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US designates China as ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Over Religious Freedom
On April 25, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report for 2022, in which China was named a Country of Particular Concern (CFC) alongside Afghanistan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Burma, etc.
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US Urges China to Free Tibet’s Panchen Lama Immediately
The US State Department released a press release on Monday, April 25th, on the 33rd birth anniversary of Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, demanding China reveal the whereabouts and well-being of the missing Panchen Lama and his family, who was last seen as a six-year-old on May 17, 1995.
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World’s Youngest Political Prisoner Panchen Lama Still Under Chinese Captivity
Every year on April 25th, Tibetans all around the world are reminded that one of their most important spiritual leaders was abducted when he was a little boy(six-year-old). Every year on the Panchen Lama’s birthday, Tibetans in exile demonstrate Panchen Lama’s freedom from Chinese captivity. Every year, though, our protests go unnoticed around the world…
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Dalai Lama congratulates President Macron on re-election
President Macron’s re-election has been congratulated by the Tibetan spritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to His Holiness’s official website dalailama.com. In a letter to President Macron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated President Macron on his historic re-election as President of France for a second five-year term on Monday.
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Tibet is Bracing For a New Surge of COVID Outbreak!
Despite the fact that Tibet has only recorded one case during the pandemic, reports are coming out that authorities in the region are constructing enormous Covid isolation and care facilities in anticipation of more breakouts in China. According to the Guardian, The Chinese firm Jiangsu Qi’an Construction Group is building temporary hospitals with at least…
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Sonam Wangchuk Presents A Piece of Glacier to the Dalai Lama
Today at his residence in Dharamshala, his holiness the Dalai Lama gives an audience to the participants of the dialogue for our future: A call to climate action. Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakhi climate change activist and educator, brought glacier ice from Ladakh’s Khardungla to Dharamshala. At His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s residence in Mcleod Ganj,…
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China Release 3 Tibetans Prison After Serving Terms for Raising Land Rights
Three of the nine Tibetans sentenced to prison in China’s Qinghai region in 2018 for establishing an “illegal group” supporting land rights have been released, according to RFA, three more members of the group will be disclosed in June. Sonam Gyal and two others who were not recognized were released earlier this year after serving…
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Upper TCV School Resumes Annual Spring Fete After Two Years
After a two-year hiatus, Upper TCV School hosted its Annual Spring Fete on April 16, 2022. Due to the outbreak of the Corona Virus in 2020, the school’s annual spring fete was postponed for two years. Most schools hold at least one fete each year to raise funds for the school. Lockdown was imposed on…
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Dalai Lama to Visit Ladakh in July-August
His Holiness the Dalai Lama granted Thiksey Rinpoche, the head of Ladakh’s Thiksey Monastery, Mr. Thupstan Chhewang, the President of the Ladakh Buddhist Association, and Ven. Shatup Chamba, the President of the All Ladakh Gonpa Association a special audience at his residence earlier today, during which Thiksey Rinpoche on behalf of the Ladhaki people made…
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Tibetan Language Advocate Barred Entry to Hotels by Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities’ restrictions and monitoring of Tibet’s former political prisoners are nothing new. Authorities instructed hotel operators in Tibetan areas of western China to bar a Tibetan activist who was traveling to promote language rights, as per the RFA report. Tashi Wangchuk, a former political prisoner of roughly 35 years old, had been traveling around…