Tibet

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 8: Chinese officials in eastern Tibet have forced Tibetans to sell their land for a minimal price or face jail term.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARMSALA, June 29: Renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden has been hospitalized after being detained by Chinese police on Saturday from the airport in Xining.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 29: A Tibetan political prisoner arrested for taking part in the 2008 pan-Tibet protests has been released by the Chinese authorities in Sichuan province after completing five years’ imprisonment.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 16: A women only protest was carried out against land grab by Chinese government in Phenpo Lhundrub county in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region on 13 and 14 June.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 9: Mining in Tibet by the Chinese government not only harms Tibetans in the locality it’s also against the law, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay said at a press conference held yesterday.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 8: A Tibetan monk from Kirti monastery has been arrested by Chinese police for protesting against the Chinese government in Ngaba County in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo yesterday.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 3: Tibetans in Amchok in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo in eastern Tibet entered third day of their anti-mining protest today.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 31: Former Tibetan political prisoner Lodoe Gyatso from Kham Sogshoed who served 21-years in Chushul prison near the Tibetan capital city Lhasa was rearrested by Chinese authorities.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, May 24: Two earthquakes measuring 5.3 magnitudes hit Shigatse and Dhingri in southern Tibet on Sunday morning according to China Earthquake Networks Center.