New report expose systemic abuse and identity erasure in China’s boarding schools in Tibet
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 29: A newly released report by the Tibet Action Institute (TAI), titled “When They Came to Take Our Children: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet”, has brought to light the expanding system of Chinese government-run boarding schools in Tibet, where Tibetan children are subjected to abuse, negligence, political indoctrination, and […]
An Open Letter to KIMFF from Tibetan Filmmakers Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme
From Dhondup Wangchen and Golog Jigme: Tibetan filmmakers of ‘Leaving Fear Behind’. We are writing to you today as Tibetan filmmakers from Tibet who paid with our freedom for telling the truth about our homeland by film. In 2008, we made a documentary called Leaving Fear Behind featuring everyday Tibetans speaking openly about their lives […]