Dharamshala: The US State department and Taiwan Foreign Ministry have congratulated CTA President-elect Penpa Tsering who was recently elected as the political head or Sikyong of the Tibetan people. State Department Spokesperson’s congratulatory message posted on Twitter a day after the CTA (...)
By Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington Taipei Times 19 May 2021 The Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan on Monday called on Beijing to provide details on the 11th Panchen Lama, who was kidnapped by the Chinese government 26 years ago. The 11th Panchen Lama, born Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, was (...)
Taipei: On 17 May, marking the 26th year of the 11th Panchen Lama’s abduction by China, Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan and various Tibet-Taiwan associations held a press conference from Taipei, demanding his unconditional release from Chinese captive. The associations include the (...)
Geneva: On the 26th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, on behalf of Tibetans and supporters worldwide, the Tibet Bureau Geneva submitted a petition to the United Nations on 17 May 2021. The petition called the United Nations for immediate (...)
Reuters 19 May 2021 Human rights activists on Tuesday called for athletes to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in China and put pressure on the International Olympic Committee over the staging of the Games. Beijing is set to host the Olympics in February 2022, but the IOC has faced criticism (...)
Geneva: The Tibetan Youth Association in Europe, Tibetan Women’s Association of Switzerland, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Association jointly organized a protest march in the Swiss city of Zurich on 17 May 2021, marking the 26th year of (...)
Dharamshala: Exactly 26 years ago on 17 May, a six-year-old boy who was recognised as Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama involuntarily disappeared from the public eyes just three days after his official recognition by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Abducted by the Chinese authorities, the whereabouts (...)