DHARAMSHALA: Expressing sadness on seeing the plight of street children in Delhi, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said people need to make special efforts to provide them with food, health and educational facilities. Speaking at TN Khoshoo Memorial Award and Lecture in New (...)
By Evan Osnos [The New Yorker] The Chinese government is threatening to expel nearly two dozen foreign correspondents, working for the Times and Bloomberg News, in retaliation for investigations that exposed the private wealth of Chinese leaders. It is the Chinese government’s most dramatic attempt (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans offered special prayers for former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in Dharamsala on Saturday, as the international community mourned for the passing away of one of the world’s foremost icon of peace and reconciliation. The special prayer (...)
By Anthony Zurcher [BBC] China is putting the squeeze on the New York Times and Bloomberg News, and it could have severe consequences for press freedom. The nation has blocked internet access to the two organisations’ websites, denied access to key events, such as the recent meeting between (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Speaking at a prayer service for the Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today called for unity and concerted effort to realise their aspirations for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and freedom for Tibetans. The (...)
Behind China’s Cyber Curtain: Visiting the country’s far reaches, where the government shut down the Internet BY CHRISTOPHER BEAM The New Republic December 5, 2013 On the bus ride from Chengdu, the teeming capital of Sichuan Province, to Aba County in northern Sichuan, my cell phone signal (...)
[Human Rights Watch] If Australia wants a healthy trade relationship it needs to go beyond ‘quiet diplomacy’. When Julie Bishop visits China for the first time as Australia’s Foreign Minister, will she press Chinese leaders on human rights? Or will Bishop’s interest in concluding a free trade (...)
[Source: dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 6 December 2013 – After a tortuous drive through the Delhi traffic this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Vasant Valley School in the south of the city. It is a school that makes a priority of academic achievement within a community of (...)
DHARAMSHALA:Â Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, is visiting the US from 6-17 December. He will meet officials and address Tibetans during the upcoming 24th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama being awarded the Nobel Peace prize (Human Right Day) on 10 (...)
Press Release December 6, 2013 In 2007 during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed to help resettle Tibetans from the north Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh to Canada. Through the consistent efforts of then Minister for Citizenship and Immigration (...)