By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Geshe Rachung Gendun, a Tibetan monk from Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was released from prison on 16 November after completing his three-and-a-half-year sentence. He is currently receiving medical treatment at Hashi Hospital in Chengdu, as reported by a close source on December 9. The source requested anonymity for security reasons.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: A growing crisis has been unfolding on the Tibetan Plateau, with the flooding of artificial cordyceps fungi,
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By Yangchen Lhamu
DHARAMSALA, 25 Sept: In clear violation of religious freedom and freedom of expression, Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan monk named Jampa Choephel of Penkar Thang Monastery in Rebkong county, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, to over 18 months in prison after a “secret” trial in August.
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DHARAMSALA, 16 Sept: Chen Wenqing, China’s top security official has made it clear that maintaining stability and preventing independence movements are the main goals of security forces in Tibet during a recent visit to the region, according to multiple news reports.
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DHARAMSALA, 5 Sept: Heavy rainfall since 1 September has triggered severe flooding across multiple prefectures in the Tsongon region in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, resulting in loss of life and extensive damage to infrastructure and livestock.
Read moreBy Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 8 August: Ancient stone artifacts discovered in western Tibet, identified as stone sewing needles, are said to be 9,000 years old, making them the oldest of their kind on record, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports by a group of Chinese archaeologists, as reported by science.org.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 7 August: Tsering Tso, a Tibetan tour guide and outspoken critic of Chinese authorities’ racial discrimination of Tibetans, was detained again on 29 June and subjected to a 10-day “administrative detention” under charges of “endangering social stability” and was later released on July 8, reported the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group on Monday.
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