DHARAMSHALA: Eight Tibetan students have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 4 years by a Chinese court for their role in a peaceful demonstration last year. The People’s Court in Chabcha (Ch: Gonghe) in Tsolho, northeastern Tibet, sentenced Sangay Bum, Kunsang Bum, Taten, Jampa (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Information and International Relation (DIIR) of the Central Tibetan Administration today organised a seminar titled ‘Middle Way Policy Awareness Program’ in Dharamsala. It was attended by Indian supporters based in Dharamsala region. The seminar was organised to (...)
PARIS: In a statement issued yesterday by the Group for Information on Tibet, the Parliamentary Tibet support group in the upper house of French parliament will be receiving Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay today at the Senate. “The Senate Group for information on Tibet chaired by its President Mr. (...)
BRUSSELS: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay arrived in the European capital of Brussels on 16 April. Sikyong was received at the Brussels international airport by Representative Ngodup Dorjee, president, vice-president and board members of the Belgium based Tibetan community, president of the Tibetan (...)
DHARMSHALA: Jugtso, a 20 year-old Tibetan woman died after setting herself on fire in Zamthang, Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province) around 3 pm local time on 16 April. She is the sixth Tibetan to self-immolate from the Zamthang region. The total number of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The 6th session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile will be convened for ten days from 18 September (Wednesday) – 28 September (Saturday) 2013, the parliamentary secretariat announced on 15 April. The Members of Parliament have been notified to report at the parliamentary (...)
(Dalai Lama.com) Bern, Switzerland  16 April 2013 After several days in the predominantly French speaking part of Switzerland, today’s invitation to the University of Bern brought His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the country’s German speaking capital city. Prof Dr Martin Täuber, Rector of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The US today called on China to engage in unconditional dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or his representatives to resolve the Tibet issue. “We call on the Chinese Government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama, with his representatives, and without (...)
DHARAMSHALA: In view of lack of candidates applying for the tailoring course at Nelamangala, Bangalore, the Youth Empowerment Support (YES) of the Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration has issued a second announcement. The duration of the tailoring course has been reduced to (...)
Lausanne, Switzerland 15 April 2013 The University of Lausanne that originated in 1537 as a school of theology, the only French language Protestant school of theology, is now a modern university well regarded as a leading institution for research in Europe. It is located on the banks of Lake (...)