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![Tibetan students ordered not to take part in religious activities during winter break](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/Lhasa-school-announcement-12312019-800x426.jpg)
Tibetan students ordered not to take part in religious activities during winter break
As schools in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa began their winter vacations this week, parents received orders saying their students cannot be involved in any religious activities during the break. In one such directive dated Dec. 31, 2019 and sent by Lhasa Chengguan Haicheng Elementary School, parents are told that it is the order of […]
![Larung Gar abbot’s international centers closed under suspected pressure from China](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/KhenpoSodargye-800x426.jpg)
Larung Gar abbot’s international centers closed under suspected pressure from China
As one of the leading Tibetan Buddhist voices within China has made a surprising announcement about the closure of his Bodhi Institute of Compassion and Wisdom, ICT has learned that some of his followers suspect there is more to the closure than the reason he cited.
![New ‘defense’ villages and infrastructure being built on Tibet’s border](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/Demchog-village-xiaokang-1200-800x426.jpg)
New ‘defense’ villages and infrastructure being built on Tibet’s border
China has accelerated construction of “border defense villages” in Tibet this year as part of the far-reaching agenda of Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping to create an advanced, impenetrable “security barrier” between Tibet and the outside world.
![Tibetan anti-corruption campaigner to appeal 7-year prison sentence](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/anya-sengdra-800x426.gif)
Tibetan anti-corruption campaigner to appeal 7-year prison sentence
Tibetan nomad and community leader Anya Sengdra, who fought corruption and stood up for poor local people, will appeal the seven-year prison sentence he was given earlier this month, according to his lawyer.
La Chine renforce sa surveillance des communications en ligne / Trois Tibétains arrêtés
Bruxelles, 18 décembre 2019 – Quelques jours avant le 30ème anniversaire de la remise du prix Nobel de la paix au Dalaï-lama le 10 décembre, trois hommes ont été arrêtés dans l’est du Tibet. Selon des sources tibétaines, ils auraient été arrêtés après avoir eu des contacts avec des amis et des parents vivant hors du Tibet […]
![Tibetans detained prior to Dalai Lama Nobel Prize anniversary in apparent WeChat crackdown](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/IMG_0895-800x426.jpg)
Tibetans detained prior to Dalai Lama Nobel Prize anniversary in apparent WeChat crackdown
A Tibetan “thangka” artist and two other Tibetans have been detained in eastern Tibet, possibly due to tightened security and surveillance of the social media platform WeChat around the 30th anniversary of the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
![Protesters in Sershul detained for resisting Communist Party propaganda](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/wonpo-1200-800x426.jpg)
Protesters in Sershul detained for resisting Communist Party propaganda
Harsh security measures have been imposed in a Tibetan township in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi), the Tibetan region of Kham, after two rare protests in November calling for Tibetan independence and the return of the Dalai Lama.
![Tibet Brief – Edition 72](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/tibet-brief-450x240.png)
Tibet Brief – Edition 72
In this edition: Delegation of Tibetan parliamentarians visits Europe; China sets preconditions for Tibetan college graduates to criticize the Dalai Lama to get public jobs; Despite damning UN climate report, China refuses to make changes in Tibet; Tibetans losing safety in Nepal after new treaties with China; 12th UN Forum on Minority Issues held in Geneva; Sweden and the Netherlands adopt strategies on China; Chinese academic accused of espionage banned from Belgium; ICT visits Taiwan for FIDH’s 40th Congress (…)
![ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue at UN Forum on Minorities](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/Mélanie-in-Room-XX-800x426.jpg)
ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue at UN Forum on Minorities
In a statement delivered at the 12th Forum on Minority Issues taking place in Geneva on the theme “Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities,” ICT highlighted the difficulties that Tibetans in China face to learn in their mother tongue.
![Czech think-tank Sinopsis publishes report on links between European Parliamentarians and the Chinese Communist Party](https://www.savetibet.eu/wp-content/uploads/PA-40657471.max-760x504-1.jpg)
Czech think-tank Sinopsis publishes report on links between European Parliamentarians and the Chinese Communist Party
On 26 November, a Czech academic project published a report providing an interesting insight into the links between some Members of the European Parliaments, European Parliament’s groups and platforms, and the Chinese Communist Party.