Chinese officials have reportedly cracked-down on foreign media in Tibet by dismantling satellite dishes at the Labrang Tashi Kyil monastery in Labrang (Gansu province), Amdho region, eastern Tibet on March 10th, the 54th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising in Lhasa.
The monastery was ordered to remove and burn their satellite dishes. Monastery officials were informed the satellites would be replaced with state sanctioned devices, capable of only receiving Chinese state controlled programmes. The move will block the Monastery from obtaining access to international media.
On 12th January, a young Tibetan set himself alight in a protest for freedom from Chinese governance, taking the current total of self-immolations to 96.
Tsering Tashi (Tsebhe), 22 years of age, succumbed to his injuries at his protest site.
Speaking to activist media, Phayul, Ajam Amchok, an exiled Tibetan with close contacts in the region said Tsebhe self-immolated in the middle of Amchok town in Sangchu region of Kanlho, eastern Tibet.
“Tsebhe set himself on fire in Amchok town at around 1 pm (local time),” Ajam said. “He succumbed to his injuries at the protest...
Thousands of local Tibetans, monks, supporters of the Tibetan cause, and people from all over the world attended the 23rd anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at Drepung monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka state, on Monday.The commemoration lasted for over two hours and after starting with a minute’s silence in memory of all those Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives for Tibet, included speeches from a number of activists, as well as from the Dalai Lama himself.
Speaking to the school children, His Holiness said that the children...
