Official Xinhua News Agency quoted regional seismological bureau as saying epicenter was in Kata Town, about 2,200 kilometers from Beijing and the site of two major Buddhist temples
Lomig, who is also known as Jo Jamyang, was arrested in April 2015 by Chinese police in Ngawa, Sichuan Province
Cell phone video circulated online captures the sound of people wailing at the site of a mass fish kill, purportedly caused the mining operation that Chinese police swooped in to guard.
A photograph that’s come out of Tibet today shows the prison release of one of the first Tibetans to carry out a lone street protest, a relatively new form of protest that started to occur in 2014, where Lobsang Tenpa is seen standing outside the gates of a detention center in Chengdu.
The Washington, DC based organization listed Tibetan writer Druklo (pen-name Shokjang) as one of the nine journalist under attack to mark the 'World Press Freedom Day' on May 3, 2016.
Pema Wangchen, single father of three, was held for 15 days; interrogation may have included being suspended by his smallest finger, which is now paralyzed
Tibet's spiritual leader stressed the importance of developing sense of oneness and inner disarmament to make this century the century peace and dialogue.
In one video that has emerged, Losang Thubten is seen walking along a busy shopping street crowded with vehicles and pedestrians, and in a second video he is seen being quickly marched down the middle of the street by two security police officers on either side of him.
Below Mount Everest, the lives of people affected by last year’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake remain shattered amid glacially slow reconstruction efforts
Although some online commentators criticized the casting of a white woman rather than a Tibetan actor, the film's backers apparently didn't want to risk losing out on Chinese distribution by introducing the highly politically charged subject of Tibet.
It was the second election since the Dalai Lama stepped down as head of the government-in-exile in 2011 to focus on his role as the Tibetans' spiritual leader
The authorities have also started teaching “honorific” languages commonly used in U-tsang region of Tibet at daycare centers in Nagchu last year where people traditionally did not use such languages.
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