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G20’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 -An appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi The 2023 India’s G20, New Delhi summit presidency would guide the framework under the theme of “One Earth, One Family, One Future” which means “The World is One Family”. Essentially, the theme...

Women Empowerment Desk Organises SGBV Training for Settlements and Schools

Dharamshala: Women Empowerment Desk organised SGBV Guideline Orientation, Internal Complaint Committee Training, Settlement SGBV Committee Training and Gender Sensitization workshop to Dolanji Bonshi Settlement, STS Dolanji, STS Herbertpur, STS Mussoorie, THS Mussoorie and THF Mussoorie from July 24th – August...

CCP’s massive spy agencies aims to wipe out “five poison’ at home and abroad

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 5 Aug:  China has built expansive intelligence apparatus focused on silencing the ‘five poisons’ the Chinese Communist Party(CCP) sees as its top threats, according to British Intelligence as reported by Business Insider on Friday.

Saturday Shout-Out: CTA Civil Servant Karma Sopa Thinley

As a part of its shoutout campaign, Social Media Desk of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) will be profiling a civil servant of the Central Tibetan Administration. This week we are pleased to profile Mr Karma...

Sinicization, patriotism to be China’s new mantra of religious control, come Sep 1

(TibetanReview.net, Aug04’23) – New guidelines on religious activities coming into effect on Sep 1 requires all places of worship in the People’s Republic of China to give top importance to the leadership and policies of the Communist Party of...

China targeting ‘Five Poisons’ that give its rulers sleepless nights

(TibetanReview.net, Aug04’23) – China has built an expansive intelligence apparatus, with tens of thousands of officers, focused on combating the “Five Poisons” that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sees as its top threats both from within the country and...

CRO Shimla Meets Secretary to Governor of Himachal and Discusses Land Lease

Shimla: The Chief Representative Officer of Shimla met with Shri Rakesh Kumar (IAS), Secretary to the Governor of Himachal Pradesh today and the two discussed potential ways forward in securing long pending land leases on a token amount and...

CTA President: Beijing’s “One China Policy has nothing to do with Tibet”

By Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 4 Aug: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) Penpa Tsering has called Beijing’s ‘One China Policy’ a widely misunderstood policy that has no relevance to Tibet.

Chinese Police Officers Physically Abuse Gonpo Kyi

On 1st August, yesterday Gonpo Kyi, the sister of reputed Tibetan political prisoner Dorjee Tashi, again protested peacefully by prostration, requesting to meet her brother. She wanted to meet him in person in front of the Drapchi prison in Lhasa,...

Xi Jinping’s Sinicization campaign launched in ethnic minorities’ own languages

(TibetanReview.net, Aug03’23) – It is the era of Xi Jinping in China these days and he is a required reading for everyone in the country for understanding the party’s policies, programmes and long-term goals and as an act of...

CRO Shimla Apprises Land Lease Issues to HP Governor Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla

Shimla: As requested, the Chief Representative Office (CRO), Shimla set up a general health fitness checkup for His Excellency Shiv Pratap Shukla, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, by Dr. Jampa Wangmo, the Director of the Shimla Men-tsee-khang (Tibetan Medical...

 TCHRD Makes Submission for China’s UN Universal Periodic Review 

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) submitted a UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report ahead of the fourth periodic review of the People’s Republic of China in January 2024.  The submission outlined a number of concerns...

One Chinese Government Spy For Every Tibetan Monk

The Chinese authorities are imposing extreme restrictions on the movement and activity of monks by implementing various policies within the monasteries of Tibet. Under the various policies implemented by the Chinese government on Tibetans, these intense restrictions are imposed...

SFT Is Searching For A North America Grassroots Coordinator

Location: SFT HQ Office (New York City)Hours: 16 hours per weekStart date: August 21, 2023Compensation: Based on experience levelReports to: Grassroots DirectorApplication deadline: August 6, 2023 (interviews conducted on a rolling basis) APPLY HERE Requirements:  Highly motivated team player...

A Tourist arrested for kicking Tibetan holy Mani stone mound

On July 21st, a non-Tibetan tourist kicked and tumbled the Tibetan holy Mani stone mound near Mount Everest in Dingri County, Shigatse, Tibetan Autonomous Region. The video of this incident has gone viral; he is currently being detained and...

Chinese Police Arrest Tibetans on Alleged Illegal Business Practices

During a horse racing festival in Serchen County in Tsolho prefecture of Amdo Tibet, (Qinghairovince), local Tibetans were accused of conducting illegal sales of minor goods from the trunks/boots of privately owned vehicles. A short video of more than...

Tibet and Mongolia`s Historical, Political, and Religious Ties, and the Treaty of 1913

Abstract: Tibet and Mongolia had close historical and religious ties since the times of Genghis Khan who conquered nearly the whole of Asia and Eastern Europe in the 13th century. Tibetan Lamas and the descendants of Genghis Khan developed...

Records of politically-motivated verdicts against Tibetans removed from Chinese national databases

The Chinese authorities are systematically erasing the court verdicts of Tibetans charged with the vaguely worded and broadly defined crimes of "endangering state security," wiping them from public databases. This unlawful practice extends beyond Tibet's Autonomous Region, resulting in...

HRC52 – Item 4: General Debate on Human Rights Situations that require the Council’s attention

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd Session (27 February to 4 April 2023) Item 4 Statement by H.E. Ms Anna JARDFELT Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European...

House of Commons Committee Calls on Government of Canada to Push for an End to China’s Residential Schools in Tibet and Sanction Chinese Officials

For Immediate Release June 22, 2023 Ottawa – Canada’s parliamentary Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development sounded the alarm on China’s...

MPs urge Canada to sanction officials responsible for Chinese-run residential schools in Tibet

Original article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mps-urge-canada-to-sanction-officials-responsible-for-chinese-run/ A parliamentary committee is calling on Ottawa to sanction officials responsible for China-run residential boarding schools in Tibet and to issue a statement calling for an end...