CANBERRA: Senator Sarah Hanson-Young from the Greens party moved a motion on Tibet in the upper house of the Australian Parliament. The following motion was passed in the Senate on 20 March 2013. That the Senate notes the Australian Government’s efforts to urge Chinese authorities to: (a) (...)
DHARAMSHALA: One of the world’s leading human rights organisation based in New York on Wednesday said China’s announcement to expand a pervasive new security system throughout Tibet Autonomous Region despite an already heavy security presence and little evidence of violent threats raises grave (...)
By Bhuchung k Tsering [ICT blog] The appointment of Jampa Phuntsok (Ch: Qiangba Puncog) as a Vice Chair of the National People’s Congress on March 14, 2013, completes an interesting development in the regional representation in the top Tibetan leadership in Lhasa. This new development could be (...)
Qin Yizhi, seen as hardline official who pushed for ‘patriotic education’ of monks in Tibet, gains ‘training ground’ position for party officials By Keith Zhai [The South China Morning Post] The Communist Party appointed an official from Tibet as the head of the Communist Youth League, a training (...)
[Press Trust of India / The Economic Times] WASHINGTON: Expressing concerns about the continuing unrest in Tibet and the tragic trend of self-immolations, a top US senator has alleged that the region is among the most repressed and closed societies of the world. “Tibet today is one of the most (...)
Senator Robert Menendez, the Democratic Senator from New Jersey and the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee made a statement on the situation in Tibet in the U.S. Senate on March 18, 2013. His statement was placed in the Congressional Record. Below is the full text of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Health Kalon Dr. Tsering Wangchuk visited three remote Tibetan settlements in Tuting, Tezu, and Miao in north-eastern India from 15 to 28 February. “This visit was specially focused on assessing the health status and health needs of these regions. Additionally, it was aimed to (...)
By Ananth Krishnan [The Hindu] China’s new leader Xi Jinping has indicated that he will look to follow his predecessor’s policies in engaging with India and seek continuity in bilateral ties, as the new leadership in Beijing takes control following a once-in-ten year change. Mr. Xi on Tuesday (...)
BERLIN: The killing of 22 Tibetans by the Chinese security forces during a peaceful protest outside Kirti monastery on 16 March 2008 was the start of the current cycle of repression in Kirti Monastery and Ngaba area in eastern Tibet, said Kirti Rinpoche. The youngest among the dead was a middle (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan woman has died after setting herself on fire to protest against China’s repressive rule, taking the total self-immolations inside Tibet to 109, including 13 this year alone. (View fact-sheet)91 of them died. Kunchok Wangmo, a 30-year-old mother of one, set herself on fire (...)