GENEVA: Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters from Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Spain, Austria and France braved the cold winter weather in Geneva to express solidarity with all those Tibetans who self-immolated in Tibet since February 2009. The rally was organised by the Tibetan Community in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and thousands of local Tibetans and monks attended the 23rd anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at Drepung monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka state. The function started with a minute’s silence in memory of (...)
BRUSSELS: On the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 64th anniversary of the Universal Human Rights day on 10 December, over 600 Tibetans and Tibet supporters in Belgium took part in a peace rally in front of the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: US Congressman from Massachusetts, Michael E. Capuano, on Sunday said the United Nations should play a key role in finding a solution to the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet. “Tibet and the Tibetan people too suffered far too long from violations of their most (...)
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of World Human Rights Day on 10 December, a Tibetan Parliamentary delegation submitted to UN officials in Delhi a petition signed by 357,000 people across the world to seek UN’s intervention to resolve the issue of Tibet.  The petition was signed by people from all (...)
[Last posted on 11 December 2012 at 12:11 pm] DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters held a peaceful rally in New York on Sunday and urged the UN for its intervention to find a lasting solution to the escalating problems in Tibet. Amid light drizzle, Tibetans and supporters including (...)
December 10, 2012 Tashi Delek, my friends. It is both a pleasure and an honor to send greetings to you from Washington, DC today, the Global Day of Action for Tibet. I regret that I cannot be with you in person this afternoon as you gather before the United Nations in solidarity and in support (...)
By Micheal Martina, Reuters Beijing, 9 December 2012 As the number of self-immolations in restive Tibetan regions rises sharply, Beijing appears to be tightening rules against the anti-China protests despite hopes the new leadership may take a softer line against Tibet. Some experts have said (...)
By S Gopal Puri, Times of India, 11 December 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has openly challenged China and has invited Chinese authorities to its headquarters while contradicting allegations leveled by Beijing authorities that Tibetan government-in-exile incites (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) yesterday launched a revamped Tibetan language website on the occasion of the conferment of the Nobel Peace prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and International Human Rights day. Click here The new website has a (...)