Go Sherab Gyatso: Prominent Tibetan Monk Tortured in Jail

He was first arrested in 1998, as he refused to participate in forced political indoctrination imposed on Buddhist monks in Sichuan, and sentenced to three and a half years in jail. He was abused in prison and contracted chronic lung disease.

Xi Jinping in Tibet: A Sideshow About Water

Xi also visited the holy places of Tibetan Buddhism, for photo opportunities with mandatorily cheering monks. Bitter Winter was told that he repeated the usual slogans that monks should love the Party and follow the Party, and warned that any relations with “separatists” abroad and the “Dalai Lama clique” will not be tolerated.

Chinese Tourists Crowd Lhasa Holy Sites, Tibetans Barred From Entry

Kalden Lodoe and Lhuboom | Radio Free Asia Chinese tourists are pouring into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in large numbers, crowding religious sites barred to many Tibetans as the city opens to outside visitors after the easing of coronavirus prevention restrictions, sources in Lhasa say Arrivals from China have quadrupled since fears have eased over […]

Mass Surveillance and 5G in Tibet: Between Oppression and Espionage

<!–[CDATA[ Tenzin Dalha | BITTER WINTER Tibetans are continuously controlled through camera networks and artificial intelligence. Now, Huawei’s highest 5G base station on Mount Everest will also favor international cyber-espionage. Repressing Tibet before and after the coronavirus Amidst fears of the coronavirus sending billions of people into lockdown around the world, China is widely expanding […]

Tibetan Set to Become World’s Longest-serving Political Prisoner

Yeshi Dorge | Voice of America Members of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile are calling international attention to the case of long-imprisoned 57-year-old dissident Lodoe Gyamtso, who with a new sentence announced by Tibetan exiles stands to become the longest-serving political prisoner since the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1951. Lodoe Gyamtso, also known as Sogkhar Lodoe […]