Tibet

DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: Former Tibetan political prisoner Lama Lobsang from Dhargyal Monastery in Tehor in the Traditional Tibetan province of Kham has passed away at the age of 71 on Sunday. 

DHARAMSALA, 13 Dec:  Nearly two years into Tibetan writer-teacher Monlam Gyatso’s arrest, his family members and close associates are still in dark about his whereabouts and well-being, a source from the region told the Tibet Express.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Dec: A prominent Tibetan writer held in prison by the Chinese authorities since last December is believed to have been released, the Dharamsala-based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said.

DHARAMSALA, 28 Oct: China’s authoritarian lockdown to enforce its Zero-Covid Policy in Tibet has forced rare large-scale protests in Lhasa, the capital city of Chinese-occupied Tibet. 

DHARAMSALA, 28 Sept: China’s authoritarian lockdown to enforce its Zero-Covid Policy in Tibet has forced five Tibetans to commit suicide in three days says the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

DHARAMSALA, 6 Sept: Human Rights Watch has said that China is committing serious human rights violations in Tibet by systematically collecting DNA samples from Tibetans across Tibet, including from kindergarten children without the apparent consent of their parents.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Aug: Chinese authorities have arrested a Tibetan Youth from Ngachu allegedly for possession of the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s photo.

DHARAMSALA, 20 Aug: The outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Chinese-occupied Tibet keeps surging with several cities with many cities including the Tibetan capital, Lhasa placed under lockdown.

DHARAMSALA, Tibet is struggling to contain its biggest ever Covid-19 flareup as cases in China rose to a nearly three-month high, media reports said.

DHARAMSALA, 2 Aug: Chinese authorities have sentenced a Tibetan political prisoner to two and half years in prison for helping local Tibetans send money to their family members and relatives in India, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said.