Opinion [The Washington Post] By Xiao Qiang and Perry Link, Feb 16, 2013 Xiao Qiang is founder and chief editor of China Digital Times, a bilingual news Web site, and an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information. Perry Link, who was a co-editor of “The (...)
DHARMSHALA: The Kashag and Tibetans-in-exile will hold a worldwide prayer service on Wednesday, 20 February from 03:00 pm – 05:00 pm to express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated and those suffering torture and imprisonment. Despite the Kashag’s's repeated appeals not to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Kalon of the Department of Home visited Israel from 5 to 16 February to assess the condition and progress of Tibetan students undergoing agriculture training. During the visit Kalon Dolma Gyari, accompanied by Additional Secretary Mr Chhemey Rigzen, (Officer In charge of (...)
Zurich, 17 February: Self-immolations in Tibet are an ultimate form of civil disobedience without harming others, said Kalon Dicki Chhoyang. She addressed the Swiss Tibetan Women’s Association Annual General Body meeting today in Uster, Switzerland. She said 101 Tibetans had self-immolated since (...)
Tura (Meghalaya), Feb 16 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said Saturday he would ask the central government to look into China constructing three hydropower projects on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet. “China building the three dams will affect the interest of people in the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The home department of the Central Tibetan Administration has announced skill training on job-oriented courses for the unemployed Tibetan youths. The training will start from 1 April 2013. View the announcement below: DEPARTMENT OF HOME(Youth Empowerment Support)CTA, GANGKYI, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Health Kalon Dr Tsering Wangchuk will be visiting three Tibetan Settlements – Tezu, Miao and Tuting – in North-East India from 16 to 26 February. The Kalon will visit schools and clinics and hold general public meeting at all the settlements. At Tezu settlement, he will meet (...)
WASHINGTON: In response to a question on the Tibetan self-immolation on February 15, 2013, the United States has asked China “to address its own policies in Tibet that have caused these kinds of tension and frustration.” Spokesperson Victoria Nuland has also called on “on those who are immolating (...)
[PTI] Washington: The situation in Tibet remains quite tense, the US said on Friday, as the number of deaths in the region due to self-immolation against the oppressive regime has crossed the 100 mark. Terming it as “horrific figures” on the number of Tibetans who have self-immolated and died (...)
By Edward Wong, The New York Times, 14 February 2013 A former Tibetan Buddhist monk protested Chinese rule by killing himself through self-immolation this month, becoming the 100th person to do so inside Chinese-governed Tibet, according to reports on Wednesday by Tibet advocacy groups. The (...)