Tibet

DHARAMSALA, 10 June: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Barkham city in Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo today in the early morning hours.

DHARAMSALA 5 May: Zijin Mining Group the Second largest mining company in China is set to acquire an asset bundle consisting of four assets in Tibet, including a 70% interest in the Lakkor Tso Salt Lake lithium mine.

DHARAMSALA, 26 April: A Tibetan Teacher from a school in Golok, Eastern Tibet has been released by Chinese authorities eight months after her arrest, the London-based advocacy group Free Tibet said.

DHARAMSALA, 3 April: An octogenarian Tibetan man has set himself on fire in restive Ngaba County in eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province in the latest self-immolation protest against China’s repressive policies in occupied Tibet.

DHARAMSALA, 24 Feb: Following the demolition of two giant Buddha statues in Drango in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, the Chinese authorities have now reportedly launched a sweeping crackdown on both lay and monastic communities in an attempt to stop any information about the crackdown from being shared online, reports Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based Tibetan advocacy group.

DHARAMSALA, 10 Feb: Human Rights Watch has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a prominent Tibetan monk-writer from Kirti monastery, Go Sherab Gyatso from Chinese captivity.

DHARAMSALA, 13 Dec: A prominent Tibetan monk-writer from Kirti monastery, Go Sherab Gyatso has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Chinese authorities nearly a year after his incommunicado detention.

DHARAMSALA, 18 Nov: Declaring them disruptive to social stability, China has now reportedly forced former Tibetan political prisoners to wear electronic shackles around their ankle to surveil them, reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) 

DHARAMSALA, 11 Nov: China has yet again accused His Holiness the Dalai Lama of ‘splitting the motherland’ and declared that Beijing is open for dialogue with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but only to discuss his future.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Oct: A Tibetan monk from Kirti monastery in restive Ngaba county in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo has disappeared after he was whisked away by the Chinese authorities earlier this month.