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Smuggled Video Shows The Dalai Lama’s 80…
[VOA] In a bold show of reverence and spiritual allegiance, a monastery in Amdo Ngaba held public celebrations to mark the...
Security Build up for Losar in Amdo Ngab…
[VOA] Video shot on Wednesday, February 11, eight days before Losar, the Tibetan Royal New Year, show troops from what appears...
Annual Report 2014: Human Rights Situati…
[TCHRD] On 7 February 2015 the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its 2014 Annual Report on human...
Dalai Lama warmly welcomed by President …
[ICT] His Holiness the Dalai Lama was warmly welcomed by President Obama in Washington DC when participating for the first...
Dalai Lama, Barack Obama Set to Appear i…
[Time] The Dalai Lama will attend this year’s National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, marking the first time that the Tibetan...
Tibetan nomads hold vigil in Chengdu to …
[ICT] A group of around 10 Tibetan nomads held a vigil outside the hotel in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, where...
China's super-rich communist Buddhists (…
[BBC] Could China be bringing Tibetan Buddhism in from the cold? There are new signs that while a crackdown on Tibetan...
The Diplomat Interview with Sikyong Lobs…
When the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, said recently that the tradition of the Dalai Lama should end...
ICT calls Facebook to account after CEO …
The International Campaign for Tibet launched a petition on Care2 to Facebook calling CEO Mark Zuckerberg to account after a...
Self-immolation of monk known for protec…
[ICT] A Tibetan monk known for his work teaching others about Buddhism set fire to himself and died today in Tawu,...
Tibetan teenager sets herself on fire in…
[ICT] Harrowing images and video have emerged from Tibet of the self-immolation of a 19-year old Tibetan woman today in the...
Tibetan Man Dies in Self-Immolation Prot…
[RFA] A Tibetan man set himself on fire and died in Gansu province on Tuesday in the first self-immolation protest in...
The Dalai Lama has a moral authority the…
[The Guardian] Twenty-five years ago this week in Oslo, a man who describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk was...
CHINA: HUMAN RIGHTS 365 = HUMAN RIGHTS F…
A Statement of Solidarity from a Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, and Chinese Activist As 2014’s Human Rights Day comes to pass,...
Former Tibetan social activist serving 1…
[TCHRD] According to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan political prisoner...
Delusion about China is a bipartisan pol…
[The Drum, ABC] Is the Australian Government trying to manufacture a false sense of security among the public about what increasing...
Harsh new ‘rectification’ drive in Driru…
[ICT} The new ‘rectification campaign’, dated September 12 (2014) has been imposed at a county level in Driru, Nagchu (Naqu)...
New strategic rail network to Tibet’s bo…
[ICT] Massive investment in infrastructure in Tibet by the Chinese government – railways, airfields and roads – has served the...
The many contradictions of Xi Jinping
[ABC] Xi Jinping is overseeing China's incredible rise to fortune and influence, but there's a darker side of his politics that...
Rome replaces Cape Town as venue of 14th…
[Phayul] The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates has been relocated to Rome, Italy, following its boycott by Nobel...
CECC Report says increase in harsh secur…
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in its annual report for 2014 (covering the period from fall 2013 to fall...
Triple trouble on China’s periphery
In light of the mass demonstrations in Hong Kong, Chinese academic Minxin Pei looks at the tensions in Tibet, East...
PEN International calls for freedom of s…
[Phayul] The 80th PEN International Congress has passed a resolution on ‘Right to freedom of speech and state of writers in...
Tibetan man self-immolates in Golog
A 42 year-old Tibetan, Kunchok, set himself on fire outside a police station in the Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous...
Nobel laureates summit cancelled after v…
[IANS] The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town, South Africa, this month has been cancelled owing to denial...
MOLECULES OF FREEDOM: The Scope for Smal…
[Tenzin Dorjee] In 2009, I was attending a training on ‘strategic nonviolence’ at Tufts University. There were about 50 activists in...
Tibetan Student Self-Immolates in Tsoe
[VOA] A 22 year old student named Lhamo Tashi set fire to himself outside a security office in Tsoe city at...
Foreign Journalists in China See Decline…
[NYT] Conditions for foreign journalists working in China have gone from bad to worse over the past year, with the...
Defiant Tibetan Monk From Labrang Monast…
[RFA] A Tibetan monk from a monastery renowned for its resistance against Chinese rule in Gansu province has been jailed for...
Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation in Australian Parliament
A four member Tibetan Parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Penpa Tsering visited the Australian Parliament on Wednesday, 27 August and met with some members of the Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet including…
Tibetan MPs visit Australia in renewed push for autonomy
ABC Radio interview with Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile
Three More Detained Tibetan Protesters Die From Gunshot Wounds
[RFA] Three more Tibetans have died of untreated gunshot wounds after Chinese authorities fired on peaceful protesters last week in Sichuan Province and refused to treat the dozens who were injured…
Ten Tibetans injured after police open fire in Kardze, Tibet
Around ten Tibetans were injured in Sershul, Kardze, Sichuan, yesterday (August 12) after paramilitary police opened fire on a crowd of Tibetans protesting the detention of a respected village leader,…
Tibetan Environmentalist, Monk Freed After Serving Prison Terms
[RFA] Two Tibetan activists — an environmentalist who organized villagers to plant trees and report poaching, and a Tibetan monk who joined mass protests against Chinese rule — have been released from jail after serving…
New Chinese exhibition in Lhasa attempts to rewrite history on Dalai Lama
In a new spin on the Chinese authorities’ attempts to rewrite history, the state media has given prominent coverage to an exhibition this week in Lhasa of gifts offered by…
New Report: "Acts of Significant Evil"
[ICT] Since 2009 there have been 131 self-immolations of Tibetans in Tibet and China whose common call has been for the return of the Dalai Lama and for freedom in Tibet.…
An interview with Golog Jigme, respected monk and ‘Information Hero’ after his daring escape from Tibet
Golog Jigme, a respected Tibetan monk, teacher and former political prisoner, arrived safely in India in May after a perilous journey into exile from Tibet following 20 months in hiding. Golog…
Chinese policy and the Dalai Lama’s birthplaces
The Dalai Lama turned 79 this week, entering his 80th year on July 6. This ICT report focuses on the 2.65 m yuan ($427,454) renovation of his birthplace and the…
Dharamsala Insight 2015
You can embark on an emotional and inspiring journey to the heart of the Tibetan community in exile. Join our Dharamsala Insight Tour 2015 from 31 October to 14 November. Dharamsala Insight has been designed specifically for those who are looking to gain a deeper understanding of the situation in Tibet and an "insiders" view into the...
Tibet Advocacy Day
The Tibet Advocacy Day is an annual lobbying initiative for Tibet in the Parliament. Members of Australia’s Tibetan community, back by Australia's Tibet supporters, visit Parliament House every March, brief parliamentarians on the latest situation in Tibet and call for stronger political support. Click on the titles to see videos, photos and reports on our past...
New Report: "Acts of Significant Ev…
[ICT] Since 2009 there have been 131 self-immolations of Tibetans in Tibet and China whose common call has been for the return of the Dalai Lama and for freedom in Tibet. The Chinese Communist Party has responded with an intensified wave of repression in Tibet, by punishing those allegedly “associated” with self-immolators, including friends, families and...
Report - China: End Involuntary Rehousin…
The Chinese government is subjecting millions of Tibetans to a policy of mass rehousing and relocation that radically changes their way of life, and about which they have no say, Human Rights Watch said in a new report published today. Since 2006, under plans to “Build a New Socialist Countryside” in Tibetan areas, over two million Tibetans have...
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...
