The Central Tibetan Administration congratulates the Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe on winning the parliamentary elections in Japan. The Sikyong met and had cordial exchanges with the PM-designate Shinzo Abe on four separate occasions during his visit to Japan in April 2012. “On (...)
DHARAMSHALA:The Tibetan Parliament in Exile today congratulated Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party President Mr Shinzo Abe on winning the parliamentary elections. “The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile wishes to extend its heartfelt congratulations on the emphatic election victory that your party got in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today expressed deep sadness over the last week’s shooting rampage in the US which left 26 people, mostly schoolchildren, dead. Deputy Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel in his letter to Joseph Lieberman, US Senator from Connecticut, said: “The Tibetan (...)
NEW DELHI: A significant and inspiring event took place today in New Delhi, capital of India the country where Buddhism originated 2600 years ago, when a group of Thai elders among nearly 50 monks and scholars met to engage in an inter-Buddhist dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Chinese government has sentenced a Tibetan nun to three years in prison in Karze for her alleged role in political activities, fresh reports coming out of Tibet say. Chemey, a nun from the Lamdrag nunnery, was among many Tibetans who was arrested during the Chinese government’s (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The United States has called on the Chinese government to address its policies that have aggravated the wave of self-immolations by Tibetans inside Tibet. “We continue to publicly and privately to urge the Chinese Government at all levels to address policies in Tibetan areas that (...)
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW / The New York Times BEIJING — Nearly 90 scholars of Tibet at universities and institutes around the world, from Melbourne to Warsaw to Vancouver, have issued a plea to Xi Jinping, China’s new Communist Party leader, to reverse state language policies and practices that (...)
SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 13, 2012) – The University of San Francisco (USF) will present an honorary doctorate to Jetsun Pema, humanitarian and former president of the Tibetan Children’s Villages (TCV). USF President Stephen A. Privett, S.J., will confer the degree during the commencement ceremony for (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Canadian government has expressed concern over the wave of tragic self-immolations in Tibet and urged the Chinese government resume dialogue with the Tibetan leadership to find a mutually-agreeable solution to the issue of Tibet. “I am concerned about the escalating number of (...)
Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on Tibetan self-immolations The EU is profoundly saddened by the increasing number of Tibetans committing self-immolation, many of them young people. We are concerned by the restrictions on expressions of (...)