By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 17 April: Almost a year after its forced closure, Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School, a prominent Tibetan educational institute in Golok, occupied Tibet, has been granted permission to reopen by the Chinese government to run only its vocational courses.
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Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science: 25 Years of “Science for Monks and Nuns
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 14 April: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) Toronto and SFT-India staged protests outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto and the Vietnamese embassy in Delhi respectively today, demanding an investigation into the suspicious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee while in Chinese custody in Vietnam.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 10 April: A coalition of global Cybersecurity agencies has issued a joint advisory warning against Two Chinese spyware variants aimed at monitoring and intimidating individuals connected to topics including occupied Tibet, East Turkestan, Taiwan, democracy movement and Falun Gong communities.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 9 April: India is preparing to introduce its first-ever school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries in the contested Himalayan region bordering China-occupied Tibet to unify education programs and foster patriotism to insulate religious learning from China’s influence, as reported by various Indian media outlets.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 8 April: The first ever Tibetan-language anthology film “State of Stateless: Tales from the Tibetan Diaspora” presented by Drung Tibetan Filmmakers’ collective, will be screening at Gold Cinema, Dharamsala on 18 and 19th April at 6:00 pm, according to a post by Drungfilms’ on its official Instagram account.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 4 April: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) declared that Kham Driru in occupied Tibet has “turned into one of the most tightly-controlled regions in Tibet” with harsh security clampdown, amounting to crimes against humanity, The TCHRD declared in its latest special report on Kham Driru.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 3 April: After disappearing without a trace for 8 months, Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, has been announced dead without further details by the Chinese authorities.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 1 April: “Freedom Trail,” a six-day trekking programme retracing the historic route taken by the Dalai Lama during his escape to India on March 31 1959, following the Chinese occupation of Tibet, commenced in Tawang on 31 March.
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