DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Pema Chhinjor of the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration left Dharamshala on an 18-day European tour from 2 July to 20 July. Kalon Pema Chinjor will visit Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria. He will attend the 77th birthday celebration of (...)
Geneva, 3 July: Today the UN Human Rights Council discussed racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, the concerned Special Rapporteur presented his annual report. Mr. Tenzin Kayta briefed Mr. Mutuma Ruteere separately on the current human rights situation (...)
By Tim Sullivan Associated Press The shouts of more than a dozen Tibetan monks echo through the small classroom. Fingers are pointed. Voices collide. When an important point is made, the men smack their hands together and stomp the floor, their robes billowing around them. It’s the way Tibetan (...)
(AP) – 1 hour ago BEIJING (AP) — An overseas rights group says a Tibetan woman was hospitalized after setting herself on fire during a land rights protest in western China. London-based Free Tibet says Dekyi Choezom, believed to be around 40 years old, set herself on fire June 27 in Yushu, a city (...)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama offering prayers to condole the demise of the 10th Panchen Lama’s mother at the main temple in Dharamsala on 3 July 2012/Photo by Drubgyue Nyima DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today presided over a prayer service in Dharamsala to condole the recent demise of (...)
Mr Ravdan Bold, Mongolian Ambassador (L) with Mr Sonam Norbu Dagpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in Canberra, Australia, on 2 July 2012/Photo/OoT Australia CANBERRA: Mr Ravdan Bold, who took charge as the new Mongolian Ambassador to Australia, paid a courtesy visit to the (...)
Kalon Dicki Chhoyang (3rd R) giving a talk on ‘Demand Human Rights in Tibet – End the Self-immolation Protests’ organised by Amnesty International in Taiwan TAIPEI: Ms Dicki Chhoyang, Kalon for the Department of Information & International Relations (DIIR) of the Central Tibetan (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education has announced results of tests conducted for Tibetan Scholarship Program 2013, MBBS reserve seats and London Metropolitan University. The selected candidates for two-year Fulbright studies are Tenzin Kalden (86.2%), Tsewang Rigzin (85.5%), Norzin Dickyi (...)
Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay at his public talk in Sydney, Australia Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay has reached the final stage of his historic visit to Australia. During the week-long visit to Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, he has been welcomed by scores of political leaders, the (...)
Kalon Dolma Gyari (R) with Chief Minister Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, on 28 June 2012/Photos by Tibetan Settlement Office, Shimla DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dolma Gyari met Chief Minister Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal and other senior leaders during her visit to Shimla on 28 June. (...)