CTA announce 50 Lakh rupees Covid-19 emergency support fund

An elderly at Kamrao Gapa Tibetan settlement given a hand sanitizer by a settlement authority. April 17, 2020. Photo-Facebook

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration on Thursday announced ‘Covid-19 emergency support fund’ of 50 lakh rupees for Tibetans in distress across India and Nepal. “The distress relief fund is to support those Tibetans who are stranded outside their settlements and those who have […]

Former-political prisoner dies due to denial of medical care

Choekyi flanked by former Tibetan political prisoners wearing the T-shirts made for Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday by Choekyi. Photo-TCHRD

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: A former Tibetan political prisoner who was released last year after completing a four-year prison term, died on Thursday at his home because local Chinese authorities barred him from seeking timely and proper medical care, rights group Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. Choekyi, 43, died at […]

Chinese officials target Tibetans with family ties in Exile

Police patrols passes by a Tibetan family in occupied-Tibet. Photo-Thenewlensinternational

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: Chinese authorities have targeted between 4,000 and 5,000 households in Tibet who have family ties to exile in India, Nepal and other countries outside Tibet, reported Tibet Watch on Wednesday. Dingri County in Shigatse City became one of the first places in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) where these […]