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The month of February brought the entire Tibetan world on social media, basking in the victory of a young Tibetan woman who rose to become the President of the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Student's Union. More

Dharamshala: The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China surveyed its 204 member-journalists over the extent of foreign media freedom in China, the results of which “painted the darkest picture of reporting conditions inside China in recent memory”. More

Dharamshala: Chief Guest Kalon Dr Pema Yangchen, Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration inaugurated the first conference of Young Indian Scholars on Tibetan Studies being held at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS), Dharamshala from 22-24 January. 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

  Tibetans around the world rejoiced the strong support demonstrated by the US government when President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill paving way for unfettered access to Tibet. “I couldn’t fulfil my father’s wish to visit our home country- Tibet for pilgrimage during his lifetime. More

-Filed by UN, EU & Human Rights Desk, DIIR and contributed by Losang Yeshi and Kanyag Tsering from Kirti Monastery Dharamshala: Dopo, a Tibetan man barely of 23 years old, set himself on fire on 4 November, this year in Ngaba County of Tibet’s Amdo region. More

Geneva: Four days ahead of China’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a day-long forum titled “Forum on Human Rights Situation in Regions under the PRC,” jointly organized by Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA and Office of Tibet, Geneva took place in Geneva. More

New Delhi: The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) will on Monday launch a flagship trilingual report titled ‘Tibet Was Never A Part Of China But The Middle Way Approach Remains a Viable Solution.’  The report published in Tibetan, English and Chinese languages, will be unveiled by Prof. Anand Kumar and Dr. More

Dharamsala: An agreement has been made between China and the Vatican in late September this year, concerning the appointment of Catholic bishops to mainland China. The main idea of the agreement is said to promote mutual understanding between China's two Catholic fractions, but the agreement shows signs of concern especially in light of the Vatican’s hopefulness. More

Bratislava: CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay gave a talk on Tibet and China at the Pan-European University in Slovakia on 11 October. CTA President was invited by the Mass Media Faculty of the University. The talk was moderated by Dr Yvonne Vavrova, Vice Dean of Pan–European University. More

Geneva: The deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet and China’s unfulfilled promises made in the second cycle of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) were brought to the attention of the UN member states at the UPR pre-session this afternoon. More

Washington: “America had hoped that economic liberalization would bring China into greater partnership with us and with the world. Instead, China has chosen economic aggression..in recent years, it has taken a sharp U-turn toward control and oppression,” US Vice President Mike Pence said in a loaded criticism of Beijing’s homeland and foreign policy at Hudson Institute. More

Geneva: The deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet under the control of Chinese government was yet again brought to the attention by the UN member states at the 39th UN Human Rights Council session concluded on Friday, this week. More

Whatever one reads into China's recent moves in Tibet, one thing is very clear: Beijing has big plans for Tibet in all fronts. These plans constitute the increasing militarization of the Tibetan Plateau in China's push against India and securing the border, Tibet serving as a location of migrant Chinese settlers and the source of natural resources for rapidly industrializing economy. More

Geneva: The human rights situation in Tibet under the Chinese occupation was brought under spotlight once again at the UN Human Rights Council this afternoon at its ongoing 39th session. More

Brussels 12 September: The European Parliament today unanimously approved its EU-China relations report. This report forms the basis for future EU-China policy. The report highlights the deterioration of human rights situation in Tibet and in China. More

Dharamsala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama applauded the anti-corruption campaign led by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, saying that the leadership is “tackling corruption with boldness.” He added, however, that the “best way to tackle corruption is to focus on transforming human emotions, cultivating transparency in work, truthfulness and self-discipline in individuals. More

Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, Department of Information and International Relations The European Parliament’s Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has categorised China under “severe violations” group. China is also ranked amongst the worst violators of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance in the World. More

The United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has published its “concluding observations on the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic reports of China”, adopted at its ninety-sixth session. Click here for the complete report. The report comes after China underwent a CERD review a few weeks ago on 10 and 13 August. More

By Michael Clarke August 29, 2018 Chinese President Xi Jinping has proclaimed that his signature “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) that seeks to link the Chinese economy with the major continental and maritime zones of the Eurasian continent will “benefit people across the whole world,” as it will be based on the “Silk Road spirit” of “peace and cooperation, openness and inclusivenes More