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China’s dilemma over the Dalai Lama
When it comes to the issue of Tibet and how much the top Chinese leaders know about the reality of the situation on the ground, one problem is that the officials serving in Tibet have not been providing accurate reports to Beijing. Under the authoritarian system that is in China, there is a culture in which...
Lessons learned from a Tibet campaign win
On 16 April, a prime time news program on Australian TV broke the story on the country’s oldest university cancelling a talk by the Dalai Lama. Within a week, the…
Sydney Uni Gets A Lesson On Vested Interests
In the same week that the ABC broke the story of the University of Sydney’s perverse handling of a visit by the Dalai Lama, the man himself was being welcomed…
Becoming a strong advocate for Tibet
My name is Sonam Dolkar. I am a second-year nursing student at Queensland University of Technology. My mum, a former political prisoner, and I came to Australia two years ago. Last…
Becoming a story-teller to advocate for Tibet
This week I had the great opportunity to talk about political lobbying to young Tibetans in Australia at a workshop organised by Tibet Information Office. As I was preparing my presentation…
Happy New Year from ATC
As a Tibetan, I am always uplifted by the sight of a Tibetan flag flying high under a clear blue sky. Immediately, I long for the day the Tibetan flag…
Remember Tibet this holiday season
At this time of the year, when we are thinking of the holiday season and spending time with friends and family, Australia Tibet Council urges you to remember Tibet and…
Australians stand up for Tibet
I know that Australians care deeply about the tragic situation in Tibet. It is brought home to me whenever I talk to people about Tibet. And they want the Australian…
Everyone in Dharamsala has a story
I have been in McLeod Ganj for almost a week, visiting various NGOs, welfare organisations and cultural and educational institutions listening to people's stories. Everyone here has a story -…
My journey to the heart of Tibetan exile community
Dharamsala. It means 'resting place', and with Shambala, the mythical Buddhist kingdom echoing faintly in its name, it conjures up images of a refuge, a peaceful sanctuary nestled in the…
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Mini-Raffle - Win a Gazelle Bicycle valu…
Purchase tickets online or call (02) 8005 1497 Thanks to the ongoing support of Gazelle Bicycles, here's a very special opportunity to support our work for Tibet and have a chance to win a fabulous Gazelle bike - a Fuente Pure (24-speed). Tickets are only $30 each and there is a maximum of 250 tickets. Pretty...
Design a t-shirt for Tibet - WE HAVE A W…
Finally, we have a winner! After a slight delay due to the University of Sydney deciding that it did not think His Holiness the Dalai Lama was an appropriate person to speak with some of our future leaders, we are now proud to announce the winner of the inaugural Australia Tibet Council's T-Shirt Design Competition is:...
Dharamsala Insight 2013
In November each year, ATC takes a small group of Australians on the life-changing journey to Dharamsala, the heart of the Tibetan community in exile. It's an emotional and inspiring journey. Join us on our two-week Dharamsala Insight Tour from 2-16 November 2013 and immerse yourself in the Tibetan cultural and political life. You'll hear the tragic...
Storm in the Grasslands: Self-immolation…
Since February 2009, 94 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet, with a dramatic acceleration in frequency since the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese Communist Party Congress in November. Twenty-eight Tibetans self-immolated in November alone, marking a new phase in the political struggle in Tibet. Many acts of self-immolation – that have recently been clustered in...
Xi Jinping's Tibet Challenge
On 8 November, in one of the most important political events of the decade, the fifth generation of Chinese Communist Party leaders inherited both extraordinary power and a considerable number of major challenges. Not least among these is control of a restive Tibet. Australia Tibet Council, Students for a Free Tibet and International Tibet Network released...
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Does upsetting China matter?
Reports suggesting that India withdrew from a planned naval exercise with the United States last month out of fears it might...
Tibetan test
The Tibet season has opened again, with a dire warning to the British government that Prime Minister David Cameron's temerity...
“Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destructio…
[HPPE] Our Lhasa is on the verge of destruction; this is absolutely not a case of crying wolf! A tourist who’s...
Tibet on World Press Freedom Day
[ICT] On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) calls on the Chinese government to...
State Department annual report on human …
[ICT] The State Department’s annual Country Reports for Human Rights Practices, released on April 19, highlights the continuing egregious human...
Two Tibetans Die in Self-immolations
[RFA] Two monks set themselves ablaze and died Wednesday in Sichuan province’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in...
Thousands Gather After Young Tibetan Mot…
[RFA] A young Tibetan mother burned herself to death on Tuesday in Sichuan province to protest Chinese rule in Tibetan...
Tibetans Detained for Protesting Destruc…
[RFA] Chinese security forces have detained 21 Tibetans following clashes with police over the forced demolition of recently rebuilt homes...
Our interview with Radio Australia
In an interview with Radio Australia's Connect Asia yesterday, ATC's Communications and Government Relations Kyinzom Dhongdue discusses the release of...
Tibetan Political Activist Freed After 1…
[RFA] A popular Tibetan activist has been freed after serving 17 years in prison with hard labor for seeking independence...
Fatal Landslide Draws Attention to the T…
[NYT] One after another, the bodies have kept coming. By Tuesday, rescuers had pulled 54 dead miners from the snow-covered rubble....
