DHARAMSHALA: With the continuing crackdown on Tibetans in Driru county in Tibet Autonomous Region’s Nagchu Prefecture, the Chinese authorities have arrested over 17 Tibetans who have been demanding the release of two fellow villagers. The Tibetans in Tenkhar village near Shamchu town in Driru (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery has issued the following clarification in response to the baseless and misleading reports titled “Abbots Urgently Sent to the USA” and “UPDATE: Abbots Urgently Sent to the USA”, published on September 26 and November 2, 2013, respectively. Shartse (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dolma Gyari of the Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration met various Indian officials and politicians in Sataun and Kumrao in Himachal Pradesh to discuss the problems faced by the local Tibetan community. She met Deputy Commissioner of Nahan district Mr. Vikas (...)
By David Tobin [blogs.nottingham.ac.uk] The ethnically targeted violence of July 2009 in Ürümchi overshadowed the lead-up to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. Uyghurs and Han were both victims and perpetrators and official figures claimed 197 people were killed (...)
By Amy Kazmin [Source: Financial Times] ‘I always pray the Chinese leadership should develop more common sense’ I arrive in Dharamsala, the Indian home of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, groggy after an overnight train journey from New Delhi and a two-hour drive into the Himalayas. (...)
La SFEMT a le plaisir de vous faire parvenir le programme de 4 jours de documentaires « Regards comparés : Tibet » du festival Jean Rouch, qui se dérouleront à l’auditorium de l’Inalco, du 26 au 29 novembre. L’entrée est publique, libre … Continuer la lecture (...)
Le festival Jean Rouch propose en compétition 2 films réalisés par des Tibétains : - »When Hari got married », de Tenzing Sonam et Ritu Sarin (http://comitedufilmethnographique.com/when-hari-got-married/) - »Who will be a Gurkha » de Kesang Tseten (...)
By Tenzin Tseten* The weeklong 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) concluded on 14 November 2012, in Beijing with much anticipation of Xi Jinping’s elevation to the Party Secretary as well as unprecedented elevation to the chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Unlike (...)
BRUSSELS: A visiting Tibetan parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Penpa Tsering have met EU officials and apprised them about China’s repressive policies on Tibet which has pushed over 121 Tibetans to set themselves on fire in protest. On Monday (4 Nov), the delegation met with the (...)