Their eldest sister, who had been receiving the goods, said they were arrested for “supporting terrorists.”

Taipei, July 15 (CNA) Around 300 people gathered at Liberty Square in Taipei on Wednesday evening to commemorate Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, who died after self-immolating outside the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York earlier this month.

In recent years, the international community has stood idly by while China has systematically eradicated Tibetan culture and identity.

Burial grounds are filling up but are new methods any more green than traditional options?

A Tibetan offered his life for freedom. Uyghurs and Tibetans stand together against the same colonial machinery of oppression. The post What Lobga Rangzen’s Self-Immolation in New York Tells the Uyghurs first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Click to expand Image The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said today....

Click to expand Image The immigration detention center at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand, February 27, 2025. © 2025 Narong Sangnak/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Bangkok) – The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said today....

Kyinzom Dhongdue warns the new law could have a chilling effect on Tibetans in Australia.

The self-immolation is viewed very differently by Tibetans than by Western observers, who often miss the context. The post After a Tibetan Set Himself on Fire in New York: How Tibetans React first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The self-immolation of exiled Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen outside UN headquarters in New York on July 2 was not an expression of personal despair. It was a desperate attempt to jolt the world out o...

CDT recently published a large set of leaked internal instructions for online content management from the Chinese platform Leshi Video, or LeTV. They were issued to LeTV between March 2, 2017 and March 10, 2020 by the Cyberspace Administration...

Tibet stands at the forefront of China’s wind, solar, and hydropower. But the Tibetan people have no say over how their resources are used.

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The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and whether his spiritual legacy can outlast him.

The State Department supports Tibetans’ human rights and urges precondition-free dialogue with China after the death of Lobga Rangzen near U.N. headquarters.

The ​U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it will continue to call on China to return to ‌dialogue with the Dalai Lama, after a Tibetan man set himself on fire near U.N. headquarters last week

The tourism authority of Tibet has announced a 500,000-yuan (US$73,500) award for an online influencer whose viral road trip video promoted local tourism and garnered millions of likes The blogger, who goes by the handle @Liyaode, released the video...

Chinese geologists have determined that an active fault line directly beneath the world’s largest hydropower project poses a threat to the mega dam now being built on Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River. The scientists said a fracture in the...

International human-rights groups and exiles have routinely condemned what they call China's oppressive rule in Tibetan areas.

A “communication conference” on “Xizang” in Lhasa proposed using new technologies to influence Western perceptions of Tibet. The post China Will Use AI to Shape the International Narrative on Tibet first appeared on Bitter Winter.

With the revered Tibetan leader over 90 years old the rivalry between New Delhi and Beijing over who speaks for the Buddhist world is entering its most consequential phase.

Activists warn the law's vague wording could criminalize dissent abroad, deepen assimilation pressures on minority languages, and extend Beijing's reach beyond Chinese borders.  The post China Ethnic Unity Law Criticized by Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian and Hong Kong Groups  first...

Could foreign influence from China be slowing American AI data center projects? A new report says that’s exactly what’s happening. A deadly protest outside the United Nations headquarters is drawing attention to China’s new “ethnic unity” law. We have...