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 →