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Department of Health Conducts Open MRS Refresher Training Medical Staff in Mundgod’s DTR Hospital

Mundgod: The three-day Open MRS Refresher Training was conducted by the Department of Health at Gajang and DTR Hospital, Mundgod, which not only aimed at addressing concerns related to system usage but also at enhancing the overall proficiency of...

Opinion: China to celebrate colonialism with 58th Anniversary of “Tibet Autonomous Region”

By Vijay Kranti Today when colonialism has practically vanished from the face of earth, China remains the only country which is not only practicing colonialism, but also unashamedly celebrates it. 1st September this year marks the 58th anniversary of...

Home Secretary Assesses Lands in Bylakuppe to be Impacted by NH-275 Project

Dharamshala: Secretary Palden Dhondup and Additional Secretary Jampa Phuntsok from the Department of Home, CTA, made an assessment visit to certain households in Bylakuppe-based Lugsung Samdupling Tibetan Settlement whose part of the agricultural field comes under the state government’s...

34th Tibetan Terminology Meeting Finalises Over 560 Standard Terms

Dharamshala: The Terminology Desk of the Department of Education, CTA, finalised over 560 standardised Tibetan terms during the 34th meeting of the High-Level Standardising Board held from 21-25 August 2023.  During the five-day meeting, the board discussed and standardised...

Tibet This Week: 21 August to 27 August 2023

Tibet This Week (TTW) is a weekly news collection of articles and Tibet related news on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Current situations inside Tibet, Tibetans in Exile, Worldwide Tibetan Movement and others published in various websites.   HIS...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Returns to Dharamshala After Month-Long Stay in Ladakh

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala this morning to a warm welcome reception by Tibetans, devotees and well-wishers after concluding a month-long visit to Ladakh where he gave spiritual teachings on multiple occasions....

China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?

Simon Tisdall for The Guardian ast week’s US sanctioning of Chinese officials involved in Beijing’s ongoing criminal efforts to erase Tibet as a separate political, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious entity showed America at its best. Few other governments give a...

China’s Cartographic Manipulation of Tibet is ‘Colonialism of Perception’

Xi Jinping and CCP focused at wiping out Tibet, Xinjiang and Southern Mongolia  – by Vijay Kranti for CHASE New Delhi, Paris, New York & Dharamshala – 28 August 2023 Many international experts on China and Tibet are of...

Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Former Deputy CM of Jammu & Kashmir and Others

Dharamshala: A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel paid a courtesy call on Shri (Dr) Nirmal Singh, Former Deputy CM of Jammu & Kashmir, and Shri R. K. Kalsotra, President, All India Confederation...

Office of Tibet-Washington Hosts Sino Tibet Youth Interaction Through Screening of Late Pema Tsetan’s Tharlo

Washington DC: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC in collaboration with the Democracy Salon, a Chinese youth initiative in New York, hosted a film discussion as part of Sino-Tibet Youth Interaction event at the Tibet House on 28 August...

Bhutan and China set up technical team for border delimitation amid continuing talks

(TibetanReview.net, Aug27’23) – Talks between Bhutan and China over their disputed borders have been proceeding in pretty much the same way as the Sino-India border talks which also involves Chinese-occupied Tibet: a great deal of positive vibes about the...

Parliamentary Delegation Holds Press Conference On Upcoming Tibet Advocacy In Jammu

Dharamshala: A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel began their official program on 27 August by holding a press conference on their upcoming programs of Tibet advocacy in Jammu. They are scheduled to...

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya

Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup, began their Tibet advocacy in Sikkim by paying a courtesy call upon Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the Governor of Sikkim. Upon their arrival in Gangtok, the...

Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Advocates Tibet in Darjeeling, Concludes West Bengal Program

Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup, after concluding their programs in Odisha, began advocating Tibet in Darjeeling, West Bengal. As the delegation reached Darjeeling on 24th August 2023, they were...

