By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Geshe Rachung Gendun, a Tibetan monk from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was released from prison on 16 November after completing his three-and-a-half-year sentence. He is currently receiving medical treatment at Hashi Hospital in Chengdu, as reported by a close source on December 9. The source requested anonymity for security reasons.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: Chinese authorities have released prominent Tibetan environmentalist and philanthropist Karma Samdrup after he completed a 15-year prison sentence. Karma Samdrup was released in frail health, sources have told Tibet Express.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: The Chinese authorities have released prominent Tibetan writer Rongwo Gendun Lhundup after he completed his four-year sentence, according to a source from the region.
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DHARAMSALA 7 Nov: To date, 159 Tibetans have self-immolated inside Tibet in protest against Chinese occupation, yet there is only one book instead of 159, Dr. Gyal Lo cautioned at the launch of the Tibetan translation of Barbara Demick’s book, “Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town.”
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By Yangchen Lhamu
DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan youth for exposing China’s illegal mining in Tibet earlier this week. Tsongon Tsering, a 29-year-old Tibetan from Tsaruma village in Kakhog County, Ngaba, in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was detained after he posted a video registering a complaint about large-scale sand and gravel mining along the river in Tsaruma village, which is the source of Asia’s two largest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River, reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
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By Yangchen Lhamu
DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: “Unsettled,” a group art exhibition featuring contemporary Tibetan artists from across the world curated by Khadhok, a Tibetan artists’ collective, is underway at Buddha’s Abode in McLeodGanj, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people.
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By Yangchen Lhamu
DHARAMSALA, 1 Nov: China’s President Xi Jinping has asked US President Joe Biden to change Washington’s diplomatic language over Taiwan’s independence last year, with Xi’s aides repeatedly following up, but the White House has turned down the request.
By Yangchen Lhamu
DHARAMSALA, 31 Oct: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, is scheduled to visit Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tumlang, North Sikkim, in the northeastern part of India in November.
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