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DHARAMSALA, 27 April: A day after the US pressed China for the whereabouts and well-being of the 11th Panchen Lama and to allow him to fully exercise his human rights and fundamental freedoms, China has hit back saying we firmly oppose the US interference in China’s internal affairs on Tibet-related issues under the pretext of religion.

DHARAMSALA, 22 April: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expressed great concern over the “forced cultural assimilation policy” being executed across Tibet under China’s occupation.

DHARAMSALA, 26 April: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA), Penpa Tsering paid a courtesy call to US Special Coordinator for Tibet Uzra Zeya on Monday.

By: Vijay Kranti
NEW DELHI, BERLIN, LONDON, DHARAMSHALA – 26 APRIL: A group of international experts on Tibet and China had a common observation that the Chinese government’s act of arresting the six-year-old Panchen Lama of Tibet and keeping information about him a well-guarded state secret for past 27 years has exposed the failure of their policies and seven-decade long colonial rule over Tibet. It is therefore not surprising that China’s failure in making Tibetan people accept their fake Panchen Lama has emerged as the embodiment of the failure of the Chinese Communist Party policies and its rule over Tibet. 

DHARAMSALA, 25 April: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated the French President Emmanuel Macron after he comfortably won re-election to a second term battering his far-right challenger, Marine Le Pen on Sunday.

DHARAMSALA, 22 April: To highlight the urgency of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau and the urgency for  Climate Action, Sonam Wangchuk, a climate activist and innovator from Ladakh today presented His Holiness the Dalai Lama with a block of ice from the Khardung La glacier.

DHARAMSALA, 22 April: Five jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize by 15 academics from 10 countries. 

DHARAMSALA, 21 April: UN experts have expressed concern and cautioned China over the “arrest, detention and enforced disappearance” of three Tibetans “allegedly in connection with their cultural activities in favour of the Tibetan minority language and culture.”