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Google Maps user debates over 'what's China is hiding in Tibet' over censored area

Reddit users have questioned what Chinese authorities are trying to hide in Tibet as a portion of the country remains hidden from Google Map.

Austria: Tibetans organize rally demanding boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over China's human rights abuses

Vienna: Save Tibet organization held a rally in Austria to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights violations.

Chinese army moving robot vehicles in Tibet

Beijing: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed a large number of unmanned ground vehicles to carry troops, weaponry and supplies, a move made to tackle the difficulties faced by Han Chinese soldiers due to cold weather and high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau.

Tibetan human rights organization says 1,809 known Tibetan political prisoners are currently in Chinese prisons

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan non-governmental human rights organization based in Dharamshala in India, has launched an online database with information on 5,518 Tibetan political prisoners compiled since 1990.

Dalai Lama row: China sentences Tibetan writer to 10-year prison

Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to 10 years in prison.

Chinese authorities restrict what Tibetan children read about Dalai Lama

Beijing: Chinese authorities in Qinghai province have started restricting Tibetan children about what they read about spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

Under Chinese rule, Tibet's culture, religion is at risk: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Speaker

Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dolma Tsering, has said that under Chinese rule Tibet's  culture, religion and way of life is at risk.

China's climate action plan is hurting Tibetans' livelihood: Report

Lhasa: Tibetans have alleged that the Chinese government is trying to strip them off their lands under the garb of climate mitigation efforts, media reports said on Tuesday.

Denmark: Posters put up by local politician containing Tibetan flag close to Chinese embassy removed

Copenhagen: A Danish candidate in the local elections has alleged that China removed ten election posters, which had his picture along with Tibetan flag, which were put by him outside the Chinese Embassy in  Copenhagen.

Protest against Beijing Winter Olympics: Greek police detain activists from Tibet, Hong Kong

Athens: Greek police recently detained a group of Tibetan and Hong Kong activists who were campaigning to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

CCP appoints US sanctioned Xinjiang official Wang Junzheng as Tibet Unit chief

Beijing: The Chinese Communist Party has appointed Wang Junzheng, the senior official sanctioned by the United States, Britain, the European Union and Canada for his role in China’s far western Xinjiang region, as the Communist Party chief of the Tibet autonomous region, media reports said as quoted by the South China Morning Post.

London witnesses protest by Tibetans on People's Republic of China's 72nd founding anniversary

London/IBNS: The Tibetan Community along with Hong Kongers and Uyghurs Friday hosted a big protest against the Chinese Community Party in central London on the day which marks the 72nd founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

China enforces compulsory Mandarin Chinese learning for preschool children in Tibet

Beijing: A Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) decree went into force this month to teach Mandarin Chinese to all preschool children, an extension of Xi Jinping’s belief in catching them young, noting the significance of language learning in the early years, and discounting the purpose of bilingual education of helping children ease into the school system.

Tibetan writer, who criticised China, dies after eight years suffering from illness since release from prison

A Tibetan writer, who was jailed for three years for criticising Chinese government policies in Tibet, died this week in Chengdu after he suffered from ill health for eight years since his release from prison, media reports said.

Two Tibetans detained for protesting against use of Chinese language

Police in  China’s Qinghai province have arrested two Tibetan youth for allegedly opposing the use of the Chinese language as the only medium of instruction in Tibetan schools, media reports said.