despite seven formal appeals submitted by his family members and students seeking information about his condition, according to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
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Did Xi Jinping Suffer a Stroke at BRICS and Hurry Home?
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 17 Sept: Unverified claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping suffered a stroke during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi have circulated on popular social media platform X, with Wanjun Xie, chairman of the China Democracy Party, claiming that Xi received emergency treatment before returning to China for surgery.
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Rules for Thee but Not for Me: The Sorry State of the Tibetan Parliament
An extraordinary display of political amnesia- that was my immediate thought while watching the house stretch, pull and twist Article 56 of the Charter of the Tibetans in exile on 18th September. The episode followed the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) point of order against a private member’s bill calling for the continuation of the Tibetan independence struggle. The bill was introduced by Parliamentarian Sangay Dorjee and supported by Parliamentarian Gagya Gyaltsen Choekyi, while the Speaker, Dolma Tsering Teykhang, duly accepted the point of order.
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Tibetan activists demand immediate transparency from Beijing following devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods
DHARAMSALA, 1 Sept: Tibetan activists are demanding immediate transparency from Beijing following the devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods.
While Chinese state media has reported 19 deaths and 548 people missing, families in Kyirong are communicating a far more severe reality, reporting that the entire Lhende area in Kyirong, occupied Tibet has been washed away.
The Lhende area is predominantly inhabited by semi-nomadic Tibetan communities and serves as a significant trade route connecting Tibet with Nepal and India.
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CTA’s China Dialogue Push Unwise at This Stage, Says Veteran Indian Journalist and Tibetologist Vijay Kranti
Veteran Indian journalist, long-time Tibet supporter and Tibetologist Vijay Kranti launched his new book, “China’s Colonial Games in Tibet,” in Dharamshala on Friday. The volume brings together a series of essays developed from presentations by leading communicators and experts delivered during nearly 30 international webinars on key Tibet–China issues held between 2020 and 2023, organised by Kranti in collaboration with the Tibetan Youth Congress. Kranti said the endeavour behind the book was to present, in a single volume, a comprehensive narrative of the major colonial challenges and issues that the Tibetan people continue to face under China’s rule.