GENEVA: Five UN Special Procedure mandate holders had made a joint urgent appeal to China on 13 July 2012. They asked for information on Jigme Dolma, a 17-year-old girl who was beaten by the Chinese police for her peaceful protest in the main market of Kandze (Ganzi) County, Sichuan on 24 June (...)
Vienna – February 27: We need your help to stop China’s repression in Tibet, said Mr Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a briefing at the Austrian Parliamentarian in Vienna today. Mr Chhoekyapa briefed Mr Werner Amon, Mrs Judith Schwentner and Mr Gerhard (...)
by Alphee September [The Global Journal / February 26, 2013] In the run up to the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Kalon Dicki Chhoyang addressed the issue of Sino-Tibetan relations at the 5th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on 19 February. This annual event (...)
BRUSSELS: Mr Ngodup Dorjee, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the EU with concurrent accreditation to West Europe and the Maghreb, was invited to address the 94th meeting of the all party Tibet Intergroup (TIG) in the European Parliament on Tuesday (26 February). The meeting (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Kirti Monastery today released books in three languages containing comprehensive accounts of self-immolation protest by Tibetans against the repressive policies of the Chinese government, and the global response to the deepening crisis. Kalon Dolma Gyari and Deputy Speaker (...)
Kalon Pema Chhinjor of the Department of Religion and Culture visited the Tibetan community in northern California on Sunday (24 February) and briefed them in detail on the policies and activities of the Central Tibetan Administration. Kalon Pema Chhinjor emphasised the need to maintain unity (...)
DHARAMSHALA: As the tragic self-immolations by Tibetans inside Tibet remain unabated, an international conference on “Status of Tibet in the Contemporary World Politics: Problems and Perspectives” was organised at the Government First Grade College based at Kushalnagar in Mysore district in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Under the initiative between the European Academy of Bolzano/Bozen (EURAC) and CTA’s Tibet Policy Institute, two researchers of the Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Information and International Relations, Mr Jigme Norbu and Mr Tenzin Jamchhen, attended the two weeks (...)
MIKE BLANCHFIELD Published Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 04:45PM EST Last updated Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 11:09PM EST OTTAWA: China’s government has barred Canada’s new ambassador from visiting Tibet as desperate monks prolong their wave of self-immolations to protest Beijing’s rule over the Himalayan (...)
OTTAWA: Tibet’s political leader, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, is visiting Ottawa this week. Dr. Sangay has been invited to address the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Canadian parliament, on Tuesday, 26 February. The parliamentary subcommittee is in the midst of a study (...)