China shuts down historic monastery, evicts monks and nuns
Disturbing footage has emerged from China’s Gansu province, where local authorities shut down a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and ordered the monastics to disrobe.
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China pressured Nobel laureates to disinvite Dalai Lama
World-renowned scientists and the US State Department have warned the Chinese government after it attempted to intervene to stop the Dalai Lama from speaking at a gathering of Nobel laureates earlier this year.
Analysis: Blinken meets Dalai Lama’s representative
In a sign of America’s enduring support for Tibet, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held an unannounced meeting with Ngodup Dongchung, representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, during his just-concluded visit to India.
China’s president makes surprise visit to Tibet
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an unannounced visit to Tibet. Video clips shared on Chinese social media today show Xi addressing people in the city of Nyingtri, stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa and giving remarks to the public while facing the “Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” in front of the Potala Palace.
Dalai Lama: Religious freedom is ‘freedom of our thought’
The Dalai Lama defended religious freedom as freedom of thought while calling for an end to religious conflict in a special video message to the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, DC last week.
Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrated in Tibet, several arrested
Despite the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown on support for the Dalai Lama inside Tibet, brave Tibetans celebrated the religious leader’s birthday last week, with several arrested as a result.
Code of conduct forbids religiosity by Tibetan CCP members
A new code of conduct for members of the Chinese Communist Party in the Tibet Autonomous Region explicitly forbids party members from all forms of religiosity in both public and private life.
European Parliament calls for Beijing Olympics diplomatic boycott, sanctions on Hong Kong leaders
The European Parliament adopted today a resolution that calls on the European Union and its member states to decline invitations to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unless “the Chinese Government demonstrates a verifiable improvement in the human rights situation.
Government denies rights of Tibetan refugees in UN review
The Nepali government failed to commit to respecting and protecting the rights of Tibetan refugees in the country, FIDH and International Campaign for Tibet denounced today during the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Report: Monks given long prison sentences as “preemptive security”
A new report by Human Rights Watch reveals how Chinese authorities are applying the principle of preemptive security to control all aspects of Tibetan life with the apparent aim of deterring Tibetans from displaying loyalty to the Dalai Lama and their religious traditions.