Self-immolations of a Tibetan forest gua…
[ICT] A Tibetan forest guard set fire to himself and died yesterday (March 25) in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan. His...
China's failing policy in Tibet is 'self…
[PS Europe] To hear senior Chinese officials speak of "innocents" who died in flames, you might think the government is...
Tibetan Mother of Four Dies in Burning P…
[RFA] A Tibetan mother of four burned herself to death on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule in Sichuan province's...
Alarming New Surveillance, Security in T…
[HRW] The Chinese government’s announcement that it will expand a pervasive new security system throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) despite...
Two self-immolations in Tibet: Kirti mon…
[ICT] A 28-year old Kirti monk called Lobsang Thogme set fire to himself and died on Saturday, March 16, the...
Statement of Sikyong on 54th Tibetan Nat…
[CTA] On this day in 1959, thousands of Tibetans from all walks of life and all three regions of Tibet...
The limits of despair
[The Economist] Inside a small monastery in China’s Qinghai province, a red-robed monk looks around to see if he is being...
China blames the Dalai Lama and the west…
[ABC] Chinese Government officials have launched a blistering attack on the Dalai Lama and his allies, accusing them of orchestrating the...
China open letter calls for political re…
[BBC] Some of China's most prominent scholars, journalists and activists have released an open letter urging leaders to implement political...
China Bars New Canadian Ambassador From …
[Huffington Post] China's government barred Canada's new ambassador from visiting Tibet as desperate monks prolong their wave of self-immolation to...
Tibetan Self-immolates in Ngaba County
[RFA] A Tibetan monk has self-immolated in a protest against Chinese rule in Sichuan province’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) county...
Two Tibetans self-immolate at monasterie…
[ICT] Tsesung Kyab, a Tibetan in his late twenties, set himself ablaze on February 25 outside the main temple of...
Tibet burns with another fiery protest, …
[Phayul] Reports are coming in of yet another self-immolation in Tibet today in protest against China’s rule. Phagmo Dhondup, a Tibetan...
Two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on …
[ICT] Two Tibetan teenagers set fire to themselves and died yesterday, February 19, in Dzorge, Ngaba. Seventeen-year old Rinchen and...
Tibetan farmer from nomadic area sets fi…
[ICT] A 49-year old Tibetan man called Namlha Tsering set himself on fire today in the main street of Labrang,...
China blocks Aussie official's Tibet vis…
[SBS] Australia's top diplomat in China has been unable to win Beijing's permission to visit Tibet after almost a year...
100th Self-Immolation Reported Inside Ti…
[NYT] A former Tibetan Buddhist monk protested Chinese rule by killing himself through self-immolation this month, becoming the 100th person to...
Six Tibetans sentenced for “intentional …
[ICT] Six Tibetans have received sentences ranging from 3 to 12 years for “intentional homicide” following the self-immolation and death...
Distress at death sentence for Tibetan a…
[ICT] A Tibetan monk named Lobsang Kunchok was given a suspended death sentence, and his nephew Lobsang Tsering sentenced to...
China appoints new Tibet governor, hardline policies to remain
[Reuters] China appointed a new governor for remote and restive Tibet on Tuesday, naming a hardline ethnic Tibetan in a signal that the government has no plans to ease up…
Crackdown on satellite dishes, broadcast equipment deepens in Tibet
[TCHRD] Chinese authorities have now heightened the campaign to eradicate all avenues of receiving Tibet-related radio and TV news available on foreign channels by issuing a public notice, which announced…
As self-immolations near 100, Tibetans share sorrow
[USA Today] Six Tibetan pilgrims prostrated themselves face down on the road, then rose, took three paces forward and repeated the dusty act of devotion around the 250-year-old monastery here. It…
China’s latest restriction for Tibetans: no passports
[Washington Post] The Tibetans of China had a difficult 2012, and so far 2013 is not looking much better. Tibetan self-immolations, in protest against Beijing’s increasingly harsh rule over the…
Teen Tibetan dies before self-immolation protest
[Phayul] A teenaged Tibetan was found dead with his body doused with kerosene and lighters in his hand due to suspected poisoning in Luchu region of eastern Tibet. On January 19,…
Tibetans challenge China’s dictat, To hold public prayer service for self-immolator
[Phayul] The situation in the entire Bora region of Labrang, eastern Tibet has become extremely tense after local Tibetans warned Chinese authorities of a major sit in prayer service if…
Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen transferred to a women’s prison
[Phayul] After suffering harsh treatment and months of solitary confinement at the Xichuan labour camp in Siling, eastern Tibet, Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been shifted to a women’s prison. Calling it…
Chinese state media blame "Dalai clique" and announce detentions in aggressive security drive against Tibetan self-immolations
[ICT] The Chinese state media announced the detention of seven Tibetans in Gansu who they blame for 'organizing' a self-immolation, saying that they are members of the 'Dalai clique' and…
Rights situation in Tibet ‘hit a new low’ in 2012, says new report
[Phayul] Human rights situation in Tibet in the year 2012 “hit a new low” according to a new report published by the Dharamshala based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights…
