Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Reporters Without Borders is deeply worried about Tibetan TV presenter Washu Rangjong's arrest by Chinese military police officers at his home in Amdo Golok, in the east Tibetan district of Sertha, on 11 September.
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
That's a trick question, because a Dalai Lama is not chosen, he is found. The Fourteenth and current Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama and was born Lhamo Thondup on July 6, 1935 in a small farming village in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibet two years after his last incarnation ended. It is said that there were many signs pointing to Lhamo Thondup as the reincarnation of...
Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Chinese authorities to release Dhondup Wangchen (picture), who made a documentary about Tibet, and Jigme Gyatso, his friend and camera assistant. They have been unjustly detained since March 2008 for filming interviews with Tibetans, above all in the Amdo region of Tibet
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Chinadigitaltimes [Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:54] The following diary is a blog by a Tibetan student from Amdo in Tibet, originally posted in Chinese language on Chinese language website, newcenturynews.com, and its English translation was posted on chinadigitaltimes.net. The blog provides a glimpse into life in a remote Tibetan area as the Olympics were being celebrated [...]
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin Choekyi Gyaltsen (”Shingza Rinpoche”) was born in Tsonyon, Amdo. At the age of 13, he was recognized as a reincarnation by the Raga Gompa Monastery. He was asked by the Chinese government to be a part of a group of lamas from different districts of Tibet who would recognize the fake Panchen [...]
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
In her latest vblog for BoingBoingTV, Xeni Jardin reports that nearly 600 Tibetan monks at Kirti Monastery in Amdo have been detained by PRC military forces, who confiscated their communication tools and forced them to participate in staged videos. Using cell phones, these monks had photographed dead and injured ...
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 25/03/2008
With a new surrender deadline only a day away, 381 Tibetans from Amdo Ngawa have reportedly already turned themselves into the Chinese authorities. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has increased the death toll in Tibet to 140, up from the 99 reported last week. Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche said, “This figure is from our sources in Tibet. [...]
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 19/03/2008
On March 18, 2008 at about 10:30am, 1,000 Tibetans including monks, lay people and children began protesting in Bora, Amdo (Ch: Gansu Province) near Hezuo. Seventy to 100 Tibetans mounted on horseback rode over a hill and into the town apparently giving the battle cry. The crowd chanted slogans for freedom and for China to [...]
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 16/03/2008
Protests erupted in Eastern Tibet today in Machu, Luchu and Aba in what China calls Sichuan province but is actually the Tibetan province of Kham. And yesterday demonstrations were reported in Lithang and Sershul in Kham and at Samye monastery, south of Lhasa. Monks from Kirti monastery in Amdo also took to the streets along [...]
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 16/03/2008
Thousands of Tibetan protesters gathered in front of a Chinese office in Labrang, Amdo, Tibet on March 15th. This video is taken around 1pm (Tibet time) on a mobile phone. Courtesy of phayul.com
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 16/03/2008
* Above left: phonecam snapshots of protests in Amdo, Tibet, over the weekend; at right, phonecam video of the same. * According to Shanghaiist (and now, mainstream news outlets), YouTube was blocked in China over the weekend, likely because of content related to the flood of pro-Tibetan-sovereignty protests in Tibet and elsewhere: International news channels such as CNN and BBC are also getting routinely...
Tibet Will Be Free (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
Footage from Amdo Labrang, aired on March 15, 2008.
