Tag Archives: Oppression

  • Exile Tibetans mourn death of political prisoner Kunchok Jinpa 19 February 2021 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 2 comments

    Tibetans in McLeod Ganj held a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Tibetan Kunchok Jinpa, from Driru in eastern Tibet, who had been sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment for a peaceful protest against a Chinese forced flag-raising campaig ...

  • Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk released after five years in prison 29 January 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

    Tibetan-language advocate Tashi Wangchuk has been released after five years in prison, according to a press release by Free Tibet, a Tibet Support Group in the UK. Wangchuk was freed on Thursday, and was brought to his family in Kham. ...

  • Exile Tibetans mourn teenager’s death in Kardze 25 January 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    Exile Tibetans in McLeod Ganj marched in a candlelight vigil to mourn and protest the death of 19-year-old Tibetan monk Tenzin Nyima in Tibet after being severely beaten and tortured for a peaceful protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • Takna Jigme Sangpo, longest-serving Tibetan political prisoner, dies in freedom 18 October 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

    Takna Jigme Sangpo, who served the longest time in Chinese prison of any Tibetan, passed away on Saturday at his home in Switzerland at the age of 91. He was incarcerated for a total of 37 years for his non-violent protests against China. ...

  • Ama Adhe, survived to tell 27 years of Chinese torture, passes away at 92 3 August 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 2 comments

    Adhe Tapontsang, aka Ama Adhe, who spent 27 years in Chinese prisons for resisting the Chinese occupation of Tibet, has passed away at her home in McLeod Ganj due to natural causes at the age of 92. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal China is playing with fire in Hong Kong 1 July 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

    The rest of the world should not remain a mere spectator of the events in Hong Kong. The people must rise, and the governments must take action. ...

  • Norbu Tsering Time for India to change its policy on Tibet 26 June 2020 | Norbu Tsering This post has 3 comments

    If any country has clear justifiable reasons to support Tibet, it is India. Tibet has a long period of shared cultural history with India. ...

  • Nava Thakuria Threats to scribes now omnipresent 8 July 2018 | Nava Thakuria This post has no comments yet

    If nations want journalists to continue to do their risky jobs for the greater public interest, their security along with justice must be ensured. ...

  • Five years of Xi Jinping: Tibet remains a giant open-air prison 18 November 2017 | John Jones This post has no comments yet

    Under Xi the policy has been to suffocate Tibet by massively ramping up security and surveillance while cutting it off from the wider world. ...

  • NS Venkataraman Tibetans should believe independence is possible 31 October 2017 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

    Tibetans should remember that faith and belief have historically changed the tide of misfortune, and that without faith and belief, no cause can be achieved. ...