Tag: Tibet

The young boy who was abducted as a 6-year-old turned 36 on Friday. What he does, where he lives or even if he’s still alive isn’t known, thanks to the reticence of the Chinese government, which kidnapped him along with his family and his teacher 30 years ago. Beijing leaders, ever wary of potential rivals for the Communist Party’s authority, viewed the boy, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, as a possible threat. Days earlier the Dalai Lama had named him the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest spiritual leader in…

Peppa Pig – the beloved character in the children’s animated series – now speaks Tibetan. U.S.-based non-profit Tibet Fund on Wednesday announced the launch of the popular children’s cartoon show in the Tibetan language. The New York-based fund says the effort is aimed at strengthening Tibetan language education for young learners and preserving their cultural and linguistic identity – something that’s increasingly precarious within Tibet itself, where Chinese authorities require children to learn in Mandarin language instead. tibetan-peppa-pig Tibetan version of the British cartoon series Peppa Pig is dubbed into…

The body of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader, said to have died while in custody in Vietnam, was secretly cremated in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, despite pleas by activists to allow his remains to be taken back to Tibet, two sources from the region and rights groups told Radio Free Asia. Global Tibetan rights groups on Monday condemned the cremation and called on governments to pressure Vietnam and China to clarify the circumstances of Tulku Hungkar Dorje’s death. The 56-year-old monk was the 10th abbot of Lung Ngon…

DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan Youth Congress activists protested outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday following the death of revered Tibetan religious leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje while in custody in Vietnam. In Dharamsala, dozens of Tibetan devotees marched in the streets for a candlelight prayer and vigil. tibet-china-protest-vietnam Policemen detain exiled Tibetans protesting against the death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan religious leader, while in custody in Vietnam, outside Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India, April 11, 2025. (Manish Swarup/AP) The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for…

The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader said to have died in Vietnam, where he was reportedly in hiding from the Chinese government. On April 3, Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade county (Gande in Chinese), Golog prefecture, Qinghai province, issued a statement confirming that its abbot, Tulku Hungkar Dorje, 56, had died in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on March 29 due to poor health. The monastery’s statement gave no further details. His followers say he had been missing…

Hundreds of Tibetans have taken to social media to demand that China restore Tibetan language studies in schools, just days after Beijing released a white paper claiming that the right to use Tibetan language is guaranteed in Tibet. In the March 28 report about human rights in Tibet, China said the use of Tibetan language is widespread in government documents, public notices, media and schools, and that courses on both Mandarin and Tibetan are taught in primary and secondary schools in the region. But Tibetans say that isn’t true, and…

Updated at 15:30 on April 4, 2025. The death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader who went missing eight months ago shortly after he publicly called for the preservation of Tibetan language and culture was confirmed in a statement by his monastery. Tibetans inside Tibet took to social media platforms on Thursday to mourn the loss of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, age 56. He was the 10th abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade (Gande in Chinese) county of Golog in Qinghai province. He was renowned as a philanthropist, educator and…