WARNING: This story contains graphic details CBC News / Posted: Dec 20, 2012 People setting fire to themselves in Tibet has become an almost daily occurrence, a dire form of protest against what many in the autonomous territory call an oppressive Chinese influence. In this video report, CBC (...)
18 December 2012 Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has said that the UK has serious concerns about the self-immolations in Tibetan regions. Following a European Union statement on self-immolations in Tibet, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said: “We strongly support the recent statement from (...)
A study by a Central Party School scholar found government aid policies in the Tibet Autonomous Region have largely failed to generate sustainable economic growth By staff reporter Lan Fang / Caixin Online (Beijing) – Central government programs aimed at promoting economic development in the (...)
mercredi 19 décembre 2012 par jamphel — Flash News
DHARAMSHALA: Echoing serious concerns expressed by the EU, US, and Canada about the wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, the British government has strongly called for the resumption of meaningful dialogue to resolve the underlying grievances of Tibetan communities. “Foreign Office Minister (...)
mercredi 19 décembre 2012 par jamphel — Flash News
New Delhi, India, 16 December 2012 – The large audience of Thai monks and lay-people, who filled the hall, were waiting eagerly for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s arrival this morning. He greeted one and all with folded hands and asked them to sit. There followed a recitation in Pali of the (...)
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 (...)