Tibetans celebrating New Year (Losar) across Tibet have been faced with widespread obstruction and interference.
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Chinese authorities have prohibited Tibetan children from attending language classes in monasteries in Nangchen county, eastern Tibet, according to a local government notice obtained by Tibet Watch.
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On 4 September 2018, the Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Gade County, in eastern Tibet’s Golok Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), arrested a prominent Tibetan activist, Mr. A-nya Sengdra.
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The Chinese government has released a Tibetan monk who was arrested in 2015 after being accused of making monastic robes and talking about the Dalai Lama on social media.
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The Chinese government has ordered citizens of Tibet to put shrines to Xi Jinping and Communist Party leaders inside their homes, replacing alters to religious figures like the Dalai Lama.
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According to information given by a Tibetan resident in Lhasa to an exile media house, the Chinese government has introduced measures to further restrict participation in Tibetan Buddhism.
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In December 2018, Tibetans who had previously been expelled from Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in eastern Tibet gathered to remember the community’s founder, the late-Abbot Jigme Phuntsok.
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The Chinese army has put a new lightweight battle tank into service that is designed to operate in mountainous areas on its borders including Tibet.
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Authorities continue to pursue their aggressive efforts to promote Tibetan goodwill towards China. Over the past few years, legal studies workshops and propaganda campaigns have been launched alongside new regulations and laws, which aim to ensure Tibetans’ loyalty to the Communist Party and the Chinese nation.
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