DHARAMSHALA: Internet technology giant Google Inc has unveiled a new technology called uProxy to allow bypassing of government censorship and surveillance while surfing the web. The new technology was launched as part of its ‘Project Shield’ initiative to support free expression on the web. “The (...)
By Aya Batrawy And Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —Saudi Arabia took the highly unusual step on Friday of rejecting a rotating seat on the Security Council and castigated the United Nations for what it called a double standard — a move aimed at protesting the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: An arrest of a Tibetan man by Chinese police has sparked stand-off between local Tibetans and the police in Driru county in Tibet Autonomous Region. Tenzin Rangdol, 34, was arrested from Shakchu village in Driru. Following his arrest, around 40 Tibetans from Gochu village gathered (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Reiterating that Tibetans do not seek separation from China, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed hope that the new Chinese leadership will use common sense and follow Deng Xiaoping’s wisdom of seeking truth from facts. Delivering a public talk on ‘The Virtue of Non-Violence’ in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibet Museum and Chauntra Tibetan Settlement Office conducted a workshop on basics of photography, photoshop and picture news reporting at Chauntra Tibetan Settlement office on 18 October 2013. The workshop was conducted Mr. Tashi Phuntsok of Tibet Museum, Department of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Finance under the Central Tibetan Administration invites applications for a six-month food production (Cookery) course for newly-arrived Tibetans from Tibet at Sherab Gatsel Lobling school. The course will start from 16 December 2013 and will finish on 15 June (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, in a letter addressed to Odisha Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik on 18 Oct, expressed his sadness and condoled the tragic loss of lives and the extensive trail of destruction caused by cyclone Phailin in the state. “On behalf of the Central Tibetan (...)
By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI | Fri Oct 18, 2013 (Reuters) – India and China are close to an agreement to stop tension on their contested border touching off confrontation while they try to figure out a way to break decades-old stalemate on overlapping claims to long stretches of the (...)
After receiving the consent from the Indian government on the extension of the Indian Registration Certificate (RC) of those newly-arrived Tibetans who came to India for pilgrimage purpose, the Department of Security of the Central Tibetan Administration, on 25 Sept. 2013, started the (...)
[Source: Reporters Without Borders] The Chinese authorities have stepped up their persecution of independent Tibetan news providers in recent weeks, arresting three writers who are frequent information sources for external observers on the pretext that they carried out “political activities (...)