In the preceding years, there had been post vacancies in the Central Tibetan Administration CTA’s Staff position. Similarly, in 2012, 43 vacancies in different posts were announced and 240 applications were received. From those applicants, 40 Tibetan graduates and under grades were selected for (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Three Tibetan monks and two lay men have been arrested for protesting against the Chinese rule in Sershul county in eastern Tibet’s Kham province on 10 March. The three monks – Sonam Namgyal, Thubten Gelek and Lobsang Samten – carrying a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama raised (...)
TOKYO: In line with the Kashag’s declaration of 2013 as a year of ‘Solidarity with Tibet Campaign’, the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan & East-Asia organised a gathering of Tibetans in Japan along with their Japanese supporters at Yamashita Koen on 10 March. The day (...)
NEW YORK: Kalon Ngodup Dongchung of the Department of Security, who is currently on a visit to East coast of the United States, meet with members of the Tibetan community in New York on Wednesday, celebrated as Lhakar day. Despite working day, around 200 Tibetan showed up for the informal (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Apprised of the election of a new Pope this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama lost no time in writing to him to express his congratulations. “May I offer you my greetings and sense of joy on your historic election as the Pope.” Acknowledging the new pontiff’s historic choice of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today congratulated the new Pope of the Catholic church. “On behalf of the Tibetan people everywhere I would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Your Holiness on your election as the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to be the Roman (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Health of the Central Tibetan Administration is organising a three-day HIV/AIDS workshop cum support group meeting under a theme titled “Access to Services -HIV/AIDS: An overview”, at Mysore in southern India from 12 to 14 March, the department said in a press (...)
PARIS: Kasur Kirti Rinpoche, spiritual head of Kirti Monastery, today concluded his two day visit to Paris and left for Amsterdam. Rinpoche is on a five nation European tour to highlight the issue of Tibet, and particularly in the Ngaba region where the most numbers of Tibetans have (...)
Below is the full statement of Mr Kelsang Gyaltsen, Special Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Europe, delivered for the World Uyghur Congress’ Conference on China’s leadership change in Geneva (11 – 13 March 2013). The Failure of Western Human Rights Policy: Fallacies and (...)
GENEVA, 12 March: The EU, USA, Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Austria today expressed concern about the critical human rights situation in Tibet during the UN Human Rights Council 22nd Session. “The EU is profoundly saddened by the numerous self-immolations in Tibetan-inhabited areas,” (...)