Tibet Watch works to promote the human rights of the Tibetan people through monitoring, research and advocacy. We are partner organisation to @freetibetorg
Dharamsala, India
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Tibet Watch researchers collect information from a network of brave individuals committed to ensuring that the world hears the truth about China's repression, and Tibetan resistance.
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Courageous new protest in Lhasa by Gonpo Kyi, sister of imprisoned businessman Dorje Tashi, still held incommunicado after torture: details in @TibetWatch report tomorrow
'China is attempting to harness extraordinary natural power precisely where extraordinary natural instability exists' - the serious concerns of #India + #Bangladesh re #China mega dam construction #Tibet nationalinterest.org/feature…
We shared findings of our #Tibetan researchers at the launch of a new @hk_watch report on 'patriotic education' (read: nationalist indoctrination) in @UKHouseofLords this week, with wide-ranging discussion on impacts of PRC 'ethnic law' @DavidAltonHL @natalieben
Yesterday, we launched an in-depth report on #HongKong’s ‘Patriotic Education’ reforms in @UKHouseofLords, revealing the links between national security and indoctrination in the classroom.
The event featured a wide-ranging discussion on the impact of Patriotic Education and Ethnic Unity laws, with remarks from report co-author and our Head of Advocacy and Research Thomas Benson, our Patrons @natalieben and @DavidAltonHL, @MahmutRahima of @UyghurStop, and Kate Saunders of @TibetWatch.
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'A breathtaking torrent of storytelling as if, after decades of contained silence, the dam walls have burst' - LA Review of Books on Tsering Dondrup's 'The Red Wind Howls', a courageous retelling of #Tibet under Mao tribuneindia.com/news/book-r… @TheTribuneIndia
First edition of @ForFnva TransHimalaya Journal explores how devts in #Tibet shape wider regional and international dynamics, with a contribution from @TibetWatch transhimalaya.fnvaworld.org/…
'What the fire knew': a powerful essay on the last words of #Tibetan self-immolators by @bdsonam in new @ForFnva Trans-Himalaya journal: transhimalaya.fnvaworld.org/…
China has jailed Tenpa Gyatso, ex-abbot of Ragya Monastery who led long life prayers for the Dalai Lama, for 5 years. In the same week news emerged of the closure of 3 #Tibetan schools also in Golog, Amdo: tibetwatch.org/former-ragya-…
In August, one of the most prestigious conferences in Tibetan studies was cancelled in #Nepal after #China’s ambassador urged 'vigilance' over pro-Tibet voices. @Openthemag on Beijing’s campaign to control #Buddhism openthemagazine.com/world/th… 1/3
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Citing @TibetWatch, @lennyspeaks explores the geopolitical contest over Buddhism, why it matters, and what is at stake for #India openthemagazine.com/world/th…
Beijing’s efforts to dominate #Buddhist discourse globally emerge from harsh CCP policies inside #Tibet. In @Openthemag, Tibet Watch’s Kate Saunders explains why India is central to the coming fight over the Dalai Lama’s succession openthemagazine.com/india/wh… 1/3
The CCP’s campaign runs from the World Buddhist Forum to a 'Sinicised' rival to Nalanda, funding for loyalty and pressure on governments to deny the Dalai Lama visas. The stakes go beyond religion to geopolitics: Tibet’s borders, resources and the headwaters of Asia’s rivers 2/3
India’s relic diplomacy reminds #Asia where Buddhism came from. But the succession will unfold on #Indian soil + Delhi has yet to take a strong posn. India should say that the choice belongs to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhists alone. @Openthemag 3/3
'#China’s state-managed #Buddhism remains a tool of political utility rather than living faith, while #India’s connection rests on the irreplaceable sacred geography that first gave the world the Dharma': iview with Sriparna Pathak by @lennyspeaks openthemagazine.com/world/ch…
China shuts 3 more #Tibetan schools in Golog, Amdo. All 3 placed Tibetan language, culture + #Buddhist identity at the heart of their teaching, while meeting requirements of China’s 9-year compulsory education curriculum inc teaching in #Chinese tibetwatch.org/china-shuts-t… 1/4
A former student told us of profound fear for the future, saying: 'Most kindergarteners + elementary school students in #Tibetan areas cannot now speak Tibetan, only Mandarin. Their future situation is unimaginable.' 3/4
This education reached beyond the classroom: it underpinned a sustainable future for #Tibet. The CCP’s extractivist agenda works against it, removing nomads from their land and severing the knowledge that has sustained the plateau’s fragile ecology for generations. 4/4
