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CTA President Confirms Discontinuation of USAID to Tibetans on Losar

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 4 March: Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has confirmed on Monday that US foreign aid under the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) to the Tibetan exile community will continue, despite his earlier announcement about a complete halt to US foreign aid to Tibetans, including USAID and PRM, on the second day of the Tibetan new year (Losar) on 1 March.

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58th  UN Human Rights Council: China Preemptively Dismisses Human Rights Violations as Interference in Internal Affairs 

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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 26 Feb: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemned human rights as a pretext for interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, an excuse often used by Beijing to hide from its gross violation of human rights in occupied Tibet and other occupied areas. Wang Yi made the remarks during the first day of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, which is scheduled to continue till 4 April.

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From Chinese Prison to Geneva, Namkyi Details Surveillance and Torture in Occupied Tibet

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 19, Feb: After being released from a Chinese prison, an exiled Tibetan activist and former political prisoner, Namkyi, faced an impossible choice: either continue staying in occupied Tibet under perpetual repression and round-the-clock Chinese surveillance or flee her homeland to expose the plight of other Tibetan political prisoners in occupied Tibet under Chinese rule.

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No Space For Dissent, China Turns Occupied Tibet Into Panopticon

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 17, Feb: Heavy state surveillance coupled with China’s authoritarian rule have effectively eradicated every space for dissent in occupied Tibet,  the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said in its latest report asserting that China has transformed occupied Tibet into a “panopticon”, where individuals are constantly conscious of being monitored, regardless of whether an actual observer is present.

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112 Years After Independence Declaration: China’s ‘Xizang’ Term Threatens Tibet’s Identity

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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 13 Feb: A panel of leaders issued a joint statement today condemning China’s use of the colonial term “Xizang” for Tibet, calling on the international community to reject this nomenclature and take immediate action against attempts to erase Tibet’s distinct identity from global discourse on the 112th anniversary of the proclamation of Tibetan independence by the 13th Dalai Lama.

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Over 250,000 Sign Petition Urging UN Action on Tibet’s Colonial Boarding Schools

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By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 11 Feb: More than 2,50,000 people have signed a petition urging UN High Commissioner Volker Turk to break his silence on China’s colonial boarding schools in occupied Tibet, which aim to assimilate an entire generation of Tibetan children into the dominant Han culture, risking the permanent discontinuation of the generational transmission of distinct Tibetan language and culture.

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