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India Calls China’s Renaming of Arunachal Sites “Baseless and Mischievous”

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 14 April: India has categorically rejected China’s latest issuance of “standardised names” for geographical locations in its northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh(AP), calling them “mischievous attempts” and an effort at “introducing false claims and manufacturing baseless narratives,” which, it said, would not alter the fact that the state is an integral part of India.

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Hunger Strike at UN: Tibetans Demand Repeal of China’s Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 8 April: Tibetans in New York and New Jersey are staging a 90-hour chain hunger strike in front of the United Nations(UN) headquarters, calling for an end to China’s systematic eradication of Tibetan identity. The protest comes in response to China’s latest “ethnic unity” law, which critics warn is an attempt to assimilate marginalised and occupied groups into a single, homogenised Chinese identity.

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Tibetan Activist Pedals for Freedom, One French City at a Time

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 2 April: Twenty years after fleeing Tibet, Sonam Dhondup has not seen his parents once — and he may never again. The Tibetan activist, based in France, began cycling on Wednesday to make sure the world knows why.

Dhondup launched a solo three-month cycling rally to raise awareness about the Tibetan freedom movement and its opposition to China’s colonial rule. He said the rally aims to dispel the misconception among the international community that all Tibetans in exile are willing to remain under Chinese rule. Instead, he emphasised that Tibetans aspire to restore Tibet as a historically sovereign and self-governing nation and secure their right to self-rule.

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TYC Launches Dharamsala–Delhi ‘Black Hat March’ Protesting China’s Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 31 March: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), one of the largest pro-independence Tibetan NGOs, today commenced its “Black Hat March” from McLeod Ganj, a journey that is scheduled to culminate at the United Nations office in Delhi on 25 April. The march primarily calls for the repeal of China’s recently enacted law on “Ethnic Unity and Progress”, which the organisation describes as a deliberate attempt to accelerate the sinicisation and erasure of Tibetan identity under the guise of promoting unity.

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China Detains, Tortures Monk at Tulku Hungkar’s Memorial in Occupied Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 30 March: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained and tortured a Tibetan monk during the first-anniversary memorial ceremony for Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche at Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golok, Amdo — a Tibetan Tulku whose death under mysterious circumstances last year continues to alarm communities worldwide, according to a report by Tibet Times.

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