Tibet

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 2 Nov: The rush for “lithium,” dubbed as “white gold”, triggered by China’s booming electric vehicle (EV) industry, is centring on the Tibetan plateau for massive lithium extraction. This poses risks to Tibet’s fragile ecology and aggravates rights violations, according to a report published by Turquoise Roof, a portal for briefings on Tibet today – policy developments, insights, and stories published on Wednesday

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 25 Oct: Tashi Wangchuk, a former Tibetan political prisoner and language rights activist, was detained and beaten by Chinese police personnel on 17 October. He was accused of committing a state crime for posting a video on his WeChat, as reported by Tibet Watch, the research wing of the London-based advocacy group, Free Tibet.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 19 Oct: Wangchen, a former Tibetan political prisoner, is currently receiving treatment at an army hospital in Lhasa due to injuries sustained from severe beatings by the Chinese police in Lhasa. According to a report by Tibet Times yesterday, he was arrested for allegedly travelling without the necessary documents and permission.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 16 Oct: China has expedited its efforts to entirely replace the term ‘Tibet’ with “Xizang” in romanised Chinese. As per reports from Radio Free Asia (RFA) Cantonese, on Tuesday the Chinese media and the official account of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), “United Front News,” has declared that “there is no more Tibet in the official documents of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 10 Oct: In an attempt to whitewash China’s occupation and repressive rule in Tibet, Beijing has yet again organised an orchestrated tour in Tibet for nearly 30 journalists from 22 countries.

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 28 Sept: A Tibetan man named Tsultrim, originally from Amdo Ngaba in eastern Tibet, has reportedly been sentenced to two years in prison for possessing photos of the Dalai Lama, according to a report by Tibet Watch on Tuesday.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Aug: Highlighting the ongoing struggle for justice in Chinese-occupied Tibet, Gonpo Kyi, the sister of the imprisoned Tibetan philanthropist and businessman Dorjee Tashi, has reportedly been beaten by Chinese police once again.

DHARAMSALA, 24 Aug: A  former Tibetan political prisoner Sonam Gyalpo has passed away last Wednesday. According to multiple reports, the veteran Tibetan political prisoner in his 70s who spent over 16 years in Chinese prison breathed his last on 16 August 2023. 

DHARAMSALA, 23 Aug: Subjected to constantan surveillance, Tibetan language advocate and former political prisoner Tashi Wangchuk has been brutally thrashed by a group of unidentified, masked men at a hotel in Golok in eastern Tibet, while the apathy of the authorities-police and doctor- has forced him to spend a night on a stool in the hospital on Saturday.

A call for Beijing to use ‘Xizang’ instead of ‘Tibet’ in reference to the CCP’s demarcated Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) was raised by academics at the 7th International Tibetan Studies seminar held in Beijing from 14 -16 August, the CCP’s United Front Work Department reported according to the South China Morning Post report on Thursday.