Tibetans

9 UN Experts Investigate China's Incarceration and Disappearance of 9 Tibetans

23-01-2025 18:48:19

United Nations (UN) human rights experts have issued a communication letter to the Chinese government raising serious concerns about its recent history of human rights violations, in particular, its unlawful arrest and disappearance of rights defenders and individuals in Tibet and East Turkestan (Ch: Xinjiang).

Tibetans in exile mark death anniversary of freedom fighter Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, release book on his struggles

15-07-2024 23:50:34

A memorial event for Tibetan freedom fighter Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, marking the anniversary of his unjust death in Chinese custody, was organized on Friday at the Gangkyi Tibetan Library in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala.

Indians, Tibetans celebrate 89th birthday of Dalai Lama in Shimla

08-07-2024 23:32:34

Elders, young women, monks, and students of the Tibetan community, along with Indians, gathered in the Tibetan school, Chhota Shimla, to celebrate the 89th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama.

China will relocate close to 1 million rural Tibetans by 2025: HRW report

29-05-2024 17:43:20

China is using extreme measures to relocate close to a million rural Tibetans by 2025, said Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights watch dog, in a new report titled 'Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds: China's Coercive Relocation of Rural Tibetans.'

Chinese authorities arrest 4 Tibetans for protest over land grab

18-04-2024 22:32:20

Tibetan residents demanded compensation for land illegally seized by authorities, sources say.

Tibetans demand China halt Derge dam work

16-03-2024 20:02:57

The Tibetan community in the region has demanded that the Chinese government stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Drichu river in Derge town in Dege County in Sichuan in Southwest China.

Beijing crushing Tibetans, exiled political leader says

23-02-2024 11:12:14

As Tibetans prepare to mark 65 years since a failed uprising against Chinese rule and questions loom over the Dalai Lama's successor, the diaspora's elected leader said Beijing is crushing his people.

Tibetans in Eastern Tibet Protest Hydropower Station and their relocation

19-02-2024 19:13:27

Hundreds of Tibetans staged protests outside the Derge (Chinese: Dege) county government’s office in the Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, on Feb. 14, 2024, calling for halt to a proposed hydropower station construction in their area, and to withdraw the order for relocation of Tibetans from the surrounding area because of this.

Budget for cultural bodies linked to Tibetans slashed to Rs 20 crore

09-02-2024 11:31:35

The Centre has slashed budgetary allocation for Tibet House, the Dalai Lama's cultural centre and other Buddhist institutions.

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