A few weeks ago, a very negative critique of the Tibet movement was published in the South China Morning Post. It’s one of a number of pieces lately that draw the mistaken conclusion that the terrible situation in Tibet and the excruciatingly slow pace of change mean campaigns by Tibetans and supporters outside Tibet over the...
Author: Tibet Action Institute (Tibet Action Institute)
How China Keeps Tabs on Tibetan Exiles
All the phones started ringing at once, she remembers: Beep-beep, chimes, brrring! About 20 people in a room in San Francisco were getting calls, often, it turned out, from the person sitting right next to them. “Hello?” The room erupted. “Hello? Hello?” Strange voices then came from some of the phones, men with Chinese accents talking nonsense...
Monk arrested for sharing Dalai Lama teaching on WeChat
DHARAMSHALA, March 7: Chinese authorities have arrested senior Tibetan monk of Drongsar Monastery Chamdo region’s Pashoe County, a Tibetan exile told the RFA’s Tibetan service. Lobsang Choejor was arrested on March 4, according to the source, for alleged use of China based free mobile text and voice messaging service to disseminate information to the exile “separatist forces”....
Tibet called ‘training ground’ for more Chinese expansion
Lhadon Tethong, director of the Tibet Action Institute, is a prominent spokesperson for Tibetan rights and critic of Chinese exploitation of natural resources in other Tibet, as well as other countries including several in Africa. Tibetan Action Institute Director Lhadon Tethong frequently participates in demonstrations in Harvard Square with other Tibetan activists. She likens China’s...
Hack Tibet
Foreign Policy :Welcome to Dharamsala, ground zero in China’s cyberwar.
Getting Offline for Digital Security: Working with Tibetans in Exile
In order to promote online digital security awareness, sometimes you have to go offline.
China ‘hacking websites in hunt for Tibetan dissidents’
Beijing launching hacking attacks on popular India-based Tibetan websites to find and jail Tibetan dissidents living in China.
An App to Shield Tibetans’ Texts From Prying Eyes
Monks protesting with Tibetan flags (image: SFTHQ) There may finally be a tool Tibetans can more safely use – at less risk of censorship or surveillance – to communicate with each other inside and outside of Tibet. Since YakChat launched in March, the new messenging app has taken Tibetan activists “by storm,” explained Nathan Freitas...
Press Release – G8 Leaders Unite for Tibet
Unite for Tibet: Activists urge G8 leaders to “lead the way” at Northern Ireland summit New report exposes China’s hollow threats and calls for multilateral action on Tibet Contacts: US: Tenzin Jigme, International Tibet Network [English, Tibetan] +1 703 424 0015 Canada: Lhadon Tethong, Tibet Action Institute [English] +91 9882770392 or Kate Woznow, Students for...
Tibet Action Institute holds awareness programme on online threats
The awareness programme, Targeted Online Threats in the Tibetan Community being held.