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UN rights experts challenge Vietnam and China on cross-border cooperation over suspicious death of Tibetan lama

Special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about increasing transnational repression against Tibetans, and call for a full investigation. Source

Uyghur Scholar-Activist Faces Charges in France for Criticizing Beijing

On October 13, a court outside Paris will put on trial Dr. Dilnur Reyhan, a prominent French-Uyghur scholar and activist, and the president of the European Uyghur Institute, for the criminal offense of “degradation of property belonging to others.”

Notes from Central Taiwan: The US makes an offer Taiwan can’t refuse

In recent weeks the Trump Administration has been demanding ...

UN rights experts question Vietnam and China on the suspicious death of senior Tibetan lama

For Immediate Release7 October 2025 [Geneva/ London] A group of UN human rights experts have issued two strong joint communications to both Vietnam and China [1] concerning the suspicious death, subsequent cremation and obstruction of justice in the case of the revered senior...

Tibet Is Paying the Cost for China’s Green Energy Transition

As China pursues clean energy, Tibet has emerged as a site for extractive mining and an unsustainable spree of dam building. 

All Mount Everest hikers brought back to safety after being stuck for days in ‘violent’ blizzard

Mass search-and-rescue mission involved local guides, villagers, and officials

800 more trekkers and aides rescued after being stranded by Everest blizzard

Hundreds of trekkers who were stranded on the eastern slope of Mount Everest after heavy snowfall have been evacuated, according to the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. On Tuesday night, CCTV said 580 trekkers and more than 300 local guides...

900 hikers rescued after snowstorm traps hundreds on Mount Everest’s China side

Nearly 900 hikers, guides and staff trapped by a fierce snowstorm on Mount Everest’s Chinese side have reached safety, officials said, as severe weather hit several parts of western China over the weekend.

Hundreds of Everest hikers reach safety after snowstorm in Tibetan valley

Those rescued included guides, yak herders and trekkers, who were trapped in a heavy snowstorm that began on Friday.

Hundreds of hikers rescued from Mount Everest after severe snowstorm

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday.

Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard

Hundreds of hikers encountered deep snow in the isolated Karma valley after an unusually powerful blizzardRescuers guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak...

China: Free US-Resident Artist Unjustly Charged

Click to expand Image Chinese artists the Gao Brothers, Zhen and Qiang, with some of their "Miss Mao" pieces that feature life-sized, Pinocchio-nosed sculptures of Mao Zedong in their studio in Beijing, October 16, 2007. © 2007 David Grey/Reuters...

Everest hikers guided to safety after being stranded by blizzard

Hundreds of hikers have been guided to safety in Tibet after becoming trapped over the weekend by heavy snowfall.

Israeli memorials and a harvest moon: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Snowstorms strand hikers in China and a South Korean climber dies in Nepal

Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest

Race against time to rescue 200 hikers trapped in snow after Mount Everest snowstorm

South Korean hiker, 46, dies while ascending Merak Peak in eastern side of Nepal

China exiles in Thailand lose hope, fearing Beijing’s long reach

With tears rolling down his cheeks, detained Chinese political exile Zhou Junyi struggles to make his voice heard over dozens of families visiting Bangkok’s main immigration detention centre. Zhou’s China Democracy Party, an exile group, organised a commemoration on...

How Ladakh protest leader Sonam Wangchuk went from Indian hero to ‘traitor’

Wangchuk, a celebrated innovator, inspired a Bollywood megahit. Now he's being accused of challenging the Indian state.

Snowstorm traps about 350 hikers on Mt Everest

Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said.About 350 hikers had reached ...

Hundreds of Hikers Trapped on Mount Everest by Heavy Snow: What to Know

Rescue workers have successfully evacuated many others who were previously stranded on the mountain.

China’s factory robot army; a ‘new global energy system’: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. 1 dead in Qinghai, hundreds evacuated as China’s rescue in Everest area continues...

Bridging Family and Community Practice

Making space for children at the dharma center  The post Bridging Family and Community Practice appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Hundreds of Trekkers Escape From Blizzard-Struck Everest in Tibet

BEIJING—Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas. As...

Mount Everest hikers describe ‘extreme’ conditions as huge rescue effort continues

At least 200 people still stranded after unseasonally heavy snowfall during china’s Golden Week holidayTrekkers have described facing “extreme” conditions after an unseasonable snowstorm during one of China’s busiest holiday weekends stranded hundreds of people on Mount Everest, sparking...