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China intensified its suppression and sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism: USCIRF

Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published its annual report on religious freedom around the world and it states," The (Chinese) government intensified its suppression and sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism. Authorities increased surveillance and security measures on Tibetan Buddhists, restricting their peaceful religious activities, arresting and imprisoning them for engaging in such activities."

Sikyong urges President Macron not to forget Tibet during their meeting

Paris — Penpa Tsering, President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) met Emmanuel Macron, President of France, at a ceremony to award the Légion d'honneur to André Gattolin, a former French senator and a very good friend of Tibet.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the sacred relics of the Buddha from Sri Lanka

Dharamshala — His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the Lord Buddha's sacred Kapilawasthu relics and paid homage to it. Then he interacted with Sri Lankan delegation led by Venerable Waskaduwe Mahindawamsa Nayaka Thero of the Raja Guru Shri Subuti Mahavihara Monastery of Sri Lanka and Dr. Damenda Porage of the Sri Lankan Tibetan Buddhist Brotherhood Society, April 4,2024, at his residence in Dharamshala.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama expresses solidarity with victims of earthquake in Taiwan

Dharamshala — His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, wrote to Ms. Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan, the Republic of China, to express his sadness to learn of the loss of life and extensive devastation of property and infrastructure that has taken place during a powerful earthquake off the east coast of Taiwan.

U.S. lawmakers present a new resolution condemning China's human rights violations in Tibet

Washington, D.C.— U.S. Representatives James P. McGovern and Young Kim unveiled a novel Congressional resolution on March 11, 2024, championing the protracted plight of the people of Tibet, whose fundamental human rights face incessant jeopardy at the hands of the government of China. The resolution commemorates the 65th anniversary of Uprising Day of Tibet, observed on March 10, 1959, and denounces the egregious human rights violations entwined with a pernicious hydroelectric dam initiative in Dege County, eastern Tibet.

Tibet uprising day in Sydney marks 65 years of Tibetan struggle against China's subjugation

On March 10th, Tibetans residing in the nearby suburbs of New South Wales, predominantly in Sydney, marked the 65th anniversary of the National Uprising Day against the Chinese occupation of Tibet and the ongoing cultural genocide within the region, with particular concerns for the recent wave of mass arrests in Dege County.

Tibetan demonstrators stage protest at Chinese Consulate in Sydney, Australia

Amidst escalating tensions in Dege County of eastern Tibet and strong emotions of solidarity among overseas Tibetans with their fellow Tibetans in the county, approximately a hundred Tibetan demonstrators surged into the Chinese consulate in Sydney, Australia's second-largest city, on March 6, 2024.