Tibet

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).

DHARAMSALA, 22 Oct: A growing crisis has been unfolding on the Tibetan Plateau, with the flooding of artificial cordyceps fungi,

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.

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. 

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.