Op-Ed Contributor Tibet Is Burning By XU ZHIYONG/The New York Times BEIJING: AROUND noon on Feb. 19, an 18-year-old named Nangdrol set himself on fire near the Zamthang Monastery in the northeast Tibetan town of Barma. In a note left behind, he wrote, “I am going to set myself on fire for the (...)
By Bhuchung K. Tsering weblog.savetibet.org /December 12, 2012 On December 10, 2012, China’s official CCTV broadcast a discussion on Tibetan self-immolation on its Dialogue program. It was titled, “Realities in Tibet,” and obviously, the aim was to drive the narrative on the issue in the way the (...)
mercredi 12 décembre 2012 par jamphel — Flash News
BERNE, 10 December: Kelsang Gyaltsen, Special Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Europe, met with members of the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet in the capital of Berne. The meeting was co-organised by the Parliamentary Group for Tibet and the Swiss-Tibetan Friendship (...)
PARIS: Around 300 Tibetans and French Tibet supporters marked the 64th anniversary of the declaration of Charter of the Universal Human Rights in Paris with a solidarity campaign to draw the attention of the international community to the deepening crisis in Tibet. The solidarity vigil was held (...)
CANBERRA: Tibetans and Tibet supporters on Monday gathered in the city centre of Canberra, Australia, in solidarity with the Tibetans inside Tibet as well as to raise awareness regarding the current wave of self-immolations in Tibet. Mr Sonam Dagpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Major cities and Tibetan settlements across India observed Global Solidarity Day on 10 December on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the conferment of Noble Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 64th anniversary of International Human Rights Day. NEW DELHI: (...)
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 (...)