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Filed by Human Rights Watch. Read original article here. (New York) – The Chinese government should ensure the projects it finances or engages in under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) respect human rights, Human Rights Watch said today. More

The subcommittee is a powerful Congressional body that oversees US policy in Asia. -Filed by Atul Aneja, The Hindu. Read the original article here. In the crossfire between China and the U.S. over the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, India is unlikely to side with Washington, said a senior researcher. More

By Ewelina U. Ochab, For original article click here. In recent months, the persecution of religious groups in China has been making headlines. The picture that these news stories create is one of China as a state that actively interferes with religion one way or another. This much is clear from the treatment of Muslim Uyghurs, Christians and other religious groups. More

Authorities in western China’s Sichuan province have further tightened controls at the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, declaring that no new residents may now be admitted to live and study there, Tibetan sources say. More

Mussoorie: The picturesque hill town of Mussoorie occupies a special place in Tibetan history as the Queen of Hills was the first home of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in India after his escape from Tibet. Exactly 60 years ago, on April 20, 1959, the spiritual leader along with his followers reached Mussoorie after arrangements for his temporary stay were made at the hilltown. More

By Lee Jay, For original news click here. Forensic image of Tibetan leader held in Chinese captivity to be unveiled on BBC’s ‘The One Show A new, forensically constructed image showing what Tibet’s missing Panchen Lama could look like twenty-four years after his abduction by the Chinese government will be unveiled on BBC’s The One Show. More

European Parliament, Read the original news here. Brussels, 18 April 2019– In a resolution adopted at its plenary session today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament has singled out China for its persecution of Tibetans and other ethnic and religious groups and demanded that the Chinese authorities respect their fundamental rights and freedoms. More

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. It took four days in Kashgar, China, for the secret police to get access to my dreams. I wish I were exaggerating, but when you get followed every waking step, it’s hard not to dream about it. More

Reported by Lobsang Gelek for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Joshua Lipes. For original news click here. More

Tribune News Service, For original news click here. The Parliamentary Forum for Tibet has demanded that the Centre confer Bharat Ratna on the Dalai Lama. A member of the forum and former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, in a press release issued here on Monday, said 200 MPs from across the party lines had signed a memorandum demanding Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama. More

Filed by Sachin Parashar, The Times Of India. Read the original article here. While India has rejected China’s invite for Belt and Road Forum meet, most of its neighbours including the Maldives, SriLanka, Nepal and Bangladesh have confirmed participation in the event. More

By Madan Kumar, For original news click here. PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday endorsed former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s call to confer Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on Nobel Laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. More

By Claude Arpi, Read the original article here. China is the land of dichotomies, not to say contradictions. On March 31, 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet crossed the Indo-Tibet border in the Kameng Frontier Division, north of Tawang; he met a detachment of the Assam Rifles waiting to welcome him. He had had no choice but to flee his native land, as severe repression had taken place in Lhasa. More

By Rishi Lekhi, For original news, Click here. (NEW DELHI) — The Dalai Lama said he felt “normal, almost normal” as he left the New Delhi hospital where he had been treated for a chest infection. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader looked pale but strong and spoke cheerfully to The Associated Press as he walked out of the building after being discharged Friday morning. More

Filed by Claude Arpi, The Pioneer. Read the original article here Despite the propaganda that the Tibetans took ‘their destiny in their own hands’ in 1959, Beijing still does not trust local cadres in governance. For the past several weeks, the Chinese propaganda machine has been running full-steam. More

AFP | April 11 2019 Read original article here NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama is "doing very well" and will likely be discharged from hospital in New Delhi on Friday as he recovers from a chest infection, his spokesman told AFP on Thursday. More

By Keegan Elmer. Read original article here. Campaigners demand that China ‘close the camps’ holding Uygurs Human rights groups want EU to put direct questions to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang The European Union called out China on human rights abuses at their annual joint summit, while human rights campaigners in Brussels streets pressed the bloc to be more vocal on Xinjiang and Tibet. More

Filed by Jayashree Naraayan, Delhi Post. Read the original article here. When Thubten Ngodrup set himself on fire in Delhi on April 27, 199,8 and later succumbed to it calling for freedom of Tibet, it was registered as the first self-immolation protest for Tibetans in Exile. More

-Filed by Charles Kraus, The Washington Post The human rights crisis in Xinjiang, a region in northwestern China home to several Muslim minority groups, is being compared to Soviet atrocities in Ukraine and the horrors perpetrated by Nazi Germany. More

Tibetan monks belonging to Lhasa’s Sera monastery are being ordered to strictly follow Chinese laws and “stand against separatism” in a new campaign aimed at strengthening the restive region’s ties to Beijing, according to Chinese media reports. More