-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR Dharamshala: News emerges from Tibet that Chinese authorities have sentenced Lodoe Gyatso, a former Tibetan political prisoner, to 18 years in prison while his wife has been given a two-year prison term. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Foreign travelers are barred from visiting Central Tibet for two months as China has closed the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to the world. This closure comes just ahead of the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising Day and the 2008 mass protests. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA An alarming report recently published in The Print, revealed at least three new gulags under construction in Tibet through satellite imagery. The term gulag is generally used to refer to the Soviet-era forced labor camps which China calls “Re-education Through Labour” (RTL) also known as laojiao. More

-Filed by UN, EU & Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Tibetan students in Kham Nangchen, Yushul (Chinese: Yushu) prefecture, incorporated into China's Qinghai province, are barred from joining the voluntary informal Tibetan classes conducted by monasteries this winter break for schools. More

  -Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Dharamshala: Choekyi, a Tibetan monk from Phugu Monastery, Serta (Ch: Seda) from Sichuan Province arrested in 2015 for celebrating His Holiness Dalai Lama's 80th birthday was released due to his critical health condition, as per our source. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA It's just the beginning of 2019 and the year is already bespeaking the Chinese government's ever-intensifying grip on Tibet and its repressive policies against the Tibetan people. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959, which forced His Holiness the Dalai Lama and thousands of Tibetans to escape into exile. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA In 2018, China has sentenced 25 Tibetans in the central Tibet, the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under charges of "inciting separatism" and endangering "national security," reported the state mouthpiece Global Times. The TAR high court presented the information in its work report last weekend. More

By Tibet Bureau Geneva Chinese authorities have launched a “nationwide anti-crime campaign to encourage people to denounce members of their communities on the slightest suspicion of sympathy for the exiled Dalai Lama,” says Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its annual report. The same campaign is used against individuals who oppose the repressive policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA China continues to implement repressive policies to suppress the religious freedom of Tibetans from all walks of life. A recent report published by Voice of Tibet highlights the extent of such repressive policies. As per the report, the Tibetan public officials of Lhasa have been banned from participating in any kind of religious activities. More

-Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Dharamsala: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama recently concluded teachings at Bodh Gaya, Bihar, the place where Gautama Buddha attained enlightenment. Attending the annual teachings and prayers conferred by His Holiness has almost become an intrinsic part of an individual Tibetan’s annual religious sojourn. More

Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration on Monday issued an official response to China’s White paper on Tibet’s environment entitled 'Central Tibetan Administration’s Response to the People’s Republic of China’s White Paper on Tibet’s Ecology, 2018'. More