Tibet

DHARAMSALA, 4  Feb: It transpired that a Tibetan man from restive Driru county in traditional Kham province’s Nagchu prefecture (now incorporated into Tibet Autonomous Region) has been sentenced to thirteen years in prison by the Chinese authorities seven years ago.

DHARAMSALA, 29 Jan: After completing a five-year sentence on a ‘trumped-up charges ‘of  ‘inciting separatism,’ Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk has been finally freed by the Chinese authorities.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Jan: China will soon launch the first Fuxing bullet train in its occupied Tibet connecting Tibet’s capital, Lhasa and Nyingchi, Tibetan town close to Arunachal Pradesh border. 

DHARAMSALA, 29 Dec: Chinese authorities have issued a stern notice against Tibetans in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) against employing online communication tools to “split the country” and “undermine national unity” announcing criminal prosecutions to ‘strike hard’ against offenders.

DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Mt. Everest, the world’s highest mountain located at the Tibet-Nepal border, known in Nepali as Sagarmatha and Chomolungma in Tibetan is 86 cm taller than it’s previous measurement of 8848 Meters above sea level.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Dec: A Tibetan woman has been detained and intimidated for “illegal” WeChat posts by the Chinese authorities, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said Monday.

DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: China has announced that it will build a hydropower project on the Brahmaputra, known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan that originates from Tibet and passes to Bangladesh via India. 

DHARAMSALA, 29 Oct: A Tibetan women from Driru county in Nagchu, Traditional Tibetan Province of Kham has died in “Chinese state custody” while her cousin is still being held in detention.

DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: Former Tibetan political prisoner Tsegon Gyal is in critical health condition after undergoing surgery days after his release from the Chinese prison.

DHARAMSALA, 16 Sept: A Chinese court has charged nine Tibetans from eastern Tibet with ‘inciting splittism’ from June till August.