Category Archives: Tibetan

US Congress Outraged Over Death of Tibetan Dissident

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Yang Chen
Last updated on: July 15, 2015 5:48 PM

WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. Congress have expressed outrage over the Continue reading

High-profile Tibetan Monk Dies in Prison in China

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BEIJING—A Tibetan monk who was one of China’s most prominent political prisoners has died in jail, a relative said on Monday, and a rights group Continue reading

Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates in China

May 27, 2015 6:42 PM

A Tibetan mother of two set herself on fire Wednesday to protest China’s repressive policies towards Tibetans.

Sangye Tso, 36, self-immolated in front of a Chinese security and re-education building located Continue reading

China Stops Tibetans Leaving The Country on Vacation

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Tibetans pose for a group photo at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in undated photo.
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The ruling Chinese Communist Party has implemented new Continue reading

Tibetan Father of Four Self-Immolates in China

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Tinley Nyandak

May 20, 2015 7:58 PM

A father of four in China’s Sichaun Province set himself on fire Wednesday to protest China’s repressive policies towards Tibetans.

Tenzin Gyatso Continue reading

Tibetans, Uyghurs ‘Blacklisted’ at Hotels in Chinese Cities

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Security forces participate in a military drill in Hotan, Xinjiang, June 6, 2014.
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Tibetans and members of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group have been placed Continue reading

Tsering Woeser:Faith in Addition to Face – To Facebook, Inc.

published: December 30, 2014

On December 26, 2014, I reposted on my Facebook page a video of Tibetan Buddhist monk Kalsang Yeshe’s self-immolation that occurred on December 23 [in Tawu county, Continue reading

Tibetan activist-writer challenges China’s ‘rule of law’ rhetoric in new book

WEDNESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2014

Di-Lhaden-Picture-edit-234x300Tibetan writer and activist Lhaden. (File/TCHRD)

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has recently obtained a book written by Lhaden, a Tibetan writer and activist living inside Tibet. This latest book, Continue reading