Washington, March 11 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to make Tibet a priority in its foreign policy, pressing the State Department to advance dialogue on the region’s future, defend religious freedom in the Dalai Lama’s succession, and counter Chinese disinformation about Tibet.In a letter to Riley M. Barnes, the US State Department’s Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, the lawmakers said Washington should strengthen efforts to implement exi…
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Taipei, March 10 (IANS) As Tibetans worldwide observe the 67th anniversary of the uprising in Lhasa on Tuesday, China continues its relentless campaign to exert control over both Tibetan land and identity, a report has highlighted. The rebellion on March 10, 1959, saw ordinary Tibetan men and women confront the Chinese forces to defend their dignity, culture and faith.According to an editorial in Taipei Times on Tuesday, despite Beijing’s machinery of surveillance, propaganda and coercion, the…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Tibetan activists staged a protest outside the Chinese Embassy here on Tuesday to mark Tibetan National Uprising Day, raising slogans demanding freedom for Tibet. Several protesters were later detained by the Delhi Police.Many Tibetan students and activists gathered near the embassy to voice their concerns over the situation in Tibet and to highlight their demand for independence from China. Protesters carried placards and banners while raising slogans calling for glob…
Taipei, March 4 (IANS) Chinese authorities’ campaign of “sexual insinuation and reputational manipulation” against the Dalai Lama reflects a broader pattern of authoritarian tactics. These actions demonstrate that when authoritarian regimes face globally recognised non-coercive symbolic challenges, they resort to disruption to maintain political control, a report mentioned. “The Dalai Lama, on February 1, made history by winning his first Grammy Award for his spoken word album Meditations. The…
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday extended greetings to Tibetans worldwide on the occasion of Losar and announced the designation of a senior official as the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues. “I extend my warmest wishes to all those celebrating Losar, the Tibetan New Year,” Rubio said in a press statement marking the start of the Year of the Fire Horse.“On this first day of the Year of the Fire Horse, we celebrate the fortitu…
Dharamsala, Feb 8 (IANS) The office of the Dalai Lama on Sunday firmly denied media reports suggesting any association between the Tibetan spiritual leader and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The clarification comes after several media outlets, citing documents from the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), reported that the Dalai Lama’s name appeared 169 times in the widely discussed Epstein files.According to some reports, the Buddhist leader’s name allegedly appeared in multip…
Washington, Feb 5 (IANS) The Chinese government intensified its repression in China in 2025, leading rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its 2026 World Report. Chinese President Xi Jinping directed the government to impose ideological conformity and loyalty to him and the Chinese Communist Party, the HRW report highlighted. Uyghurs, Tibetans and other communities with different identities, including members of unofficial churches, face the most severe suppression of rights. Chinese aut…
Dharamsala, Feb 2 (IANS) Globally acclaimed spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, 90, has won his first Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording. The Nobel Peace Laureate competed against Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan, US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, show host Trevor Noah, and actress Kathy Garver. Rufus Wainwright accepted the award on the Dalai Lama’s behalf during the ceremony streamed on YouTube.“Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The…
Taipei, Jan 17 (IANS) China’s policy toward India is a coherent multi‑pronged strategy that blends political engagement, territorial incrementalism, and proxy support to constrain New Delhi’s options, a report has highlighted. A recent article in the ‘European Times’ scrutinised the meetings held by a delegation of China’s Communist Party of China (CCP) during its New Delhi visit, earlier this week stating that the CCP’s united front strategy is designed to cultivate interlocutors abroad…
Colombo, Dec 27 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to undertake coercive measures aimed at erasing distinct Tibetan identity, including language, religion, and culture, a report said on Saturday. Satellite imagery, it said, revealed Chinese authorities’ removal of the sacred ‘Om Mani Padme Hum’ mantra carved into rocks on hills, replacing it with the Chinese flag, while Tibetan nomads were forced to swap traditional Mani prayer flags for Chinese ones and participate in the politi…