Lhadon Tethong, September 11, 2014 Some people have suggested that Tibetans not protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming trip to India. Some even say: we can protest all year long but just for now let’s give it a rest. Sadly, this is completely backwards thinking. If you want to stage an effective protest – one that...
Kunleng discusses UK based Free Tibet’s findings on the fake Twitter accounts that promote Beijing’s line on Tibet and that reflect near identical stands on a range of Tibet related issues to the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machinery. Guests: Dechen Pemba, Editor, High Peaks Pure Earth, and Lobsang Gyatso Sither, Security Trainer, Tibetan Action Institute....
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...
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...
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”....
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...
Foreign Policy :Welcome to Dharamsala, ground zero in China’s cyberwar.
In order to promote online digital security awareness, sometimes you have to go offline.
Beijing launching hacking attacks on popular India-based Tibetan websites to find and jail Tibetan dissidents living in China.
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...
