Dharamsala, HP, India, 22 April 2013 (By Muhammad Lila, ABC News) – Amid a damning new report showing official Myanmar complicity in ethnically cleansing entire Muslim towns and villages, the world’s foremost Buddhist leader has a message to the Buddhist monks accused of spearheading the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans in exile have strengthened their calls for the release of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, whose whereabouts remain unknown after the Chinese government installed its own choice in 1995. The 11th Panchen Lama today turned 24. The human rights organisations have (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Expressing deep concern over the high number of self-immolations in Tibet, the German Parliament’s human rights committee on Wednesday urged the Chinese leadership to safeguard the human rights of Tibetans including their religious and cultural identity. “The significant rise of (...)
By Jamphel Shonu DALHOUSIE: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Sikyong and Education Kalon Dr Lobsang Sangay will grace the golden jubilee celebrations of Central School for Tibetans (CST), Dalhousie, scheduled for 28-30 April. Preparations are on full swing for the landmark event, which will be (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration on Wednesday organised a prayer service at the main temple to express solidarity with Tibetans who have self-immolated and those suffering severe repression in Tibet. Addressing the prayer service, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay expressed hopes that EU (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Two monks of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet died after setting themselves on fire on Wednesday, taking the total self-immolation protests by Tibetans to 117. 100 of them are known to have died. (View fact sheet) Lobsang Dawa, 20, and Kunchok Woeser, 23, set fire to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A group of Mongolian media delegation is currently on a visit to the Tibetan community in Dharamsala. The visit was organised by the Office of Tibet for East Asia based in Tokyo and Telo Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Kalmykia republic. The delegation comprised representatives (...)
BANGALORE: Health Kalon Dr Tsering Wangchuk has met senior health and medical education officials during his visit to Bangalore. The health Kalon met state health and family welfare secretary Madan Mohan and medical education secretary K H Govindraj on 19 April. He requested them to consider (...)
A public statement from Professor John Keane, Professor of Politics, Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, University of Sydney: “The Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) at the University of Sydney and representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama have agreed to (...)