Interview with Dr. Gyal Lo: Tibetan Children Are Becoming “Strangers in Their Own Homes”
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use...
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Colonial Boarding Schools and Reincarnation Policies Help China Control Tibet’s Future
Tibet’s future remains imperiled by the Chinese government’s continued efforts to sever the generational links that sustain Tibetan culture. Recent reports have analyzed how this dynamic plays out in the realms of education and...
More Than 100 Arrested Following Dam Protest in Tibetan Region of Sichuan Province
Chinese authorities have reportedly arrested more than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks and other residents of largely Tibetan Dege County in Sichuan Province, following protests against a vast dam project that would destroy six...
Interview: Tenzin Norgay on the State of Surveillance and Propaganda in Tibet Today
In the latest installment in our interview series focusing on Tibet, we talk to Tenzin Norgay, a Research Analyst at the International Campaign for Tibet, where he has written reports on surveillance, propaganda, and the...
Interview with Lhadon Tethong on Tibet’s Colonial Boarding Schools: “They Are Stealing an Entire Generation”
In December 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) issued a report “Separated from Their Families, Hidden From the World,” exposing a vast system of boarding schools for Tibetan children that aims to assimilate them into Han Chinese...
Interview: Lhadon Tethong on Tibetans’ “Spirit of Resistance and Desire for Freedom”
In the current repressive environment, how do Tibetans in Tibet hold onto their cultural identity? How does the world find out what is happening there? How do exiles stay connected with their families and homeland? Where can we...
Interview: Tsering Yangzom Lama on Colonialism, Exile, and the Importance of Listening to Tibetans’ Stories
Starting in March 2008, Tibetans across the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan took to the streets to call for religious freedom and an end to oppressive political and social controls and...
Draconian Sentences For Tibetan Monks After Monastery Raid
A new Human Rights Watch Report on the secret trials of four Tibetan monks has shed light on repression in Tibet. At The Guardian, Helen Davidson summarized HRW’s report on the raid against a small monastery in the foothills of...
In Tibet, Party Cracks Down On Religion And Demands Gratitude
In Tibet, the Party is pushing a political education campaign to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the region’s annexation. This latest campaign comes amid a widespread “Sinicization” effort that critics claim has severely...
“Sinicization” Campaigns Target Religious and Ethnic Minorities Across China
Under Xi Jinping, China has launched aggressive religious “sinicization” campaigns that have affected the constitutionally protected freedom to religious belief of many in China. Members of China’s ethnic minority groups...
Dalai Lama Says He Could Reincarnate in India
Since 2014, the aging Dalai Lama has repeatedly suggested that he could be the last incarnation...
Political Demands Highlight Pressure on Religion
As part of the Chinese government’s national campaign to “Sinicize” religion, authorities...
Buddhist Abbot Shi Xuecheng Accused of Sexual Abuse
The Chinese incarnation of the #MeToo movement gained momentum last week after several well known...
Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
“Almost Total Suppression of Information” After Tibet Fire
Lhasa’s Jokhang temple, a sacred Tibetan Buddhist site dating back in parts to the seventh...
Tibetan Monk Dies in Second Self-Immolation this Month
A Tibetan monk has died after self-immolating to protest Beijing’s policies in Tibet, the...
Destruction at Major Tibetan Buddhist Site Continues
Larung Gar in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, is home to a Tibetan Buddhist...
China’s Panchen Lama Urges Monks to Love the Party
Addressing annual meetings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress in...
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