Well-known Tibetan painter of religious art dies at 82 — Radio Free Asia

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Tenpa Rabten, a prominent painter of Tibetan religious scrolls called thangkas, has died at the age of 82, RFA has learned. Rabten, who passed on the knowledge of his traditional art form to hundreds of students, died Monday in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, according to sources in the region. Born into a family of artists

Tibetan land rights activists released from Chinese prison — Radio Free Asia

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Prison authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province this week released two Tibetan men jailed three years ago for land-rights activism, with the move following the release earlier this year of four others jailed on the same charge, Tibetan sources said. Tashi Tsering and Drukbum Tsering, both residents of Horgyal village in Qinghai’s Rebgong (Chinese, Tongren)

China warns Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries — Radio Free Asia

China warns Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries — Radio Free Asia

A leading Chinese official in Tibet checked out abbeys in and near the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week to caution monks against behavior thought about disloyal to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, state media sources said. Wang Junzheng, celebration secretary in the Tibet Autonomous Region, went on Thursday to the Ramoche temple in Lhasa and

Tibetans, Uyghur compete on China’s Olympics team, drawing praise and criticism — Radio Free Asia

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2 ethnic Tibetans and a Uyghur are completing this year on Chinas nationwide Olympics group in Beijing, prompting sensations of both pride and concern from activists combating versus human rights abuses in the athletes home areas. Tibetans Yangchen Lhamo, a female, and Tsering Damdul, a man, will be contending in snowboarding and cross-country skiing respectively

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