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Regional Education Advisory Committee of Doeguling Settlement in Mundgod Conducts Inter-School Handwriting Competition

Mundgod: The Regional Education Advisory Committee of Doeguling Settlement in Mundgod have undertaken their first initiative since the body’s renewal to conduct a handwriting competition between students of the three Sambhota schools and four monastic schools from class 1-12...

Exile Tibetans Mourn Demise of Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Sonam Gyalpo Who Served 16 Years in Chinese Prison

Dharamshala: Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Sonam Gyalpo, who has served an aggregate of 16 years in Chinese prisons, sadly passed away on 16 August 2023.  Late Sonam Gyalpo was first sentenced to three years in Drapchi Prison on 27...

Sonam Wangdue Assumes Charge of Kamrao Settlement Office

Kamrao: At a brief handing-over ceremony held on Wednesday, Sonam Wangdue assumed the charge of the settlement office of Kamrao from the outgoing settlement officer Rabten Tsering. Settlement officer Gelek Jamyang of Poanta Cholsum was appointed by the Department...

China must stop persecuting Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk

Since his release from unjust imprisonment, Tashi Wangchuk has faced persistent restrictions and limitations on his movement and activities even as he continued to advocate for the promotion and protection of the Tibetan language. The latest persecution faced by...

His Holiness Congratulates Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s Historic Chandrayaan-3 Landing on the Moon

–dalailama.com Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India: In a message of offering hearty congratulations to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said “the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a tribute to the people of India who...

Visa restrictions on Chinese officials over forced assimilation policy in Tibet

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 23: The United States Department of State, led by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, has announced its decision to enforce visa restrictions on officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the authority...

US sanctioning China officials in forced Tibetan child assimilation drive

(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’23) – Initiating substantive action to address China’s much-criticized repressive policy, including in the UN, of the forced assimilation of Tibet through the establishment of a Sinicization boarding school system for its children, the US State Department has...

Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Addresses the 9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference

Dharamshala: Around 30 young Tibetan research scholars including some from the Himalayan region gathered at Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies this morning to participate in the 9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference organised by the Tibet Policy Institute....

Tibet Advocacy in Kerala: Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither Call on Governor of Kerala

Kerala: Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither, who are in the Kerala city of Thiruvananthapuram for Tibet advocacy, met with Shri. A. K. Balan, CPM Central Committee member, a former Lok Sabha member on 21 August 2023. At...

Health Department Announces a Vacancy of Accountant for Tibetan Primary Health Centre in Miao

Dharamshala: The Tibetan Primary Health Centre of Miao Choephelliing, affiliated under the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, announces a job vacancy of accountant. The interested candidates are requested to submit their application, along with requisite documents, to the...

School Leadership Programme for STSS School Leaders Begin

Dharamshala: The Department of Education, CTA in collaboration with Mahattattva is organising a school leadership programme for principals and headteachers of schools under the management of STSS. Developed by the expert team at Mahattattva, this programme comprises eight modules...

Janitor Required for CTA Staff Mess at Gangchen Kyishong

Dharamshala: The Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), announces a vacancy of janitor at CTA staff mess. Interested candidates are requested to submit their required documents stipulated in the announcement with attestation to the following address by 7...

Office of Tibet in Taiwan Organises 3-Day Summer Tibetan Culture Programme for Tibetan Children

Taipei: Office of Tibet, Taiwan in collaboration with Taiwan-based Tibetan Association, Phingtong Gosok Kunphenling and Yunling Gosok Jangchubling monasteries organised a three-day Summer Tibetan Culture Programme for Tibetan children aged 3-18 years old in Taiwan from 18-20 August 2023....

U.S. Announces its Intention of Imposing Visa Restrictions on PRC Officials Involved in Forced Assimilation of Tibetan Children in Govt-run Boarding S...

Dharamshala: Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that U.S. State Department is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million...

Tibet’s annual Yogurt Festival overshadowed by heavy police presence and restrictions

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, August 23:This year’s edition of Tibet’s annual yoghurt festival or Shoton festival has been marred by an overwhelming police presence and stringent restrictions by Chinese authorities. The yoghurt festival, observed from August 16th to 22nd,...

Tibetan language activist Tashi Wangchuk attacked

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 23: Tashi Wangchuk, a prominent Tibetan language advocate and former political prisoner was attacked by a group of unidentified men in Darlak County, Eastern Tibet on the evening of August 19, according to the...

Masked hoodlums rough up Tibetan language right activist in Qinghai province

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’23) – Apparently for continuing his activism even after release from prison, well-known Tibetan language right advocate Mr Tashi Wangchuk was attacked and roughed up by a group of masked hoodlums in Darlag (Chinese: Dari) County of Golog...

India-China in further, urgent border talks amid concern that the former had gained more thus far

(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’23) – India and China appear to be seeking something of an urgent breakthrough in the more than three-year-old standoff along their Ladakh and occupied Tibet border ahead of a possible meeting between the heads of the two...

US Secretary Blinken Announces Action Against Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet, Visa Restrictions on PRC Officials Tied to Assimilation of 1M Tibeta...

For Immediate Release August 22, 2023 Washington – Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States government will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials “for their involvement in...

The U.S. Government Announces Visa Restrictions of Chinese Officials in Response to the Forced Tibetan Children’s Colonial Boarding Schools

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken just announced that the State Department will restrict the visas of Chinese government officials for forcing over one million Tibetan children into colonial boarding schools. These coercive policies seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct...

Announcement of Visa Restrictions to Address Forced Assimilation in Tibet

Original Link: https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-visa-restrictions-to-address-forced-assimilation-in-tibet/ The State Department is taking steps to impose visa restrictions under the authority of Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on People’s Republic of China...

9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference Begins Deliberation of Current Tibet Situation Under Chinese Leadership

Dharamshala: Around 30 young Tibetan research scholars including some from the Himalayan region gathered at Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies this morning to participate in the 9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference organised by the Tibet Policy Institute....

U.S. to Sanction Chinese Officials for Forcible Assimilation of Tibetans; State Department says Chinese boarding-school program deprives young Tibetan...

Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Original link: https://www.wsj.com/world/china/u-s-to-sanction-chinese-officials-for-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetans-c77aa1bf The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it was taking action to punish Chinese officials in response to what it called the forcible...

Tibetan Language Advocate Tashi Wangchuk Attacked

–By Free Tibet The language advocate and former political prisoner Tashi Wangchuk was attacked on Saturday 19 August by a group of unidentified, masked men. Free Tibet’s research partner Tibet Watch has established that Tashi Wangchuk travelled to Darlak...

Opinion: The In-Between-What a nation denied tells us about ourselves

By Aashish Khullar Amidst the somber realities of Tibet and its people, a Harvard study group grapples with the politics of reincarnation, a clash of world orders, elections in exile, and the importance of identity.  Have you heard of...