By Shingo Ito (AFP) – 48 minutes ago TOKYO — The Dalai Lama urged Japanese lawmakers Tuesday to visit Tibet to find out the reasons for a spate of self-immolations, after Beijing accused him of instigating the deadly protests against Chinese rule. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was (...)
OKINAWA: Responding to questions from reporters at Okinawa about the critical situation in Tibet on Monday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said the Chinese government should carry out a thorough probe into the real causes of self-immolations by Tibetans. “The self-immolations are very sad, but the (...)
DHARMSHALA: The Chinese government has reinforced the existing complete ban on Tibetans from keeping pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and tightened restrictions on the management of monasteries in north-eastern Tibet’s Rebgong county, where Tamdin Tso, a young Tibetan girl burnt herself (...)
JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala invites application for the post of a Assistant Career Counselor at the department on contractual basis for two years. The necessary requirements for the post are: 1. Minimum qualification of (...)
By MARK MCDONALD / The New York Times HONG KONG — Two young Tibetan men killed themselves by fire on Monday in the latest in a series of self-immolations during the Communist Party congress that’s now under way in Beijing. There have been 10 immolations already this month, according to the Tibetan (...)
[Last updated 8:57 am, 13 November 2012] DHARAMSHALA: Two Tibetan youth have set themselves on fire in Rebgong (Ch: Tongren) in north-eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province (incorporated to China’s Qinghai Province), taking the total self-immolations to 10 in this month alone, fresh reports coming out of (...)
[South China Morning Post] Outgoing leader decides to retire and clear way for Xi Jinping, breaking from the unpopular precedent set by his predecessor Jiang Zemin Outgoing President Hu Jintao will formally relinquish his position as military chief at the end of the 18th party congress this (...)
Below is the full text of the Kalon Pema Chhinjor’s speech at the World Pilgrimage Festival in South Korea on Sunday (11 November). PILGRIMAGE AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY First of all, I would like to convey my heartfelt “Tashi Delek” to the venerable sanghas, distinguished participants, and Korean (...)
Report adopted by the Second Special General Meeting of the Tibetan People held in 2012 under Article 59 of the Charter of Tibetans in Exile Friday, 28 September 2012 With the objective of discussing the question what actions the Tibetan people and the Tibetan administration in exile should (...)
[Agence France-Presse] TOKYO: The Chinese government is not “seriously” probing the cause of a spate of self-immolations by Tibetans across China, the Dalai Lama said Monday, Japanese media reported. “The Chinese government should investigate the cause (of the incidents). China does not look into (...)