China’s soft power looms over former Tibetan President Lobsang Sangay’s event in France
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 18: The Harvard Club of France organised a talk with Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the former President of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday, despite facing repeated rejections from French institutions. The event is seen as a defiant stand against China’s increasing transnational influence […]
Rights group renews call for monastic leader in critical condition following torture
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA. Oct. 18: The London-based research and advocacy group Tibet Watch has renewed its urgent appeal for the release and medical care of Gonpo Tsering, the head of Yena Monastery in Shiba village, who is reportedly in critical condition at a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The 45-year-old monastic leader was allegedly tortured in custody […]