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Researchers used samples from populations deemed by experts and campaigners to be vulnerable to exploitation, including Uyghurs and TibetansA genetics journal from a leading scientific publisher has retracted 17 papers from China, in what is thought to…
Read MoreUK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong KongThe UK, the US and several other countries criticised China’s human rights record on Tuesday as the country was subjected to rare scrutiny of its policies at…
Read MoreCampaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled regionThe US biotech company Thermo Fisher has halted sales of its DNA identification kits in Tibet, nearly five years after it made a similar commitment about th…
Read More16 October 1953: An account of the Austrian climber’s escape from a British prison in India, crossing the Himalayas to Tibet and becoming a tutor to the Dalai LamaSeven Years in Tibet, By Heinrich Harrer. Hart-Davis. Pp 222, 16s. Tibet and the Tibetans…
Read MoreAmerican climber and Nepalese guide killed in attempt to scale world’s 14th tallest peakAvalanches have struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma as more than 50 climbers were making a push for the summit, killing an American and Nepalese …
Read MoreStudy shows increase and decrease in rain linked to changes in ozone levels in upper atmosphereRepairing the ozone hole didn’t just help reduce the risk of skin cancer; it also reversed unwelcome effects of the climate crisis. Every summer heavy rains …
Read MoreAntony Blinken criticises China’s state boarding schools that ‘seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions’The United States will impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing “forced assimilation” of children…
Read MoreExclusive: China appears to have expanded use of high-security prisons as tool of repression in Tibet, researchers sayThere has been a pattern of increased activity in recent years at high-security detention facilities in Tibet, according to a new stud…
Read MorePenpa Tsering, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile, has told Australia’s National Press Club the region is seeking autonomy, not independence from China. ‘So one polarity is the status of Tibet, historical status as an independent state, a…
Read MoreInteraction at temple in India seen in video that has gone viral condemned as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘scandalous’The Dalai Lama has apologised after he faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “s…
Read MoreLandmark decision described as ‘huge victory for freedom of expression and right to peaceful protest in Europe’Activists who were accused of attempting to “pollute, damage and distort” the Acropolis after they hung a banner from the Athenian monument i…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch claims new evidence of a systemic DNA collection drive across Tibet as part of a ‘crime detection’ programChinese authorities have been gathering DNA samples across Tibet, including from kindergarten children without the apparent con…
Read MoreTravellers barred from sightseeing or returning home until confirmed clear of disease as authorities struggle to contain casesThousands of Chinese tourists have been left stranded in Tibet as authorities in the region struggle to contain a fresh Covid …
Read MoreMass testing in Tibetan cities of Lhasa and Shigatse after 21 infections, as millions are put under lockdown in tropical Hainan and tourists strandedChina is racing to stamp out Covid-19 outbreaks in the tourist hubs of Tibet and Hainan, with the autho…
Read MoreThe move in Tibet, which has reported one Covid case since 2020, comes as 16 million people remain in lockdown in ShanghaiAuthorities in Tibet are building massive Covid isolation and care facilities in anticipation of further outbreaks in China even t…
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