Tibet Times
Tibetan Monastery Raided: Bags of Dalai Lama Photos Seized
Reporter: Palden Editor: Pema Tso Translated by Cheogyal Kyab Chinese authorities conducted searches at Larang Tashi Khyil Monastery and surrounding villages in Amdo, claiming that displaying photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is illegal, forcibly confiscating approximately four...
Singer Asang Continues to Be Held in Detention
Reported by Palden Edited by Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal Contrary to reports that surfaced in August this year suggesting that Tibetan singer Asang had been released from detention, it has now come to light that he was never...
China Intensifies Pressure to Sinicize Tibetan Buddhism
Reported By Palden Edited By Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal This year, the Political Bureau of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP Politburo) convened the so-called 22nd “collective study meeting” focused on the need to promote systematic...
Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese Appointed Panchen Lama To Give Kalachakra Initiation
Reported by Palden Edited by Kelsang Jinpa Translated by TenGyal It has been announced that the Chinese state recognized Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu is set to confer the Kalachakra empowerments and teachings from October 9th to 12th. In keeping...
Young Chinese Woman with Avowed Affection for Tibetans Arrested and Disappeared
Reported By Palden Edited By Pema Tso Translated By TenGyal Even as nearly two months have passed since the Chinese authorities arrested and abducted Zhang Yadi, also known by her Tibetan name Wangtso, a young Chinese woman who expressed...
A Tibetan Monk Missing for Four Years Without A Trace
Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Translated By TenGyal Edited by Kelsang Jinpa More than four years have passed since a Tibetan monk was arbitrarily arrested and abducted by the Chinese authorities in Lhasa. To this day, his family and close...
Eight-Point TAR Document Calls for Strict Ban on Information Linked to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday Celebrations
Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Edited By Pema Tso Translated By TenGyal As celebrations marking His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday continue with ceremonial and festive activities across the free world, Chinese authorities, citing the potential influence of such...
Ven. Zega Gyatso Arrested
Almost two months have passed since Chinese authorities arrested Ven. Zega Gyatso, a monk from Tsang Monastery, on the alleged charges of “sending money outside.” At present, there...
Ven. Shersang Gyatso, head of Tsang Monastery in Amdo Commits Suicide in Protest of Chinese Authorities’ Persecution.
Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Translated By TenGyal Edited By Kelsang Jinpa All monks under the age of eighteen from Tsang Monastery, located in Ba County in the Amdo region of Tibet, have been expelled, and the head of the...
Ven. Tsewang from Adhue Monastery Released.
Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Translated By TenGyal Edited By Kelsang Jinpa Tsewang, a monk from Adhue Monastery who was recently arrested for sharing online an image of a symbolic hat commemorating the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai...










