Tibet

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Oct 27: A senior Tibetan monk who was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for engaging in ‘splittist activities’ in 2011 was released by Chinese authorities after completing his sentence.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Oct 16: A Series of earthquake measuring 6.4, 4.6 and 4.2 hit Zatoe county in eastern Tibet’s Yushu Tibetan Autonomus Prefecture earlier today according to the United States Geological survey.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, Oct 13: A Tibetan man accused of assisting in providing safe passage to a self-immolator’s body to avoid Chinese takeover of the body was detained by Chinese authorities after three years on the run.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, September 12: A group of Chinese scientists have proposed cloud seeding on a massive scale on the Tibetan plateau to generate water for China’s arid north as its water crisis deepens.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, September 7: A Tibetan monk from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo has been released by Chinese authorities after completing seven and half years’ sentence.

By Lobbing Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, August 12: According to US Geological Survey, Tibet’s South West region was hit a by series of earthquakes in the last few days, the latest of which was 4.7 magnitude at 6:16 am today.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, August 9: Demolition of Larung Gar, the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in Tibet, by China has forced a Tibetan nun to hang herself to death.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, August 4: China has resorted to censoring telephone calls and social media messages from Serta county in eastern Tibet to stop the flow of news reports as it continues to demolish parts of Larung Gar, the largest Buddhist institute in the world.