Tibet in the spotlight
Geneva — 30 Member States of the United Nations expressed their concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, particularly with regard to the treatment of Tibetans, the forced placement of Tibetan children in Chinese colonial-style boarding schools and the Chinese Communist Party's repression of demonstrations against hydroelectric projects in Tibet.
Dharamshala — The Chinese authorities in Markam County, eastern Tibet, seized local Tibetan land for mining and construction without the consent of local residents, and built buildings on their farmland without any compensation. These activities seriously damaged the local ecological environment and endangered the lives of the local population.
Geneva — Thinlay Chukki, representative of the Office of Tibet in Geneva, has expressed deep concern about the large-scale construction of reservoirs by the Chinese government in Tibet. The Chinese government is forcibly relocating Tibetan nomads, farmers and large numbers of monks and nuns without any consultation with local communities. These Chinese projects are not only changing the natural landscape of Tibet, but also posing a serious threat to the survival of Tibetan cultural traditions and way of life.
Beijing’s dirty strategic use of economic power, political influence, and media control to silence criticism and advance authoritarian rule is claimed in a critical analysis recently conducted by a Tibetan journalist living overseas.
Dharamshala — His Holiness the Dalai Lama said in his new book, "I have engaged with people who have shown a commitment to shared vision, an openness to trust, the honesty to express one’s thoughts even in disagreement, and the willingness to truly engage and learn. With the Chinese Communist leadership, from Chairman Mao Zedong to President Xi Jinping in the current era, sadly, the situation has been very different. I have often complained that the Chinese Communist leaders have only a mouth to speak but no ear to listen."
Dharamshala — The budget session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile for the fiscal year 2025-2026 commenced on Monday in Dharamshala. Members of Tibetan Parliament and Ministers of Cabinet began to discussing the 2025-2026 budget of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), in a context of reduced funding from the United States.
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Beijing’s dirty strategic use of economic power, political influence, and media control to silence criticism and advance authoritarian rule is claimed in a critical analysis recently conducted by a Tibetan journalist living overseas.
Dharamshala — Exclusive interview with Lobsang Kalden, a Tibetan man, who imprisoned for spreading the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Tibet and sending his four children to Tibetan schools in India. He spoke to TPI about his experience of imprisonment and the torture he endured in prison.
President Sue Ott Rowlands presents Jetsun Pema with the Pearl S. Buck Award on April 18, 2024. (Photo: Randolph College)
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The Founding Assembly of the ‘Asia Democracy Network’ and the ‘3rd Seoul Democracy Forum’ were held in Seoul, Korea, from 21st to 24th October 2013. Photo: TPI
Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace laureate, advocated for human rights in China before his death. Photo: File
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Kolkata — Indian Tibet supporter Sandesh Meshram began his fifth cycle rally in eight Indian states, from West Bengal to New Delhi, and called on the Chinese government to release Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup, who has been imprisoned to 15 years for advocating the protection of Tibet's fragile environment and Tibetan rivers, which are a source of fresh water for millions of people in countries neighbouring with Tibet.
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New Delhi — Many international experts on China and Tibet are of the opinion that President Xi Jinping’s obsession with security and to present himself as the new Mao Zedong is resulting into cultural genocide and total annihilation of the national personality of China’s colonies like Tibet, East Turkistan (Xinjiang) and Southern Mongolia. Analyzing the causes and impact of dividing occupied Tibet in 1965 into many pieces at an international webinar titled “China’s Cartographic Colonialism in Tibet” experts from USA, Europe, Tibet and India expressed concern that China’s Communist Party (CCP) and its leaders are religiously focused at washing out Tibet’s history by rewriting and propagating a manufactured version that suits Chinese expansionism.
Sebastien Lai, the son of detained British publisher Jimmy Lai, has written to request an immediate meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, after a Hong Kong court fixed 28 July as the provisional date for closing arguments in his father's long-drawn trial.
Hong Kong: RSF representative detained and deported on attempt to monitor Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. Photo: RSF
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May 2024 heralds the 16th commemoration of its inception, a period marked by substantial contributions to justice, freedom, and democracy. Photo: File
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