(TibetanReview.net, Jan23’20) – Nepal and China are discussing the modalities for bringing into force an agreement signed during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Kathmandu in Oct 2019 for handing back to each other their citizens who had illegally crossed into the other side’s territory within seven days of being detained, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan16’20) – In an apparent strengthening of crackdown on religion, China has jailed for up to nearly two years 12 villagers in Sog (Chinese: Suo) County of Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, for allegedly running “a criminal gang”, reported the Tibetan Service of rfa.org Jan 15, citing the regional […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct31’19) – China has impose further, highly onerous restrictions on oversea Tibetans intending to visit Tibet or any other part of the People’s Republic of China, requiring them to be hosted by Party members or at least state workers, reported the Tibetan Service of rga.org Oct 30. The existing […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct22’19) – While the police in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu were professional in their detention of Tibetan poet and independence activist Mr Tenzin Tsundue ahead of the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping for his informal Oct 11-12 summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’19) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s grim warnings of “crushed bodies and shattered bones” referring to the ongoing, months-long weekend protests in Hong Kong was said to have been partly prompted by his anger at failing to get an extradition deal from Nepal. The deal, if signed, would have […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’19) – As Chinese President Xi Jinping left after concluding his Oct 12-13 state visit, Nepal is to charge 24 Tibet activists, most of them Nepali Citizens of Tibetan descend, for indecent behaviour, reported english.onlinekhabar.com Oct 13. It is not clear what actions on their part earned them this […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct09’19) – Under pressure from China mainly with Tibetans in mind, Nepal is preparing to sign an extradition treaty during the Oct 12 visit of President Xi Jinping, reported english.khabarhub.com Oct 4.  Nepal has so far not signed such an agreement with India, the reported noted. The report cited […]

(TibetanReview.net, Sep10’19) – Brushing aside pleas from local bystanders and, in fact, warning them against speaking about it, police in Nepal’s northwestern corner district of Humla have on Sep 5 evening dragged away and handed over to Chinese border forces six Tibetans who had just crossed over to seek asylum, […]

(TibetanReview.net, May03’19) – Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development has on May 1 undertaken to seek ways to support the culture and heritage of the Tibetan people after the issue was raised in the House of Commons by Rt Hon Tim Loughton, who is Co-Chair of All Party Parliamentary […]

(TibetanReview.net, May01’19) – Fines on Tibetans who fail to renew their permit to reside in India in a timely manner have been rationalized and it is also no longer cited in United States dollars. The government of India requires all Tibetans living in the country to register themselves as foreigners […]