By Tashi Wangchuk* (TibetanReview.net, Dec25’19) – The documentary ‘The Dalai Lama-Scientist’, written and directed by the six-time Nobel prize nominee Dawn Engle, is about His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s keen interest in Science and its relationship with what the historical Buddha’s message had to offer in understanding some of the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug03’19) – China is said to be illegally preventing personal lawyers of convicted Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk from visiting him in prison, saying the latter was being “uncooperative”. It turns out that Wangchuk, serving a five-year jail sentence for his activism, is refusing to succumb to pressures […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug24, 2018) – The Qinghai Higher People’s Court in Chinese ruled Tibet has on Jul 30 rejected an appeal by Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk, seeking the setting aside of his conviction by the Yushu Intermediate People’s Court for incitement of separatism. The lower court’s sentence of five-year […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jun08, 2018) – Six UN rights experts have come together on Jun 6 to express deep concern that despite their two joint communications calling for the immediate release of the Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk, China had jailed him on May 22 for five years for inciting separatism. […]

(TibetanReview.net, May28, 2018) – China has on May 23 brushed aside global outrage over its sentencing on May 22 of a Tibetan language rights activist for an unfounded conviction of ‘inciting separatism’, calling it interference in its internal affairs. Tashi Wangchuk, a 33-year-old shopkeeper in Yushu Prefecture of Qinghai Province, […]

(TibetanReview.net, May26, 2018) – China’s conviction on May 22 of the Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk, sentencing him to a five-year jail sentence for allegedly “inciting separatism”, brings into question what the country’s real language policy is. After all, the case exposed the country’s constitutional and legal protection of […]

(TibetanReview.net, May25, 2018) – The United States, Canada, France, the European Union, the European Parliament and more human rights organizations have issued statements over May 22-23, criticizing China for imposing a five-year jail sentence May 22 on Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk. The 33-year-old shopkeeper in Yushu Prefecture of […]

(TibetanReview.net, May23, 2018) – China has on May 22 morning sentenced Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wagchuk to a five-year jail term for allegedly “inciting separatism” following a four-hour trial way back on Jan 4 in Yushu Prefecture of Qinghai Province. The sentence may seem relatively light, given the fact […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar16, 2018) – Speaking under the key agenda item “Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention”, a number of countries have expressed concern on the human rights situation in China and Tibet during the ongoing 37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Mar […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb25, 2018) – A group of five UN human rights experts have on Feb 21 issued a public statement, calling on China for immediate release of the Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk. He was tried by the Intermediate People’s Court of Yulshul (Tibetan: Yulshul) Prefecture, Qinghai Province, on […]