Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk
Raging Wildfire in Nyagchuka, Tibet, Continues to Spread
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 18 March: A wildfire that broke out on the evening of 15 March in Nyagchukha, Kham Kardze in Tibet, has led to the urgent evacuation of 1,360 households with 5,908 people, according to the latest news report from Khampa TV at 8 a.m. today.
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US Special Coordinator for Tibet Condemns Beijing’s ‘Sinicization’ Policies in Tibet
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 16 March: At the “Assessing the PRC’s Assimilation Policies in Tibet” event, Uzra Zeya, the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, condemned Beijing’s ‘Sinicization’ policies in Tibet. The event, hosted by the University of Ottawa and Canada Tibet Committee on 12 March, irked Chinese authorities, with a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Canada calling it hyping up Tibet-related issues and spreading lies about Tibet, as stated on their official website on 14 March.
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Ludup, Another Political Prisoner Released In Debilitated Condition, Under Surveillance
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 15 March: A Tibetan political prisoner named Ludup, 54 years old from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo was reportedly released from Chinese prison last month after serving a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for his participation in the 2008 Pan Tibetan uprising.
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Chinese Military Presence Gaining Strength Surrounding India
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 14 March: A Chinese military delegation recently visited the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal to discuss further cooperation in defence issues, China’s Ministry of National Defence reported yesterday on its website.
6th Session of 17th TPiE Reconvenes, Security Report Clears Tibetan MP of Chinese Spy Allegations
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 13 March: The remaining business of the 6th Session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) reconvened today to discuss the work reports of the seven departments of the Central Tibetan Administration after it was adjourned and postponed due to a shortage of the required quorum in September 2023.
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Feature Story: Art in Limbo: Monsal Pekar’s Memorial Doring and Its Fate
By Tsering Choephel
A winter over twenty-three years ago, working solitarily – she was kneading clays and casting them onto the 10-foot base pillar structure to create a Doring (Stone Pillar) as a “Memorial dedicated to the 1.2 million Tibetans who died as a result of Chinese occupation.”
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Low Turnout Marks Dharamsala’s 65th Anniversary Commemoration of Tibetan Women’s Uprising
By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 12 March: In commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day on 12th March
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CTA, Tibetans In Dharamsala Commemorate 65th Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 10 March: In commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising on March 10th, 1959, the leadership of the Tibetan government in exile, commonly referred to as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), and Tibetans living in Dharamsala gathered at the courtyard of Tsuglag-Khang, the main temple in McLeod Ganj this morning.
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Nepal Bars Tibetan Uprising Day Commemoration Yet Again, Gu-Chu-Sum Absent from Co-organising Protest March for Second Year
DHARAMSALA, 10 March: Nepal has yet again denied permission for Tibetans to commemorate the Tibetan National Uprising Day, with the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office calling on Tibetans to conduct prayers and ritual activities at home as usual. Meanwhile, the Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet, an organisation of former political prisoners of Tibet, has abstained for the second year in a row from co-organising a peace march from the main temple in McLeod Ganj to Kacheri in lower Dharamsala to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day with major NGOs based here in the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people.
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