Tibet

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. 

DHARAMSALA 20 June: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala has said that Chinese authorities have sentenced prominent Tibetan writer Rongwo Gendun Lhundup to four years in prison. 

DHARAMSALA 20 June: Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan intellectual and writer to four and half years in prison,  Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said. 

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.