Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 17, Feb: Heavy state surveillance coupled with China’s authoritarian rule have effectively eradicated every space for dissent in occupied Tibet,  the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said in its latest report asserting that China has transformed occupied Tibet into a “panopticon”, where individuals are constantly conscious of being monitored, regardless of whether an actual observer is present.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 7 Feb: Some major forest fires have ravaged various parts of occupied Tibet in the last two weeks, with the Kamda forest fire in Dzamthang County in Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo being the most recent one. Notably, the fire breakouts have largely gone unreported by Chinese state-owned media.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 24, Jan: Former Top Tibetan official of Tibet Autonomous (TAR), Mr Che Dalha (Qi Zhala), is being investigated by China’s top anti-corruption watchdogs over suspected violation of Party disciplines and National laws, reported China’s state-run media Xinhua News Agency on 23 January.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 15, Jan: China has become the world’s second-largest lithium reserve holder following its breakthrough in lithium extraction amidst the growing concern to sustain China’s supply chain to leverage its position as the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles(EVs).

DHARAMSALA, Jan 7: An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Tingri(Chinese: Dingri) County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang earlier this morning, killing 95 people and injuring 130 others, according to reports from Chinese state-run media.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 30 Dec: China has deployed approximately 400 Military personnel at Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist Study Centre in occupied Tibet on 20 December,  according to a report by the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA).

DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: Chinese authorities have released prominent Tibetan environmentalist and philanthropist Karma Samdrup after he completed a 15-year prison sentence. Karma Samdrup was released in frail health, sources have told Tibet Express.

DHARAMSALA, 20 Nov: The Chinese authorities have released prominent Tibetan writer Rongwo Gendun Lhundup after he completed his four-year sentence, according to a source from the region.

By Yangchen Lhamu

DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan youth for exposing China’s illegal mining in Tibet earlier this week. Tsongon Tsering, a 29-year-old Tibetan from Tsaruma village in Kakhog County, Ngaba, in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was detained after he posted a video registering a complaint about large-scale sand and gravel mining along the river in Tsaruma village, which is the source of Asia’s two largest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River, reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).