NGO worker sentenced to life imprisonment: harsh sentences signal harder line on blocking news from Tibet
A Tibetan who worked for an international public health NGO has been sentenced to life imprisonment and six other Tibetans to long prison terms for allegedly passing on information about the situation in Tibet, according to a report published in the Chinese press.
ICT welcomes public scrutiny of memorandum on Tibetan autonomy to counter Chinese propaganda
The Dalai Lama's envoys today released a memorandum on autonomy presented to Chinese officials during the latest and eighth round of dialogue [...]
More than 80 nuns detained after peaceful protests continue in Kham
Sangye Lhamo, 26 years old, protested along with two other nuns from Dragkar nunnery in Kardze county on May 28 before [...]
Eight Tibetans killed in Kardze: new phase in protests in Tibet
A hidden mural of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. The Chinese authorities' virulent rhetoric against the Dalai Lama and heavy-handed imposition [...]
Tibetan scholar sentenced to ten years in prison after writing book on history and culture
Dolma Kyab, who has been sentenced to ten years in prison after writing about Tibet. A young Tibetan writer and teacher [...]
Mixed messages from Beijing on Tibet railroad – permafrost may endanger its safety within a decade
Lhasa railway station, January 2006. Beijing has reported that the railroad linking the Tibetan plateau to central China has opened for [...]
Former Tibetan political prisoner to testify at hearing on religious freedom in China
Ngawang Sangdrol, former Tibetan political prisoner and one of the Drapchi 14 nuns, will testify before a full hearing of the Congressional-Executive [...]
National Geographic Festival to feature Tibetan photographer
Works of Tibetan photographer Tenzin Dorjee are being included in the first National Geographic All Roads Film Festival, a multimedia event being [...]