Reported by Adila for RFA’s Uyghur Service. Written in English by Roseanne Gerin. The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added 14 Chinese companies to its Entity List, for direct involvement in human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), saying they have “enabled (...)
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give two-day teaching on Atisha’s Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment (Jang Chup Lamdron) on the mornings of July 13 and 14, 2021 from 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) at the request of the Ladakh Buddhist Association, Ladakh Gonpa Association and (...)
Claude Arpi, The Quint – 8 July 2021 Late one evening in August 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an unheralded meeting in Delhi, with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan religious leader living in exile in India since March 1959. Apparently, the meeting did not go too well; the reason is unknown. (...)
Reuters, 7 July 2021 A Chinese gene company selling prenatal tests around the world developed them in collaboration with the country’s military and is using them to collect genetic data from millions of women for sweeping research on the traits of populations, a Reuters review of scientific (...)
The Hindu -9 July 2021 In this episode of Worldview, our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a deeper look at whether India is rethinking its Tibet Policy and the impact of Tibet on India-China relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has caused quite a ripple by announcing for the (...)
Representative Tashi Phuntsok was in Yuenten Ling, Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Huy, Belgium yesterday, Friday, 9 July. The Centre is conducting a 5-day Sheney (Mindlfullness) programme. He had arranged Ms Ginelle Nath and her husband to visit the Centre and also have their meeting in the Centre. (...)
Ladakh: As requested by the Chief Representative Office, Shri Tashi Gyaltsen, the Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, visited all the camps of Sonamling Tibetan settlement in Ladakh yesterday, 9 July. He also visited the three (...)
Times of India New Delhi: India has a consistent policy of treating the Dalai Lama as a respected religious leader and an honoured guest in the country, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. The assertion, in response to a question, came two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi (...)
Pretoria: Hon. , MP of Democratic Alliance and the Chief Whip of the Official Opposition Party, South Africa, sent a letter greeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama on 9 July. In the letter, the MP wrote: “May I take this opportunity to wish you a most happy and healthy birthday. Our wish and (...)
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report revealing the Chinese authorities’ ever-increasing ruthless crackdowns and groundless persecutions aimed at intimidating Tibetans from communicating with Tibetans in exile and for showing any signs of loyalty to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. (...)