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The Nepal government cancelled a week-long international Tibetan studies conference that'd been 4 years in planning — overriding its own security agencies’ assessment that event posed no threat, reversing public assurance frm Home Min Sudan Gurung it'd go ahead: kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Nepal overruled its own security agencies to cancel Tibetan studies conference under Chinese pressure, officials say

Days after the Home Minister said the seminar would proceed with security vetting, the government’s Chief Secretary personally ordered Kathmandu University to shut it down.

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🇨🇳 #China last month implemented a new Ethnic Unity Law aiming to strengthen patriotism across all regions of the country, including #Tibet. 🗣️ #Beijing says the law will improve national integration, but Tibetan activists see it as another attempt to erode local identity. Here's the story ⤵️

Lobga Rangzen’s unthinkable act — the first known self-immolation by a Tibetan in the United States — may have achieved one of his greatest goals, however briefly: He made the world pay attention to Tibet. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...

Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan (Gift Article)

No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.

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AP joined a government-organized trip to Tibet where authorities arranged visits to palaces, Buddhist temples, tourist sites, local businesses... Officials accompanied the foreign journalists, AP journalists were not free to move around or conduct reporting independently. apnews.com/article/chin...

In Tibet, some embrace their native language even under China's sweeping new 'ethnic unity' law

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now.

apnews.com

China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming US officials as the Dalai Lama succession nears. Read more: bloom.bg/4oZ06Ii 📷: Uma Bista & Kanishka Sonthalia

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A Tibetan activist lit himself on fire and outside of the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday to protest China’s control over his homeland, declaring in a video before his self-immolation that Beijing’s policies were “destroying the Tibetan people.” He later died.

Tibetan Activist Sets Self on Fire Outside U.N. in Protest Against China

Lobga Rangzen, a 52-year-old resident of Queens, died after the self-immolation. He said Beijing’s policies were “destroying the Tibetan people.”

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