Geneva 5 March: A joint report released by the UN Special Rapporteurs on 24 February in run up to the UN Human Rights Council 25th Session in Geneva documents communications sent to the Government of People’s Republic of China expressing concern about human rights situation in Tibet. This (...)
[dalailama.com] MINNEAPOLIS: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with Chinese students at an event organised by the Tibetan American Students Association (TASA) at Minneapolis in Minnesota. The event brought together more than 330 students from 13 colleges among whom more than 250 were Chinese and (...)
MINNESOTA/MOSCOW/DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans living in different parts of the world marked the Wood-Horse New Year or Losar on 2 March. Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and political leader Dr Lobsang Sangay, who are on their visit to US, joined the Tibetan community in Minnesota (...)
MINNESOTA: In his public address to the Tibetan community in Colorado on 28 February 2014, Sikyong emphasised the importance of preserving Tibetan language and culture, and especially to know our own family roots from parents and grandparents. He also informed the efforts carried out by the (...)
[The Globe and Mail] By JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile has called on Canadian officials to visit the contested Chinese region, saying that a large military buildup and new security measures have made life intolerable for locals. Lobsang Sangay, head of the exiled (...)
[The Globe and Mail] By Justin Giovannetti VANCOUVER: It was a suggestion in 2007 by the Dalai Lama to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that led 27-year-old Gyaltsen Yontan to a sleepy subdivision in Port Coquitlam.  Soft-spoken and shy, Mr. Yontan is a grocer’s son born in exile in Arunachal (...)
MINNESOTA, US: Hon’ble Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay was in Washington, DC from 18-21 February to oversee the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to US Capitol in coordination with the Office of Tibet, New York. The major outcome of the visit was the meeting between President Barack Obama and His (...)
[Tibetan Association of Northern California] We, the members of Tibetan Community Associations of Northern California and Los Angeles, have been dismayed by the behavior of a small group of people shouting insults at His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his recent visit to California. Many of (...)
[dalailama.com] There will be live webcasts of events with His Holiness the Dalai Lama from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Washington DC on March 1-7, 2014. Times in Minneapolis, Minnesota are Central Standard Time (CST = GMT-6.00); times in Washington, DC are Eastern Standard Time (EST = (...)
[First posted on 20 February 2014] Celebrate Losar but Remember Compatriots in Tibet  On the occasion of the 2141st Royal Tibetan Wood-Horse Losar, the Kashag extend its greetings to all Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile. As we celebrate Losar, it is important that we follow our religious (...)