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Dharamshala hosts first ever-Tibetan Artists Festival, focusing on art and freedom narratives
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Dharamshala hosts first ever-Tibetan Artists Festival, focusing on art and freedom narratives

Hindustan Times  

The three-days Tibetan Artists Festival begun on Friday in the North Indian hill town Dharamshala. The festival is also a platform for Tibetan artists to tell stories about their freedom struggle and Chinese propaganda. The organiser of the festival, Bhuchung D Sonam, who is also a writer, told ANI "It's a really important thing that we need to tell stories". …

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How Guru Nanak's journey from Mecca to Tibet reshaped faith across borders
1 month, 1 week ago

How Guru Nanak's journey from Mecca to Tibet reshaped faith across borders

India Today  

Indian religions cherish their wandering heroes. Woodcut of Guru Nanak with Mardana and Bala It was Nanak’s belief in divine service towards others that elevated him to a transcendent figure amongst different sects. Guru Nanak's journey, which began later in his 30s, continued until his last breath as he travelled to numerous Hindu and Muslim religious sites, including Mecca and …

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Lhasa residents unite to paint Potala Palace in annual tradition
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Lhasa residents unite to paint Potala Palace in annual tradition

China Daily  

Thousands of residents in Lhasa joined the work in painting the exterior walls of the Potala Palace, an annual routine "makeover" project for the UNESCO World Heritage site. For the Potala Palace painting, he has voluntarily been responsible for mixing paint for three consecutive days. In his view, the Potala Palace holds immense sacred significance in the hearts of Tibetans, …

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Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy on Tuesday against the human rights situation in their homeland, which China annexed in 1951. The Tibetan government-in-exile in India accuses China of denying fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and of exterminating Tibetan identity. The Dalai Lama — their spiritual leader — has made Dharamshala …

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China opposes any country allowing Dalai Lama to visit: Foreign Ministry
4 months ago

China opposes any country allowing Dalai Lama to visit: Foreign Ministry

The Hindu  

“China firmly opposes any country allowing the Dalai Lama to make visits under any pretext,” a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday Senior officials from the U.S. State Department and the White House met with the Dalai Lama in New York on Wednesday and "reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans," the State …

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Refugees know India is safe country for minorities: Kiren Rijiju
4 months, 1 week ago

Refugees know India is safe country for minorities: Kiren Rijiju

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju accused opposition parties of defaming the country and said that a campaign was being run to project that minorities were not safe in India. Speaking at an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party minority morcha in Delhi, Rijiu said that whenever there was tension or disturbance in the neighbouring countries, the people from …

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Renewed hope for exiled Tibetans as US President signs Resolve Tibet Act into law
5 months ago

Renewed hope for exiled Tibetans as US President signs Resolve Tibet Act into law

Hindustan Times  

The Tibetan community living in exile is filled with a renewed hope after the US President Joe Biden recently signed the Resolve Tibet Act into a law. The act aims to promote dialogue without preconditions between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama, his representatives, or democratically elected leaders of the Tibetan community. “Our president Penpa Tsering, right from the …

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Efforts to raise awareness about Thangka art underway at Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila
5 months ago

Efforts to raise awareness about Thangka art underway at Delhi’s Majnu Ka Tila

The Hindu  

As you step inside Samyeling Tibetan settlement at Majnu Ka Tila, a small but unmissable shop draws you in with the compassionate eyes of Avalokiteśvara peering at you from the showcase. The Thangka painting is not just a work of art but a matter of cultural identity for the 2,500-odd Tibetans residing in Majnu Ka Tila. The cramped space is …

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A happy birthday card from US' stacked deck
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A happy birthday card from US' stacked deck

China Daily  

This file photo taken on May 30 shows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his meeting with the Czech President in Prague, Czech Republic. While it has become routine for the top US diplomat to issue such a Happy Birthday message on July 6 every year, the stressing that Tibetans should have the "ability to freely choose and venerate …

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A happy birthday card from US' stacked deck
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A happy birthday card from US' stacked deck

China Daily  

This file photo taken on May 30 shows US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his meeting with the Czech President in Prague, Czech Republic. While it has become routine for the top US diplomat to issue such a Happy Birthday message on July 6 every year, the stressing that Tibetans should have the "ability to freely choose and venerate …

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Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala

Associated Press  

DHARAMSHALA, India — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday. A volunteer distributes Indian sweets to exile Tibetan Buddhist nuns at an event to celebrate the 89th birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at …

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Dalai Lama turns 89, says he is physically fit
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dalai Lama turns 89, says he is physically fit

Hindustan Times  

Dharamsala, Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama turned 89 on Saturday and in his birthday message said he is physically fit and is determined to continue his service to Lord Buddha's teachings. "Despite the surgery, I feel physically fit and wish to ask you to be happy and relaxed," he said, adding "I am determined to continue my service to …

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WORLD REFUGEE DAY:  Decades of uncertainty for Tibetans
6 months ago

WORLD REFUGEE DAY:  Decades of uncertainty for Tibetans

The Hindu  

Neither foreigners nor refugees. While they are third-generation settlers now, the future of the Tibetan movement, India’s citizenship laws and India not being part of the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees complicate the issue. According to MHA’s 2022-23 Annual Report, “per the latest Census 2019 conducted by Central Tibetan Relief Committee, the population of Tibetan refugees in India was …

