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Mini-Raffle Results - a Gazelle Bicycle …
Thanks to the ATC members and supporters who purchased tickets in the Gazelle bicycle mini-raffle. The raffle was drawn at 1.00pm on Friday 31 May 2013. Congratulations to the winner - Mr Nigel Hungerford of Hawthorn East, VIC. Thanks to Gazelle Bicycles for supplying the fabulous Gazelle bicycle. Raffle details The prize was a Fuente Pure (24-speed),...
Dharamsala Insight 2013
In November each year, ATC takes a small group of Australians on the life-changing journey to Dharamsala, the heart of the Tibetan community in exile. It's an emotional and inspiring journey. Join us on our two-week Dharamsala Insight Tour from 2-16 November 2013 and immerse yourself in the Tibetan cultural and political life. You'll hear the tragic...
Storm in the Grasslands: Self-immolation…
Since February 2009, 94 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet, with a dramatic acceleration in frequency since the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese Communist Party Congress in November. Twenty-eight Tibetans self-immolated in November alone, marking a new phase in the political struggle in Tibet. Many acts of self-immolation – that have recently been clustered in...
Xi Jinping's Tibet Challenge
On 8 November, in one of the most important political events of the decade, the fifth generation of Chinese Communist Party leaders inherited both extraordinary power and a considerable number of major challenges. Not least among these is control of a restive Tibet. Australia Tibet Council, Students for a Free Tibet and International Tibet Network released...
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Wangchen Dolma passes away, Self-immolat…
[Phayul] Wangchen Dolma, the Tibetan nun who set herself on fire in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet on June...
85,000 strong petition urges UNESCO to S…
[Phayul] A petition to save Lhasa, Tibet’s ancient capital city from China’s rapid urban development, signed by more than 85,000 people...
Dalai Lama shares wisdom on dissent, dea…
[ABC] His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama joins us in Sydney to share his thoughts on Tibetan autonomy, the lack of...
Chinese diplomats threaten French journa…
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the way Chinese diplomatic personnel have harassed and threatened French journalist Cyril Payen, a...
Video: Fire in the land of snow
[VOA] An hour-long documentary that explores the causes behind more than 110 self-immolations that have taken place in Tibet since...
The mother who burned herself to death f…
[Reuters] On the chilly afternoon of March 24, Kalkyi - who like some Tibetans went by just one name -...
Coalition in strife over Tibet show
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop has been accused of a diplomatic gaffe by the Gillard government after she spoke...
Thousands of Tibetans Protest Against Mi…
[RFA] As many as 5,000 Tibetans have protested against Chinese mining operations at a site considered sacred by local residents,...
Tibetan nomad self-immolates and dies in…
[ICT] A Tibetan nomad in his early thirties called Tenzin Sherab set fire to himself and died on Monday (May 27)...
Seven days in Tibet
[France 24] Tibet has been off-limits to journalists since the Chinese government brutally suppressed riots in the region five years...
Does upsetting China matter?
Reports suggesting that India withdrew from a planned naval exercise with the United States last month out of fears it might...
Tibetan test
The Tibet season has opened again, with a dire warning to the British government that Prime Minister David Cameron's temerity...
“Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destructio…
[HPPE] Our Lhasa is on the verge of destruction; this is absolutely not a case of crying wolf! A tourist who’s...
Tibet on World Press Freedom Day
[ICT] On World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) calls on the Chinese government to...
State Department annual report on human …
[ICT] The State Department’s annual Country Reports for Human Rights Practices, released on April 19, highlights the continuing egregious human...
Two Tibetans Die in Self-immolations
[RFA] Two monks set themselves ablaze and died Wednesday in Sichuan province’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in...
Thousands Gather After Young Tibetan Mot…
[RFA] A young Tibetan mother burned herself to death on Tuesday in Sichuan province to protest Chinese rule in Tibetan...
Tibetans Detained for Protesting Destruc…
[RFA] Chinese security forces have detained 21 Tibetans following clashes with police over the forced demolition of recently rebuilt homes...
