[Source: www.dalailama.com] DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met a group of 24 Chinese scholars, writers and poets on Monday to discuss promoting secular ethics, particularly in relation to China. The opening speaker said he was participating as a writer, not a dissident, concerned (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Speaker Penpa Tsering of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and Pema Jungney, former speaker and current member of Tibetan Parliament called on Hon’ble Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Shri Brij Bihari Lal Butail in his chamber in Shimla on 22nd October 2013. They were (...)
By DIDI TANG and ISOLDA MORILLO Associated Press  23 October 2013 (ABC News) Soon after Sangay Gyatso lit himself on fire and burned to death in one of China’s ethnic Tibetan areas, police came knocking on his family’s door with questions — and seemingly the answers as well. Was the fiery suicide (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Upper Tibetan Children Village (TCV) school began yesterday its 53rd founding anniversary celebrations. More than a thousand Tibetans gathered at the school to witness the opening ceremony. The three-day celebration include athletics meet, art exhibitions, debates and cultural (...)
Warsaw, Poland, 23 October 2013 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Warsaw airport from New York yesterday, he was received by Tibetan Representative Thubten Samdup and Health Kalon, Dr Tsering Wangchuk who did his medical training here, speaks Polish and is familiar with the city. (...)
[The Wall Street Journal] India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has just finished talks with his Chinese counter-part Premier Li Keqiang in which the two leaders signed an agreement aimed at ratcheting down hostilities on their disputed border that have vexed relations between the two (...)
Press Release  23 October 2013 China’s human rights record was reviewed at the 17th session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on 22 October, with several UN member states urging the Chinese government to take necessary measures to improve the human rights situation in Tibet. Canada, Czech (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Internet technology giant Google Inc has unveiled a new technology called uProxy to allow bypassing of government censorship and surveillance while surfing the web. The new technology was launched as part of its ‘Project Shield’ initiative to support free expression on the web. “The (...)
By Aya Batrawy And Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —Saudi Arabia took the highly unusual step on Friday of rejecting a rotating seat on the Security Council and castigated the United Nations for what it called a double standard — a move aimed at protesting the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: An arrest of a Tibetan man by Chinese police has sparked stand-off between local Tibetans and the police in Driru county in Tibet Autonomous Region. Tenzin Rangdol, 34, was arrested from Shakchu village in Driru. Following his arrest, around 40 Tibetans from Gochu village gathered (...)