Sinicization move: Tibetan-medium school forced to shut down in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, 22 July: Chinese authorities have shut down a Tibetan school in Golok, Eastern Tibet for teaching in Tibetan medium.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 22 July: Chinese authorities have shut down a Tibetan school in Golok, Eastern Tibet for teaching in Tibetan medium.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 7 July: Four Tibetan Buddhist monks have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for “dubious offenses”, Human Rights Watch said.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 30 June: As China gears up to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), a Tibetan woman is heard crying in agony in two videos circulating widely on social media by the heightened restrictions Tibetans are subjected to and the overwhelming presence of Chinese in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 5 May: A Tibetan man in his mid-30 from eastern Tibet has died while in the custody of the Chinese authorities in 2019.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 29 April: Two Tibetans from eastern Tibet have been arrested by the Chinese authorities “earlier this month for communicating with Tibetans in exile,” reported Tibet Watch, a rights group that works to promote human rights of the Tibetans.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 22 April: Norbulingka, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s traditional summer palace is undergoing a large scale renovation, according to a report by Chinese state media, CGTN.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 9 April: Tibetans in Dza Wonpo, a town in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham are said to be living under a heightened political climate as their homes are raided by the Chinese Counterterrorism Police since the custodial death of a teenage Tibetan monk from the region in Jan.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 5 April: A prominent Tibetan monk-writer from Kirti monastery, Go Sherab Gyatso has been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese authorities on unknown charges.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 17 Feb: In yet another case highlighting China’s horrendous torture and sufferings endured by Tibetans inside Chinese prison, another Tibetan from restive Driru county in Nagchu, Traditional Tibetan Province of Kham has passed away in Chinese state custody.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, 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.
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