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 (...)
BRUSSELS: A member of Europe Parliament has called on the European Union to appoint a Special EU Representative on Tibet to reaffirm its strategy to support human rights and democracy. The EU should prove its dedication to the policy of peaceful dialogue and support for human rights and (...)
[By Andrew Jacobs / The New York Times] BEIJING — A Chinese court has sentenced eight Tibetan students to prison for their role in street protests last month that unnerved security forces already coping with a wave of self-immolations, many of them by young people who have become increasingly (...)
[International Campaign for Tibet] Since February 2009, 94 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibet, with a dramatic acceleration in frequency since the once-in-a-decade leadership transition at the Chinese Communist Party Congress in November. Twenty-eight Tibetans self-immolated in November (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Antarashtriya Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Samiti, a Tibet Support Group and IIMT Groups of College, jointly organised a seminar on the issue of Tibet in Meerut to mark the 64th anniversary of the International Human Rights Day on 10 December. Hundreds of people including teachers, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The United States has described European governments’ call to the Chinese Government on Tibet as a “good example” of Europeans and the United States working “to help improve security and build new relationships in Asia.” In her remarks on European Union’s Human Rights Day in Washington, (...)