Tibet news
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Tibetan Monk Released After Serving Five-Year Sentence
According to freetibet.org, Chinese authorities released Gendun Drakpa (Dapaka), a monk from Thangkor Socktsang Monastery in Ngaba (in China’s Sichuan Province) in August 2021 after serving a five-year sentence. After being freed in August 2021, Gendun Dapaka, 45, returned to his house but has since been committed to the hospital due to bad health.
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Speaker thanks NBA player Enes Kanter for his support of the Tibetan cause.
On behalf of Tibetans inside Tibet and around the world, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile expressed gratitude to professional basketball player Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association for his invaluable support for the cause of Tibet and urged for his continued support.
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Tibetan Woman Received Prestigious Dutch Royal Distinction
Tsering Jampa, an ICT Tibetan, was the first Tibetan to be granted the Dutch Royal Distinction. Tsering Jampa, Executive Director of the International Campaign for Tibet-Europe, was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau, a prestigious Dutch Royal Distinction, yesterday in Amsterdam for her significant efforts to safeguard and promote the Tibetan people’s fundamental rights.
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NBA player has been chastised for statements on Xi Jinping and Tibet.
Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics is facing backlash in China after labelling President Xi Jinping a “brutal dictator.” He also expressed support for the Free Tibet movement in a video broadcast in Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Kanter stated in the video that his message for the Chinese government is free Tibet, and Tibet belongs…
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Are Tibetans Benefiting From Having China’s Biggest Hydropower Projects?
Of course not, in order to save you from having to read all of the details. The first unit of the 295-meter Lianghekou hydropower plant, which was one of 22 level power stations on the Yalong River approved by China’s National Development and Reform Commission in September 2014, went into service in Yajiang County, Sichuan…
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China pushes Tibetan nomads to hand over ownership of their land
Tibetan nomads in Qinghai province are being forced to sign an agreement transferring ownership of their customary lands to the Chinese government. These nomads follow and herd sheep on the Tibetan plateau’s lush grasslands in nearly the same way as their forefathers did decades ago, but Chinese officials are now preventing them from accessing their…
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Tibet is now in the hands of a CPC leader sanctioned for Xinjiang crimes.
According to Chinese state media, a rising Chinese leader sanctioned by Western countries for alleged human rights breaches in Xinjiang has been nominated as the CCP’s chief of Tibet. Wang Junzheng, 58, was the political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and deputy secretary of the CPC committee of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous…
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Activists were arrested in protest of Beijing 2022.
Tibetan and Hong Kong student activists were arrested at Athens’ Acropolis in protest of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, only 48 hours before the Olympic Torch is handed over to the Beijing delegation at the same location. The Tibetan activist is recognized as Tsela and Joey as the Hong Kong activist.
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Tibetans in Germany participated in the German Post Marathon Bonn
On October 17, 2021, Tibetans in Germany competed as Team Tibet in the German Post Marathon Bonn, one of Germany’s largest running events as per Tibet today. A group of Tibetans joined nearly 4000 German athletes, runners, and walkers in a running event organized by Team Tibet that covered 5 to 40 kilometers and passed…
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Tibetan Scholar Was Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For His Writings.
A Tibetan writer who was arrested two years ago on unclear allegations has been sentenced to four years in prison by a Chinese court, with no word from authorities on when his sentence was issued or where he is now being imprisoned, according to RFA.