By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Dec 2 (IANS) Despite intensified government crackdowns and internet censorship, many Chinese netizens – in the absence of a free media Chinese citizens are very active on the internet that cannot be so easily policed – are increasingly voicing solidarity with the (...)
New Delhi, November 30th: Sikyong, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the democratically elected political leader of the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala, delivered the prestigious Sixth Dr. K. R. Narayanan Memorial Lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia on the theme ‘Democracy in Exile: The Case of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The health department today released a documentary film titled, ‘Breaking the Silence towards Zero HIV Community’ on the occasion of the World AIDS Day. Addressing a press conference, Health Secretary Sonam Choephel Shosur said, “HIV/AIDS is one of the major health challenges the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kunchok Kyab, a 29-year-old Tibetan man, set himself on fire Friday at Zoegey, in Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet, taking the self-immolation toll to 90. Minutes after his immolation, Chinese security officers arrived and took his body to the regional police headquarters, eyewitnesses (...)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India 27 November 2012 – This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove about 70kms north-west of Bangalore to visit Tumkur University, where he was warmly welcomed on arrival by representatives of the university and monks and lamas of Sera-je Monastic University. Joining (...)
By GARDINER HARRIS  The New York Times The cause of Tibetan freedom is not hopeless, Lobsang Sangay, leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, said in an interview Thursday. “There is hope, primarily because of the Tibetan spirit and their continuing assertion of identity, and the sense of (...)
[Independent Online] Johannesburg – The Dalai Lama can expect another invitation to come to South Africa soon – from fellow Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. This, after a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal that the government acted unlawfully in delaying a decision on a visa (...)
vendredi 30 novembre 2012 par jamphel — Flash News
MUNDGOD, Karnataka : His Holiness the Dalai Lama has begun teachings at the main prayer hall (Tib: Lachi) of Drepung monastery in Mundgod Tibetan settlement, Karnataka state. His Holiness will give fourteen days of teaching on the 18 Great stages of the Path (Tib: Lam Rim) Commentaries (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal German Government urged the Chinese government to reform its policies in Tibet and said international observers be allowed to visit Tibetan areas to assess the causes of the increasing self-immolations. In a statement on 21 November, the (...)