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Perseverance and closure of an Independent Tibetan School: 30-Year Journey of Jigme Gyaltsen Ethnic Vocational School

30th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Ginger Duan

In July 2024, Jigme Gyaltsen Ethnic Vocational High School, which had operated independently for 30 years, announced its closure. Known as the best Tibetan-language educational institution and a private welfare school in the greater Tibetan region, it has now come to an end. The author of this article once served as an IT technician at the school, handling numerous digital archives and witnessing the establishment, struggles, development, and eventual forced closure of this institution on this land. Now living overseas, the author learned of the school’s shutdown. However, due to censorship, former colleagues and Tibetan friends could not convey their sorrow. The author took up the pen to write this detailed recollection.

FUTURE OF TIBET

30th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By: Gabriel Lafitte | Rukor At the end of 2024 an intensive scenario planning exercise on the future of Tibet was

Sanctioned by China, Tibetan activist expresses disappointment over lack of support from Tibetan community, administration

27th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, 27 Dec: Canada Tibet Committee’s (CTC) Executive Director Sherap Therchin expressed disappointment and felt let down by the lack of support he and his colleagues received from the Tibetan community and the administration in exile after they were sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Communist Government on Sunday, though they received overwhelming support from the Canadian Government and Parliament.

China Approves Construction of Riskiest Hydropower Project in Tibet

27th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA 26, Dec: China has approved the construction of the world’s riskiest Hydropower project on Tibet’s longest river, Yarlung Tsangpo, which flows into India through Arunachal Pradesh (AP) as Siang River on Wednesday, according to an official statement by the Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency.

30 patients, locals and Tibetans avail free cataract surgery at Delek Hospital

26th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 26 Dec: The Delek Hospital and the Association for Ophthalmic Cooperation in Asia (AOCA) based in Japan has jointly organised the 22nd free cataract surgery camp at the Delek Hospital near the Central Tibetan Administration entrance.

Canada Condemns China’s Sanctions, Defends Canada Tibet Committee, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project

26th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, 26 Dec: Canada has “condemned China” and “expressed solidarity” with members of the Canada Tibet Committee and the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, after the Chinese government sanctioned them on Sunday for speaking out about human rights.

National Security Law: Hong Kong issues arrest warrant against 6 overseas activists

25th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 25 Dec: Hong Kong’s Deputy Commissioner of Police(National Security) announced a bounty worth HK$ 1 million each for information leading to the arrest of six pro-democracy overseas Hongkongers in the UK and Canada on Tuesday, reported the rthl.hk.

Xizang: After Paris, British Museum kowtows to China

24th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSHALA, 24 Dec: The British museum in London has been subject to growing criticism from Tibetan activists and rights groups after their repeated appeals to the museum to reinstate the name Tibet instead of the term “Xizang ” in its Silk Route exhibition fell on deaf ears.

Canada Tibet Committee says it’s more encouraged than ever after China’s sanctions

23rd December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has imposed sanctions as a “countermeasure against” the Canada Tibet Committee(CTC) and associated individuals for spreading misinformation about the human rights situation in Tibet under the “Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law” in a statement it issued on Saturday. The sanctions took effect on the same day of the announcement.

India-China Signs 6-Point Agreement to Mend Border Tension

19th December 2024 Edited by Lobsang Tenchoe

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 19 Dec: India and China have signed a 6-point consensus agreement to mend border disputes between the two countries as India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both of whom serve as Special Representatives (SRs) of their respective countries held talks at the 23rd SRs meeting after an interval of 5 years in Beijing on Wednesday.