DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today greeted India on the celebration of its 65th Republic day. Kalon Pema Chhinjor, the stand-in Sikyong, hoisted the Indian National flag at a brief ceremony held today at the Kashag (cabinet) secretariat. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay is currently (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay will visit northeastern India from 25 January – 6 February as part of his efforts to meet Tibetans living in the settlements across the country. The Sikyong will meet Tibetans living in settlements and clustered communities in Tawang, Dirang, Bomdila, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today launched the biography of Takna Jigme Sangpo tibet’s longest political prisoner titled ‘ Metse Nyongtsor’, at the Gu-Chu-Sum conference hall in Mcleod Ganj. The book launch was attended by Kalon Dongchung Ngodup of the Department of Security, Mr. (...)
Karma Dorjee Radio Free Asia Tibetan Service 1.21.14 Driru (Biru in Chinese) — the name in Tibetan means a line of female yaks — is a Tibetan county under Nagchu prefecture (Nagqu) in the China-controlled Tibetan Autonomous Region. It has a total population of about 40,000 residents, 90 percent (...)
NEW DELHI: The Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration today organised a farewell session for the 4th batch comprising 10 Tibetans from Miao settlement, Arunachal Pradesh who will be leaving for Toronto, Canada. The event was held at the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today honoured 86-year-old Takna Jigme Sangpo, Tibet’s longest-serving politcal prisoner, describing as the “shining example of Tibetan freedom fighter.” Takna Jigme was felicitated by Sikyong during a talk by the former to civil servants of CTA (...)
DHARAMSHALA: China’s policies in Tibet once again came under criticism from Human Rights Watch, which says in annual report released on Tuesday that the Chinese government systematically suppresses Tibetan political, cultural, religious and socio-economic rights. The Chinese government (...)
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Japan on Wednesday told the world it must stand up to an increasingly assertive China or risk a regional conflict with catastrophic economic consequences. In a landmark speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued what (...)
Brussels; Lithuanian MEP Mr. Leonidas Donskis organized an event in the European Parliament to screen Dhondup Wangchen’s documentary film ‘Leaving Fear Behind’ on 21 January. The screening was attended by MEPs, assistants to MEPs, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Brussels, (...)
Tibet’s world outreach to counter China’s growing influence The Tibetan-government-in-exile is reaching out to the Chinese diaspora, as part of its campaign to keep the Tibet issue on the international agenda. Dicki Chhoyang, Minister of the Department of Information and International Relations, (...)