DHARAMSHALA: As two more Tibetans burned themselves to death in protest against the Chinese government in eastern Tibet on Tuesday, the Central Tibetan Administration today strongly urged the international community to apply meaningful pressure on China to allow independent observers to visit (...)
GENEVA: China must be held accountable to the pledges it made to the UN Human Rights Council, said Kalon Dicki Chhoyang in her address to the 5th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. The conference was organised by Geneva based UN Watch and an international coalition of 20 NGOs. Kalon (...)
By DAVID E. SANGER, DAVID BARBOZA and NICOLE PERLROTH [The New York Times / Published: February 18, 2013] On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People’s Liberation Army base for China’s growing corps of cyberwarriors. The (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Bureau office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi, has issued a circular announcing new online application system for the Tibetan Identity Certificate (IC). IC application can now be submitted online using online form or e-Form options from passport seva website (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr Tashi Phuntsok has taken over from Mr Tashi, the charge of secretary for information of the Department of Information & International Relations on 8 February 2013. An official ceremony of taking over the charge was held today at DIIR. It could not be held earlier because of (...)
DHARAMSHALA:Mr. Aditya Arya, a trustee chairman of India Photo Archive Foundation, gave a workshop on “Digitization and Archiving, Rich Cultural Heritage” at Kashag Secretariat Hall from 6-7 February 2013. The workshop was organized by the Tibet Museum, Department of Information and International (...)
Opinion [The Washington Post] By Xiao Qiang and Perry Link, Feb 16, 2013 Xiao Qiang is founder and chief editor of China Digital Times, a bilingual news Web site, and an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information. Perry Link, who was a co-editor of “The (...)
DHARMSHALA: The Kashag and Tibetans-in-exile will hold a worldwide prayer service on Wednesday, 20 February from 03:00 pm – 05:00 pm to express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated and those suffering torture and imprisonment. Despite the Kashag’s's repeated appeals not to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Kalon of the Department of Home visited Israel from 5 to 16 February to assess the condition and progress of Tibetan students undergoing agriculture training. During the visit Kalon Dolma Gyari, accompanied by Additional Secretary Mr Chhemey Rigzen, (Officer In charge of (...)
Zurich, 17 February: Self-immolations in Tibet are an ultimate form of civil disobedience without harming others, said Kalon Dicki Chhoyang. She addressed the Swiss Tibetan Women’s Association Annual General Body meeting today in Uster, Switzerland. She said 101 Tibetans had self-immolated since (...)