Story Archive
2021-04-09
Authorities threaten criminal penalties and loss of state support for Tibetans found in possession of the banned images.
2021-04-07
Penpa Tsering and Aukatsang Kelsang Dorjee promise strengthened efforts to win greater freedoms for Tibet under China's rule.
2021-04-05
Go Sherab Gyatso, vocal on democratic rights, was detained twice before in 1998 and 2008.
2021-03-31
U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Scott Busby says working with U.S. allies on human rights issues in China, Tibet, and Xinjiang will be a high priority for the new administration.
2021-03-22
Chinese police stop Tibetans in the streets to search mobile phones, while security personnel remain deployed in large numbers near the Jokhang Temple in Tibet's regional capital Lhasa.
2021-03-18
The Tibetan religious leader installed by Beijing may be speaking under coercion, though, one analyst says.
2021-03-16
'In Tower Hamlets, we have a rich tradition of standing up for people,' says Rabina Khan, who will submit a motion to the borough's council to rename areas near China's new embassy in London.
2021-03-11
The groups have especially clamped down on border-area villages and towns, demanding that Tibetans show documents allowing them to travel in the area.
2021-03-10
Rallies are held around the world to commemorate Tibet's March 10, 1959 uprising against rule by China, which invaded the formerly independent Himalayan nation nine years before.
2021-03-03
The group had failed to register their chat group with Chinese authorities, who closely monitor Tibetans' use of social media to block the spread of politically sensitive content.
2021-03-03
Gangbu Rikgye Nyima was freed after nine years of a 10-year prison term, but is in failing health due to torture suffered behind bars.
2021-03-01
Kunchok Jinpa, who died in February from injuries suffered in Chinese custody, was an important source of information on Driru county protests for RFA's Tibetan Service.
2021-02-24
Chinese investments in Tibet have integrated the region more closely with China, but Tibetans themselves are being economically marginalized, an India-based advocacy and research group says.
2021-02-23
Some Tibetans doubt authorities' reasons for the ban on attendance at area monasteries, which promote not just religion but Tibetan cultural traditions.