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China forcing Tibetans into mass relocation programs, relocating entire villages thousands to kilometers away from homeland: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China forcing Tibetans into mass relocation programs, relocating entire villages thousands to kilometers away from homeland: Report

Op India  

China has accelerated the mass exodus of Rural Tibetans – villagers, nomads and herders – on the pretext of “poverty alleviation” and environmental protection since 2016, a recently published report by Human Rights Watch has revealed. According to the report, this makes rural, unskilled Tibetans who were dependent on agriculture and allied activities, and who lived a nomadic lifestyle, become …

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China using ‘extreme pressure’ to relocate Tibetans: HRW Report
7 months ago

China using ‘extreme pressure’ to relocate Tibetans: HRW Report

Hindustan Times  

Chinese authorities have used “extreme forms of pressure” to relocate 500 villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region with more than 140,000 residents since 2016, amounting to a widespread violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday. Chinese authorities have been accused by rights groups and the Central Tibetan Administration, or the government in exile based …

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China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans, rights group says
7 months ago

China is accelerating the forced urbanization of rural Tibetans, rights group says

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, Human Rights Watch said, in an extensive report that adds to state government and independent reports of efforts to assimilate rural Tibetans through control over their language and traditional Buddhist culture. “This leaves local officials no flexibility in implementation at the local level and requires them …

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China using ‘extreme pressure’ to force rural Tibetans to relocate: HRW report
7 months ago

China using ‘extreme pressure’ to force rural Tibetans to relocate: HRW report

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Chinese authorities have used “extreme forms of pressure” to relocate 500 villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region with more than 140,000 residents since 2016, amounting to a widespread violation of international law, the Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday. The 70-page report, titled “Educate the Masses to Change Their Minds: China’s Coercive Relocation of rural …

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Relentless mining for copper and gold, forcing Tibetans out of their homeland: How China is exploiting Tibet
7 months ago

Relentless mining for copper and gold, forcing Tibetans out of their homeland: How China is exploiting Tibet

Op India  

Ever since China militarily occupied Tibet in 1951, it has been notorious for exploiting the rich mineral resources of the region with impunity. In 2012, China’s Ministry of Land and Resources selected Gyama Mine as a “pilot of the national green mines project” and a “Model enterprise of national unity and progress”, according to Chinese authorities. Contrary to China’s claim …

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China trying to develop world ‘built on censorship and surveillance’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

China trying to develop world ‘built on censorship and surveillance’

Al Jazeera  

Rights group warns the Digital Silk Road is enabling China to export its brand of digital authoritarianism across the word. China is exporting its model of digital authoritarianism abroad with the help of its far-reaching tech industry and massive infrastructure projects, offering a blueprint of “best practices” to neighbours including Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam, a human rights watchdog has warned. …

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Tibetans in exile urge US to call for China to release 11th Panchen Lama
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Tibetans in exile urge US to call for China to release 11th Panchen Lama

New Indian Express  

DHARAMSALA: With US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken currently visiting China, Tibetans in exile in India are optimistic that he would raise the issue of the disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama with the Chinese authorities, even as his 35th birthday was celebrated here on Thursday. "You are aware that the 11th Panchen Lama a few days after his name …

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Tibetans fear for future as they recall failed uprising against China
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tibetans fear for future as they recall failed uprising against China

The Hindu  

March 07, 2024 12:07 pm | Updated 12:07 pm IST - Dharamsala, India The Dalai Lama, wrapped in red and yellow robes, urged chanting monks and nuns in his latest public prayers to help heal the world with their "compassionate heart". "Being a good human being is everybody's responsibility," he said, weeks ahead of Sunday's commemorations of the failed Tibetan …

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Remember Tibet?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Remember Tibet?

New Indian Express  

Territories are always a matter of dispute. Since Hamas coordinated armed incursions into Israeli territory bordering Gaza in late 2023, eyes across the world have been on Palestine, whose people are facing the brunt of a brutally disproportionate fight for land and against Israeli occupation. ‘Shadow Circus’, an ongoing exhibition at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, looks at …

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Tibetan NGOs in Dharamshala express concern over Chinese dam project on Drichu river
10 months ago

Tibetan NGOs in Dharamshala express concern over Chinese dam project on Drichu river

Hindustan Times  

Tibetan organisations in McLeodganj have expressed concern over China’s dam on Drichu river for a hydroelectric project, which they alleged is threatening to displace the residents of two villages and six monasteries. In a statement, the organisations stated that it was important to highlight that the displacement of Tibetan communities is not a new phenomenon. Various NGOs held a protest …

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In Tibet, there is a lot of control, but in India we have freedom, says Dalai Lama
1 year ago

In Tibet, there is a lot of control, but in India we have freedom, says Dalai Lama

Firstpost  

Dalai Lama is in Siliguri to deliver teachings to his devotees in Sed-Gyued Monastery where he is visiting after a gap of 13 years Tibetan leader in exile, Dalai Lama Thursday said Tibetans enjoy freedom in India, but there is a lot of control in their own country. “We Tibetans became refugees… In our own country, there is a lot …

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