China’s sudden lifting of Covid curbs caused nearly 2 million avoidable deaths

(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’23) – China’s sudden lifting of Covid-19 restrictions late last year led to nearly two million more deaths than would have been the case otherwise over the following two months, reported Reuters Aug 25, citing a study based...

Gonpo Kyi Unable to move After Assaulted by Chinese Police Officials

Justice defender Gonpo Kyi, the sister of the imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi was physically assaulted by Lhasa police officials and left her unable to move. On 23 of this month, Gonpo kyi took action for justice in front...

Gonmo Kyi Denied Hospital Treatment After Police Beating

Sister of imprisoned businessman Dorjee Tashi beaten by police authorities outside Lhasa court whilst asking for a retrial in his case – By Tibet Watch Tibet Watch has received more new videos, in which Gonmo Kyi, sister of imprisoned...

Gonpo Kyi denied hospital treatment after police assault

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, August 25: Gonpo Kyi, the sister of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, has been denied hospital treatment after she was assaulted by police officers outside the Lhasa People’s Court. This marks the second instance this month...

Differences on normalizing ties continue as Modi and Xi met in South Africa

(TibetanReview.net, Aug25’23) – Despite the absence of a schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Xi Jinping of China did meet for an “informal conversation” Aug 23 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South...

The Centrality of Tibet in Tibetan Scholarship

  Education, knowledge production, and creating narratives have always played a prominent role in Communist China’s methods of ruling, controlling, and changing Tibet. The recently held 7th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies titled, Prosperity and Development of Tibetan...

MPs Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo Conclude Tibet Advocacy Tour in Gujarat

Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo successfully concluded their official Tibet advocacy tour in Gujarat from 18th to 24th August 2023. On 17th August, the MPs were received by Dr. Amit Jyotikar, Regional Convener...

Core Group for Tibetan Cause – India Demands G-20 Leaders Call for Resumption of Dialogue with Representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Core Group for Tibetan Cause – India (CGTC-I) held a press conference at the Press Club of India in New Delhi on August 24, 2023. The conference featured addresses by CGTC-I National Convener Shri R. K. Khrimey, National...

Washington-based V-TAG Members Brief Katherine Gillespie on Tibet’s Current Situation; Urge US-Tibet Bill Support from Congresswoman Marie Perez

Seattle, Washington: During a virtual meeting on 17 August at 12 noon, members of Washington State Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Group (V-TAG), namely Pema Choephel, Dechen Bartso, and Lobsang Tsering, met with Katherine Gillespie, the staffer of Representative Marie Gluesenkamp...

Call for Europe-based Tibetan Youth to Attend Geneva Forum 2023

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes Tibetan Youth based in Europe who are interested in attending the Geneva Forum 2023 to apply online by 1 September 2023. Through this opportunity, the CTA seeks to empower Tibetan youth through the...

15 Schools from Dharamshala and Mussorie Participate in Week-Long Dialectic Meet

Dharamshala: The Department of Education is organising a week-long dialectic meeting of Dharamshala and Mussorie from 23-30 August at the Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) in Mussorie. Around 8 schools from Dharamshala and 7 schools from Mussorie are participating in...

Tibetan Parliament’s Delegation Attends Democratic Peer Exchange Conference in Europe

Dharamshala: A delegation of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile consisting of parliamentarians Geshe Ngaba Gangri and Dr. Rigzin Lhundup and staff of the parliamentary secretariat Tenzin Choeying and Tenzin Sherap took part in a global democratic peer exchange conference from 19th...

Angered China demands US withdrawal of visa sanctions over its forced assimilation boarding school system in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’23) – Having either failed or refused to respond to repeated UN experts’ queries on the issue previously, China now claims that the allegations that it has been carrying out a policy of forcible assimilation of Tibetan children...

Dalai Lama congratulates Indian PM Modi on India’s historic landing on the moon

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, August 24: Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has extended his warm congratulations to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the momentous achievement of Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the moon. In a...

Tibetan activist and former political prisoner dies at age 68

Sonam Gyalpo, first detained in 1987 for participating in the Tibetan independence movement, died at home.