Through Her Mother’s Ears: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa on Exile, Memory and Tibetan Stories
A trailblazer whose writing spans fluidly between poetry and prose, nonfiction and memoir, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa needs no introduction.
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Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk
China violates own prison rules to block family, lawyer visits to Dorjee Tashi for fifth consecutive year, Tibet Watch reports
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 10 June: Chinese prison authorities in occupied Tibet continue to deny family visits to imprisoned Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, with the last recorded visit having taken place in 2019. According to a report by Tibet Watch, the research wing of the London-based advocacy group Free Tibet, the continued restrictions have heightened concerns for his well-being, especially given his documented history of severe torture while in custody.
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Kanwal Krishna’s 1940 Dalai Lama Enthronement Portrait Sells for a Record £152,800 in London
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 6 June: The historic enthronement portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet in 1940 by distinguished Indian artist Kanwal Krishna was sold for £152,800 at the sale of “The Collection and Archive of Sir Basil Gould” in London on 5 June.
China Frowns While 142 MPs from 29 Countries at 9th WPCT Unite for Tibet Resolution Ahead of Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 4 June: China has strongly opposed recent remarks made by Tibetan parliamentarians in Japanese media, for asserting that the next Dalai Lama would reincarnate in the “free world” and sought to have other countries exert pressure on China at the 9th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT).
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Tibetan Filmmakers Who Paid with Freedom Condemn Nepal Festival for Chinese Propaganda
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 30 May: Two Tibetan filmmakers, who served time in Chinese prisons for their documentary work, have condemned the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival(KIMFF) for what they described as complicity in China’s effort to politicise film festivals to rewrite Tibet’s history. They have demanded an immediate cancellation of a film segment titled “Xizang Panorama”, featuring six short films, declaring it an attempt to justify China’s occupation of Tibet.
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US to “Aggressively Revoke” Chinese Student Visas Over Security Concerns
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 29 April: The US has announced it will “aggressively revoke” visas of Chinese students with links to the Chinese Communist Party or those studying in critical fields for security reasons.
China’s First National Security White Paper Signals Tighter Control Over Tibet, East Turkistan
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 28 May: Ironically, China, long known for its secrecy and tight control, has released its first-ever White Paper on National Security, acknowledging both “external” and “internal risks” at a critical stage in its modernisation. The document sets a defiant tone, suggesting there will be more restrictions and tensions in its occupied regions, like Tibet and East Turkistan.
Veteran Tibetan Activist Continues 6th Solo Cycle Rally from Dharamshala to Delhi
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 27 May: Veteran Tibetan activist Jamyang Tenzin departed from Dharamshala today to continue his sixth “Tibet awareness solo cycle rally” from Dehradun to Delhi via Dharamshala.
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From Coercion to Resistance: Exiled Tibetans Denounce Forced 17-point Agreement on 74th Anniversary
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 23 May: Tibetans in exile resolutely opposed the imposition of the infamous ‘Seventeen-Point Agreement’ as they commemorated the 74th anniversary of the agreement signed under duress today at a panel discussion here in McLeod Ganj.
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China’s Tibetan Proxy Leaders Have ‘Little to No Credibility’, Says ICT Report
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 22 May: China is facing a “credibility crisis” in cultivating loyal Tibetan leaders within occupied Tibet, as part of its efforts to gain the trust of the Tibetan people by proxies to legitimise its colonial rule, says advocacy group, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).
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