Tibet

DHARAMSALA, 28 Sept: China’s authoritarian lockdown to enforce its Zero-Covid Policy in Tibet has forced five Tibetans to commit suicide in three days says the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

DHARAMSALA, 6 Sept: Human Rights Watch has said that China is committing serious human rights violations in Tibet by systematically collecting DNA samples from Tibetans across Tibet, including from kindergarten children without the apparent consent of their parents.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Aug: Chinese authorities have arrested a Tibetan Youth from Ngachu allegedly for possession of the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s photo.

DHARAMSALA, 20 Aug: The outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese-occupied Tibet keeps surging with several cities with many cities including the Tibetan capital, Lhasa placed under lockdown.

DHARAMSALA, Tibet is struggling to contain its biggest ever Covid-19 flareup as cases in China rose to a nearly three-month high, media reports said.

DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan political prisoner to two and half years in prison for helping local Tibetans send money to their family members and relatives in India, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said. 

DHARAMSALA, 26 July: A Tibetan entrepreneur and philanthropist has been sentenced to 18 years in prison on the trumped-up charge of “inciting separatism” by the Chinese authorities, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala reported on Monday.

DHARAMSALA, 16 July: Choeying Kyi, a Tibetan athlete has added another feather to her cap by securing the Bronze medal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the US.

DHARAMSALA, 4 July: Former Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso has passed away due to prolonged health complications sustained during his time in the Chinese prison.

DHARAMSALA, 28 June: Citing the protection of the region’s fragile ecosystem, Chinese authorities have announced to displace and resettle 17,555 Tibetans from Nagchu in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham.