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Tag: Dalai Lama

February 4, 2021

Tibetan Woman’s Egg Noodle Business Thrives...

It’s hard enough for a woman to run a successful business in Northern India. But when it comes to egg noodles making your mark can be even more difficult

January 29, 2021

Tibetan Language Activist Tashi Wangchuk Released...

Chinese authorities on Thursday released Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk from prison after he completed a five-year term for discussing language restrictions with Western media, but rights groups expressed concerns about his health and safety amid ongoing controls on his freedom

December 30, 2020

Tibetan Nomad Jailed For One Year...

A Tibetan nomad was jailed this month by a court in northwestern China’s Qinghai province after being convicted of promoting “separatism” for posting photos and teachings of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on social media, Tibetan sources said

December 24, 2020

Tibetan Diaspora to Vote For Next...

Lobsang Sangay, a Harvard-trained scholar of law, has now served two consecutive five-year terms as Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) since 2011 and will leave that post when his present term ends in May 2021

December 22, 2020

Tibetan Jailed For Celebrating Dalai Lama’s...

Ajaja, formerly a monk at Kirti monastery in Sichuan’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was released on Dec. 10 and returned to his family home, Tibetan sources living in India said

December 9, 2020

Tibetan Woman Detained, Threatened in Qinghai...

Authorities in Qinghai province in northwestern China last month detained a Tibetan woman known for her online advocacy of democracy and the rule of law, holding her for 10 days before releasing her under continuing surveillance, Tibetan sources say

October 31, 2019

Tibetan Man Detained After Praying to...

Thubten Pema Lhundrub, a recent graduate from school, was detained on May 14 in Qinghai province’s Kangtsa (in Chinese, Gangsha) county after offering prayers to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader on behalf of a friend who had recently died, a source living in the region told RFA’s Tibetan Service

September 20, 2019

China Launches New Push Against Dalai...

The raids, which were held to enforce restrictions already in place, were recently conducted in several areas of Dzamthang county in Sichuan’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, one local source told RFA’s Tibetan Service this week

September 13, 2019

Rights Group Calls for Action on...

The case of the Panchen Lama, who vanished 24 years ago, has come to represent Beijing’s efforts to “interfere with and undermine Tibetan Buddhist culture,” Kai Mueller of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights said on Wednesday at a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland

August 26, 2019

Tibetan Man Detained For Sharing Dalai...

Rinso, a resident of Thangkor township’s Village No. 3 in Dzoege county, a part of Tibet’s historical eastern region of Kham, was held for just over a week and then released…

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