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...
A Tibetan refugee living in Sweden was last Friday found guilty of gathering information for China on fellow Tibetans in the region. The 49-year-old Tibetan man, Dorjee Gyantsan, has been sentenced to 22 months in jail. The...
On Friday July 31, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet in Kuala Lumpur to elect...
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday has so far killed more than 4000 people,...
Following the release of a Human Rights Watch report on mistreatment of Tibetan residents and...
According to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW), Tibetan refugees in Nepal are starting...
Nepal has long been “a mouse trapped between elephants”, with a historically close relationship with India and more recently growing links to China. As Beijing’s influence increases, some in the country’s...
Ninety Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibetan regions since 2009 in protest against Beijing’s policies and in support of the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists. Five more have self-immolated in...
On Monday, two days before President Hu Jintao was scheduled to arrive in New Delhi, a Tibetan refugee there set himself on fire. The scene was captured dramatically by photographer Manish Swarup. The New York Times reports that...
AFP reports on the deteriorating situation of Nepal’s 20,000 Tibetan exiles as China’s influence in the country grows. For decades, Nepal has been a safe haven for Tibetans fleeing China but activists say their...
Nepal continues its support the idea of a “one-China” policy and furthers is restrictions on Tibetan refugees living in its nation. Bloomberg reports: The Himalayan nation of Nepal is tightening restrictions against...
The New York Times looks into allegations that the revered Karmapa Lama, now living in exile in India, is really a Chinese government plant: Many Tibetans scoff at the spying allegations. But the episode starkly exposes the...
In the Far Eastern Economic Review, Tibet scholar Tsering Shakya counters arguments made in recent articles that the recent unrest in Tibetan areas was instigated by groups funded by the U.S. government, and discusses the gaps...
A month after unrest was quelled in Tibet and nearby areas, guards on both sides of the Tibet-Nepal border continue to keep the border sealed, preventing foreigners from entering and Tibetans from leaving. From AP: After...
The New York Times reports that 27 Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in Delhi today, a day before the Olympic torch is expected to arrive in India from Pakistan: … dozens of Tibetan protesters wearing yellow “Free Tibet”...
The Christian Science Monitor looks at the split in the Tibetan exile community, between the Dalai Lama’s Central Tibetan Administration, and the Tibetan Youth Congress, which advocates a stronger pro-independence...
While Wen Jiabao is making more conciliatory statements toward the Dalai Lama, other official sources continue to take a hardline approach toward Tibetans, accusing them of planning suicide attacks. From AP: The Tibetan...
The Christian Science Monitor looks at fissures within the Tibetan exile community as the younger generation looks down on the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach: The unrest in Tibet has revealed a generational fault line...
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
