DHARAMSHALA: A Canadian Parliamentarian raised concern over the critical situation in Tibet in the Parliament, encouraging the new Chinese president to hold dialogue with the leaders of the Tibetan government in exile to resolve the problem of Tibet. Mr David Sweet, in his remarks in the House (...)
[dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 22 March 2013 – This morning His Holiness addressed a group of class 10-12 Indian students who attend nine different schools within the vicinity of Delhi. He greeted them warmly: “Young brothers and sisters, I’m glad to meet all of you. I’m 78 years old and my life (...)
By Edward Wong / The New York Times BEIJING — Three Tibetans from Qinghai Province have been given prison sentences for “inciting state secession,” according to a statement on an official provincial Web site. On Monday, a court in Haidong Prefecture sentenced the Tibetans — Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The body of Drupchen Tsering, the 25-year-old Tibetan who self-immolated in Kathmandu this February, is still in Nepalese government’s custody. A senior Nepalese police officer told The Himalayan News Service on 10 March that only the concerned family members had the legal rights to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today left Dharamsala for a five-day visit to the northeastern states of Sikkim and West Bengal. His Holiness will lead a Vajrakilaya consecration prayer for a new Buddha statue followed immediately by the official inauguration ceremony of the statue on (...)
Out of the list of 890 prospective candidates shortlisted through the lottery for the Resettlement Project to Canada, invitation for filling out immigration application have been received for 204 candidates on 19th March 2013. The applications have to be completed and sent to reach the Canadian (...)
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 (...)