Project Category: Phayul

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 2: Against the back drop of China’s intensifying Internet censorship drive, tech giant Apple has removed many Virtual Private Network (VPN) Apps from its Chinese App store over the weekend. BBC which cited data from www.aso100.com, reported that more than 60 VPNs were no longer available in Apple’s China App Store. In January,...

DHARAMSHALA, DEC. 1: Tibet related contents on a prominent video sharing site in China is being censored “aggressively and systematically” in order to limit awareness and information on Tibet and Tibetan related issues, according to a new research paper by the US based Tibet Action Institute. “Although content blockage on issues related to Tibet by...

Illustrations by Tenzing Gaychey Lhadon Tethong is one of the most prominent and recognizable leaders in the Tibetan freedom movement. She first became a spokeswoman on Tibetan issues after her speech at the 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concerts inspired a new generation of Tibetan supporters. Lhadon then went on to serve as Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet where she...

Nathan Freitas, founder of the Guardian Project Nathan and Director of Technology at Tibet Action Institute, speaks at the screening of a documentary ‘Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyberwar’, McLeod Ganj, January 28, 2015/Phayul Photo: Kunsang Gashon DHARAMSHALA, January 28: The Tibet Action Institute (TAI), a New York based group that works towards cyber security...

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”....

The awareness programme, Targeted Online Threats in the Tibetan Community being held.