Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 22 Sept: The whereabouts and well-being of prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader and educator Choktrul Dorje Ten remain unknown more than nine months after his arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities, despite seven formal appeals submitted by his family members and students seeking information about his condition, according to the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 31 August: The toll from last week’s devastating floods in Tibet’s Kyirong region appears to be significantly higher than figures released by Chinese authorities, according to new information gathered by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), amid growing concerns over Beijing’s restrictions on information from the disaster zone.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 21 August: China is cultivating a new generation of leaders in Tibet who are expected to enforce Beijing’s assimilation policies, with political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking precedence over meaningful Tibetan representation, according to a new report by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT).

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 August: Gonpo Tsering, a 46-year-old Tibetan monk and administrator at Yena Monastery in Derge County

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 30  July: Chinese state media has confirmed that a historic stone fortress in Tibet’s eastern Gyalrong region was demolished by authorities, attributing the destruction to an expressway construction project. The official admission comes weeks after footage of a bulldozer tearing down the structure circulated online around 14 July, triggering widespread grief inside occupied Tibet and condemnation from Tibetan exile communities.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 28 July: Chinese authorities have begun forcibly removing monks and nuns from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serta, eastern Tibet. This comes after authorities demolished their residential quarters earlier this month. The monastics are now barred from remaining at the academy, one of Tibet’s most important centres of Buddhist learning, even after loosing their home.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 23 July: Despite widespread international criticism and opposition from Tibetans, China is pressing ahead with the implementation of its new ethnic unity law, with senior Communist Party official Wang Huning calling for its full enforcement and the further alignment of Tibetan Buddhism with China’s socialist system during a visit to occupied Tibet this week.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 21 July: A fresh demolition campaign at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet has placed more than 1,000 monastic residences at risk, reviving concerns over a long-running effort by Chinese authorities to reduce the size of and tighten control over one of the world’s largest centres of Tibetan Buddhist learning.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 16 July: The demolition of a historic stone fortress in Tibet’s eastern Gyalrong region by Chinese authorities has drawn criticism from Tibetans, who say it has heightened concerns over the preservation of Tibetan cultural heritage just days after China’s “Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” came into force.

Months after arbitrary detention of Tibetan spiritual leader and educator Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche, Chinese authorities have tightened restrictions at his monastery in occupied Tibet as Saga Dawa, the holiest month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, is underway, having begun on 17 May.