Our interview with Radio Australia
In an interview with Radio Australia's Connect Asia yesterday, ATC's Communications and Government Relations Kyinzom Dhongdue discusses the release of...
Tibetan Political Activist Freed After 1…
[RFA] A popular Tibetan activist has been freed after serving 17 years in prison with hard labor for seeking independence...
Fatal Landslide Draws Attention to the T…
[NYT] One after another, the bodies have kept coming. By Tuesday, rescuers had pulled 54 dead miners from the snow-covered rubble....
Self-immolations of a Tibetan forest gua…
[ICT] A Tibetan forest guard set fire to himself and died yesterday (March 25) in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe), Gannan. His...
China's failing policy in Tibet is 'self…
[PS Europe] To hear senior Chinese officials speak of "innocents" who died in flames, you might think the government is...
Tibetan Mother of Four Dies in Burning P…
[RFA] A Tibetan mother of four burned herself to death on Sunday in protest against Chinese rule in Sichuan province's...
Alarming New Surveillance, Security in T…
[HRW] The Chinese government’s announcement that it will expand a pervasive new security system throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) despite...
Two self-immolations in Tibet: Kirti mon…
[ICT] A 28-year old Kirti monk called Lobsang Thogme set fire to himself and died on Saturday, March 16, the...
Statement of Sikyong on 54th Tibetan Nat…
[CTA] On this day in 1959, thousands of Tibetans from all walks of life and all three regions of Tibet...
The limits of despair
[The Economist] Inside a small monastery in China’s Qinghai province, a red-robed monk looks around to see if he is being...
China blames the Dalai Lama and the west…
[ABC] Chinese Government officials have launched a blistering attack on the Dalai Lama and his allies, accusing them of orchestrating the...
China open letter calls for political re…
[BBC] Some of China's most prominent scholars, journalists and activists have released an open letter urging leaders to implement political...
China Bars New Canadian Ambassador From Visiting Tibet
[Huffington Post] China's government barred Canada's new ambassador from visiting Tibet as desperate monks prolong their wave of self-immolation to protest Beijing's rule over the Himalayan plateau region. The Canadian Press…
Tibetan Self-immolates in Ngaba County
[RFA] A Tibetan monk has self-immolated in a protest against Chinese rule in Sichuan province’s Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) county in the third burning in two days despite heightened security,…
Two Tibetans self-immolate at monasteries during prayer ceremonies in Amdo
[ICT] Tsesung Kyab, a Tibetan in his late twenties, set himself ablaze on February 25 outside the main temple of Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
Tibet burns with another fiery protest, Toll climbs to 105
[Phayul] Reports are coming in of yet another self-immolation in Tibet today in protest against China’s rule. Phagmo Dhondup, a Tibetan man aged in his 20s, set himself on fire in…
Two Tibetan teenagers set themselves on fire in Ngaba
[ICT] Two Tibetan teenagers set fire to themselves and died yesterday, February 19, in Dzorge, Ngaba. Seventeen-year old Rinchen and 18-year old Sonam Dargye were from the same village of…
Tibetan farmer from nomadic area sets fire to himself in Labrang
[ICT] A 49-year old Tibetan man called Namlha Tsering set himself on fire today in the main street of Labrang, Gansu (the Tibetan area of Amdo), which is not far…
China blocks Aussie official's Tibet visit
[SBS] Australia's top diplomat in China has been unable to win Beijing's permission to visit Tibet after almost a year of trying. Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced in March 2012 that…
100th Self-Immolation Reported Inside Tibet
[NYT] A former Tibetan Buddhist monk protested Chinese rule by killing himself through self-immolation this month, becoming the 100th person to do so inside Chinese-governed Tibet, according to reports on Wednesday by…
Six Tibetans sentenced for “intentional homicide” as official drive to criminalize self-immolations continues in Tibet
[ICT] Six Tibetans have received sentences ranging from 3 to 12 years for “intentional homicide” following the self-immolation and death of a Tibetan self-immolator. A Chinese official has announced that similar…