His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representative in London, Mr Thubten Samdup, attended events on Tibet during his visit to Chhiping Norton and Northampton.   Representative Mr Thubten Samdup participated in ‘Evening for Tibet’ held in Chipping Norton on 2 March. Chipping Norton is a thriving market (...)
RAVANGLA, Sikkim: A two-day programme on the women empowerment needs of the Tibetan population in exile was successfully concluded yesterday at Ravangla Kunpheling settlement in southern Sikkim. The event was organised by Women’s Empowerment Desk of Social And Resource Development Fund (SARD), (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today congratulated Tsering Woeser, a Tibetan author, poet, and blogger living in Beijing, for being honoured with the 2013 International Women of Courage Award by the US State Department. “We would like to congratulate Tsering Woeser for getting this (...)
DHARAMSHALA: More than 27 Tibetan Community Associations based across Europe will organise European Solidarity Rally for Tibet in Brussels on the occasion of the 54th Tibetan National Uprising Day on 10 March. Organisers expect about 5,000 Tibetans and friends of Tibet from different parts of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Religion and Culture will organise a prayer service on Wednesday to express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, and those suffering severe arrests and torture under the Chinese rule. The Tibetan community in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament secretariat said in an announcement that 10th March from this year on will be commemorated for all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet. The decision to mark the Tibetan National Uprising Day on 10 March – also as a day to remember the (...)
Geneva, 4 March: This afternoon Kirti Rinpoche met Mr Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, at the UN offices in Geneva. A briefing followed this meeting with an official from the Office of the President of the UN Human Rights Council. Rinpoche said that the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dolma Gyari called on the state chief minister and other senior functionaries concerning the welfare of Tibetans living in and around Shimla. She visited the state capital from 28 February to 2 March. Kalon Dolma Gyari met Chief Minister Raja Virbhadra Singh to (...)
[International Campaign for Tibet] The U.S. State Department announced today that Tibetan writer and blogger Tsering Woeser is a winner of the 2013 International Women of Courage Award. Presenting this year’s award at the March 8 ceremony will be Secretary of State John Kerry and special guest (...)
By Malcolm Moore  [The Telegraph] 03 Mar 2013  BEIJING: The Communist party must improve its conduct or face extinction within a decade, Xi Jinping, China’s next president, has warned, as he prepares for his inauguration. Thousands of delegates streamed into Beijing over the weekend for the annual (...)