8th Annual Conference of Tibetan Settlement Officers being convened by Home Department of the Central Tibetan Administration in Gangkyi, Dharamsala, from 14-17 June 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The 8th annual conference of the Tibetan settlement officers organised by the Central Tibetan Administration’s (...)
By Bhuchung K. Tsering (ICT blog) June 13, 2012 The two-day Laogai in Tibet conference organized by the Laogai Research Foundation in Washington, D.C. was educative in every sense of the term. In addition to enlightening the people who came to attend the sessions, the events were eye-openers to (...)
The Guardian An event for young people will be hosted by comedian Russell Brand – an unusual double act His Holiness the Dalai Lama/Photo by Ashwini Bhatia/AP When the Dalai Lama addresses young people in Manchester this weekend during a special event, he will be assisted by an unusual master of (...)
The Korea Herald A Chinese delegation abruptly left a religious conference in Yeosu on Wednesday morning after Tibetans attendingthe event refused to acquiesce to demands they leave. The Chinese delegation, consisting of Buddhist officials and monks, had walked out of the opening ceremony of (...)
BRUSSELS: The last item on the agenda of the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday was a debate on the situation of Tibet. Prior to the debate, Lady Ashton, Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (...)
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission’s Speech on the situation in Tibet. 12 June 2012 Defence and promotion of human rights around the world is a key component of the EU’s foreign policy. In this context, (...)
Press Trust of India ITANAGAR: Himalayan state Arunachal Pradesh, where around 13 per cent of the population follows Buddhism, has got its first full-fledged Buddhist centre after Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies at Dahung in West (...)
By Caleb Whitmer National Review Online June 12, 2012 Washington, D.C. — Four hundred million un-born lives “snuffed out,” another 100 million who lived just long enough to be massacred by Mao, Stalin, Castro and the like. But for all those deaths, there is only one statue in one city to remember (...)
European Parliament Chamber, Strasbourg, 12 March 2009. An MEP votes amid Tibetan flags DHARAMSHALA: The Members of European Parliament will discuss Tibet as part of the EU’s most salient current foreign policy issues with High Representative Catherine Ashton at the Strasbourg Plenary Session (...)
“The self-immolations have rattled the Chinese.” China’s reported closure of Tibet to foreign tourists reeks of insecurity. The decision to prevent tourists from visiting Tibet stems from growing protests there. Over the past 15 months some 37 Tibetans have attempted self-immolation and several (...)