Political Demands Highlight Pressure on Religion
As part of the Chinese government’s national campaign to “Sinicize” religion, authorities...
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63-year-old Tibetan Monk Self-immolates in Sichuan
Citing Tibetan sources, Radio Free Asia reports that a 63-year-old Tibetan monk named Tenga has...
Destruction at Major Tibetan Buddhist Site Continues
Larung Gar in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, is home to a Tibetan Buddhist...
Tibetans Self-Immolate in India and China [Updated]
A Tibetan monk reportedly died after self-immolating on February 29 in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous...
Monks’ Loyalty to be Tested, Divisive Deity Promoted
Last week, CCP Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Chen Quanguo published an essay in...
Surveillance and Space Junk in Tibetan Region
A government white paper insisted this week that there would be no change to Chinese policy on...
Dr Choje Akong Rinpoche Killed In Chengdu (Updated)
The BBC reports that Chinese police have confirmed that three Tibetan men confessed to stabbing to...
In Tibet, Cell Phones Become “Embodiment of Fear”
High Peaks Pure Earth translates an April blog post by Woeser on surveillance of Tibetan monks,...
Monks Protect Snow Leopards; Restaurateur Saves Turtle
Amid frequent bad news about wildlife issues in and involving China, LiveScience’s Tia Ghose...
Wary Tibetans Quietly Mark Dalai Lama’s Birthday
Thousands of Tibetans gathered in the southern Indian town of Bylakuppe on Saturday to mark the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday. The exiled religious leader said that the 150,000-strong Tibetan diaspora represents “six...
Stampede of Would-Be Monks Crashes Temple Website
On June 28th, Zhejiang’s Ci’en temple offered laymen a chance to join its eight Buddhist monks for between three months and two years. In the past, fewer than ten people have responded each year, but over the past...
Caution Over Possible Shift in Tibet Policy
Reports of a relaxation of anti-Dalai Lama policies in Sichuan, Qinghai and even the Tibetan Autonomous Region surfaced last week, only to be swiftly denied by both government and monastery officials. Tibetan writer Woeser added...
Tibetan Activist Free After 17 Years in Prison
Tibetan activist Jigme Gyatso has been released from prison due to poor health one year from the end of an extended sentence, according to Radio Free Asia and the Dharamsala-based Central Tibetan Administration. From Andrew...
Trust Among Chinese Drops to Record Low
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ newly released Annual Report on Social Mentality suggests that social trust in China continues to fall. From He Dan at China Daily: The Blue Book of Social Mentality, the latest...
100th Self-Immolation Within Tibet; Another in Nepal
After a Tibetan man set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, exile and activist groups reported that the 100th self-immolation protest within Tibet had taken place in Ngaba on February 3rd. From...
Two Tibetans Sentenced over Self-Immolations
Two Tibetans accused of inciting self-immolations were sentenced on Thursday. Following a trial held last Saturday, the two were convicted of intentional homicide in line with a legal ruling issued last month. Lorang Konchok,...
80th Tibetan Self-Immolation Reported
From RFA: Former monk Tamdin Kyap, 23, burned himself to death in Luchu (in Chinese, Luqu) county in the Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture late Thursday, the sources said. “He set himself on fire at a site...
Trials in Chinese Monk Self-immolation Death
Trials have opened in the case of the monk who died from self-immolation in Sichuan Province, AP reports: The March 16 death of Rigzin Phuntsog, 16, was seen by fellow monks and observers as a political protest against...
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