Category Archives: News

• Timeline: 51 self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 29 August 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  Fifty-one Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; thirty since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

• Over 200 Tibetan land encroachers to be evicted 29 August 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  As many as 210 Tibetan families will be evicted from their homes in McLeod Ganj by end of March next year, as a court has ruled that they have been encroaching on forest land. ...

• Tokyo governor talks tough on isles 28 August 2012 | Phred Dvorak and Toko Sekiguchi no comments

  As Japan tries to smooth a quarrel with China over the sovereignty of a set of islands that lies between them, the man who ignited the current flare-up shows no sign of turning down the heat. ...

• China detains more monks in Amdo Ngaba 25 August 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  In further tightening and crackdown in Ngaba, which has become a centre of Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, authorities continue to detain monks without charges. ...

• Xinhua used journalist to spy on Dalai Lama 23 August 2012 | Mike Blanchfield no comments

  A Canadian journalist says he quit working for China's Xinhua news agency because it wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama in Ottawa. The matter will likely revive debate around the long-standing issue of whether Xinhua is an intelligence-gathering front for the Chinese government instead of a legitimate news service. ...

• Italian city pulls back from making Dalai Lama an honorary citizen 22 June 2012 no comments

  Milan has backed away from plans to give the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship because of concerns about upsetting China, although officials in Venice and Rome have already honored the Tibetan spiritual leader. ...

• Musician, filmmaker, Tibet activist Adam Yauch dies 5 May 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, and an advocate of the Tibetan freedom struggle, has died at age 47 after a three-year battle with cancer. ...

• Dalai Lama shares message of peace in Hawaii 15 April 2012 | Keoki Kerr no comments

  Thousands of students packed the Stan Sheriff Centre at the University of Hawaii Saturday afternoon to hear from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. He shared a heartfelt message with nearly 9,000 high school and college students in his speech called "Educating the Heart". ...

• Timeline: Self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 10 March 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  Twenty-six Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; ten since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

• Eastern Tibet under lockdown after protests 26 January 2012 | Sebastien Blanc no comments

  A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appeared to be under lockdown on Thursday after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. ...