US sanctions 14 more high-level Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown
DHARAMSALA, 8 Dec: The US has announced sanctions against 14 high-level Chinese officials for undermining democratic processes in Hong Kong.
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Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk
Tibetan woman detained, intimidated for ‘illegal’ WeChat posts
DHARAMSALA, 7 Dec: A Tibetan woman has been detained and intimidated for “illegal” WeChat posts by the Chinese authorities, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said Monday.
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COVID-19: CTA reports 47 positive cases over the past week, tally at 464 active case
DHARAMSALA, 4 Dec: The Covid- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration has reported 47 new Covid-19 positive cases among exiled Tibetans in India and Nepal over the past week.
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Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow & Ivan Lam jailed over ‘unauthorised protest’
DHARAMSALA, 3 Dec: Three prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists; Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to varying prison terms by a court in the city for organising an unauthorised protest outside police headquarters in Wan Chai last June.
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Tibet Films, showcasing films made by exiled Tibetans to go live from 3-13 Dec
DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) and Drung Tibetan Filmmakers Collective have collectively announced a new initiative, Tibet Films – an online streaming platform to showcase films made by Tibetan filmmakers in the diaspora.
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‘Ink girl’ who defaced Xi Jinping poster reappears, says she’s “on the verge of collapse” under overbearing restrictions, surveillance
DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: A Chinese activist, popularly known as ‘Ink Girl’ for defacing a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2018 has reappeared in a video declaring that she’s on “the verge of breaking down” under overbearing restrictions and surveillance that the Chinese government has subjected her to.
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Tashi Wangdue drops out of 2021 Sikyong race
DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: Tashi Wangdue announced Sunday that he is withdrawing his candidacy from the upcoming election for the new Sikyong (President) of the Tibetan people.
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China to build another dam on Yarlung Tsangpo
DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: China has announced that it will build a hydropower project on the Brahmaputra, known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan that originates from Tibet and passes to Bangladesh via India.
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10th session of TPIE to be held over 15-31 March
DHARAMSALA, 27 Nov: The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile(TPIE ) has announced that its 10th session will be held for a fifteen-day from 15 March 2021 to debate and to approve the annual budget of the CTA and to discuss the work reports of the seven departments of the Central Tibetan Administration.
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Tibetan singer nominated for 2021 Grammy
DHARAMSALA, 25 Nov: Tenzin Choegyal, a Tibetan singer has been nominated for the 2021 Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry.
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