GENEVA: UN Special Procedure Mandate holders, who play a significant role in the human rights mechanism, will present their reports during the Human Rights Council’s 22nd session. Their reports include specific country visits and communications of human rights violation concerns to respective (...)
PARIS: Kalon Dicki Chhoyang, responsible for the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration who is on a three-day official visit to France was a keynote speaker at an event in Paris marking International Women’s Day on 8 March. Over 200 people (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Addressing the first convocation ceremony of Kushabhau Thackeray University of Journalism and Mass Communication (KTUJMC) yesterday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said India is the land of wisdom where civilization developed in ancient times when it was known as “Arya Bhhomi”, reported (...)
LEH: The Kalon of the Department of Home met members of the Tibetan nomadic community in Ladakh’s Jangthang region who were severely hit by heavy snowfall this winter. Kalon Dolma Gyari announced the Kashag’s decision to release a sum of Rs 5 lakh as ex-gratia. The Office of the Chief (...)
BRISBANE: Kalon Pema Chhinjor of the Department of Religion and Culture, who is a visit to Australia from 6 – 13 March, met members of the Tibetan community in Australia. Kalon Pema Chhinjor was received at the Brisbane airport by Mr Ngodup Gyaltsen, secretary at the Office of Tibet, and Mr (...)
BRUSSELS: Kirti Rinpoche, the head of Kirti monastic community which has witnessed the highest number of self-immolations in Tibet, testified before the human rights subcommittee of the European Parliament on the crisis in Tibet. In his statement, Rinpoche expressed his deep gratitude to the (...)
ANNOUNCEMENT The Tibet Museum is pleased to announce a year-long free entry to its permanent museum starting 10 March 2013. So far, the Museum has been charging a token fee of Rs. 5 from adult visitors and only children were allowed free entry. Following the Central Tibetan Administration’s (...)
Tibet’s future The limits of despair Five years after an explosion of unrest on the Tibetan plateau, the region is again in crisis. This time the world is looking away Mar 9th 2013 | DHARAMSALA, INDIA AND QINGHAI PROVINCE, CHINA |From the print edition [The Economist] INSIDE a small (...)
[PTI/Zee News] Dharamsala: The Tibetan government-in-exile on Thursday refuted the allegation by China’s official media that the Dalai Lama encouraged self-immolations in Tibet through a blog postings by one of its official… (View full (...)
Press Release 7 March 2013 Chinese Government Misrepresents Personal Writings on Self-Immolations to Lay Blame on the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration On March 1, 2013, Xinhua News Agency issued a press release accusing the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Dalai (...)