Tibetan Schoolteacher Released From Jail in...

Authorities in China’s Qinghai province have freed a Tibetan schoolteacher after holding her in jail since last year, when her school for Tibetan students was closed for teaching classes in their own language, RFA has learned

Tibetan Village Leaders Told to ‘Speak...

Chinese officials in rural areas of Tibet are forcing village leaders to speak in Chinese, as authorities move forward with campaigns aimed at restricting the use by Tibetans of their native language, RFA has learned

Authorities Free 3 Tibetans Jailed For...

Authorities in China’s Qinghai province have released three of the nine Tibetans who received prison terms in 2018 for running an “illegal organization” promoting land rights. Three more from the group are due to be released in June, according to Tibetan sources in exile

‘Middle Way’Approach For Tibet Not Just...

A Middle Way approach to the question of Tibet’s status under Beijing’s rule does not concern politics alone and will benefit both the Tibetan and the Chinese people, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in a rare political statement in India this month

Tibet Man Attempts Self-Immolation Near Monastery...

Tibetan man set himself on fire near a police station in a Tibetan region of northwestern China’s Qinghai province and was immediately taken away by authorities with no word on his condition, sources in India said Thursday, a day after the incident

Human Rights Advocates Urge UN Rights...

Excluding region would make report on China’s rights violations ‘incomplete,’ Tibet Bureau says. By Tenzin Dyicki The United Nations human rights chief must include Tibet on the itinerary of her planned trip to China in May, human rights groups told RFA. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet announced earlier this month that she …

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China Blocks Use of Tibetan Language...

Chinese government restrictions on use of the Tibetan language have now spread to video services and other online platforms, as Beijing continues to push the assimilation of China’s ethnic minorities into the dominant Han Chinese culture, according to Tibetan sources

Tibetan Monks Sent to Labor Camps...

Eleven Tibetans beaten and arrested by Chinese authorities in January for spreading news of the destruction of a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and dozens of prayer wheels in southwestern China’s Sichuan province have been sent to labor camps in the region, Tibetans with knowledge of the situation said Friday

China Takes Down Tibetan Prayer Flags,...

Authorities in China’s Qinghai province are forcing Tibetan nomads to replace the prayer flags they set up near their camps with China’s national emblem in what critics see as an example of the government’s effort to wipe away Tibetan cultural and religious practices

Two Tibetan Monks Arrested,Held With No...

Two Tibetan monks arrested by authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are incommunicado five months after being taken into custody, with family members increasingly worried about their well-being, RFA has learned