WASHINGTON, DC: The Kalon Tripa, Dr Lobsang Sangay, arrived in Washington, DC on Monday evening for a five-day programme. He was received at the train station by representatives of the Capital Area Tibetan Association, Tibetan Youth Congress, and the International Campaign for Tibet. The Kalon (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibet’s flame of truth relay on its journey through different corners of south India received strong support from the Indian community, including the All India Catholic University Federation in Chennai. Mr Karma Yeshi, a member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile who was leading the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration on Friday reiterated that the Chinese government must end its repressive policies in Tibet which is pushing Tibetans to set themselves on fire. “Since 2009, 43 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in Tibet, out of which, 33 died. These tragic (...)
MUNDGOD: The Indian community in Mundgod led by Mr V S Patil, a member of legislative assembly of Karnataka, joined thousands of Tibetans for the celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 77th birthday in Doeguling Tibetan settlement in Mundgod. Over 2,000 Tibetans, attired in their best (...)
LONDON: Kalon Pema Chinnjor on 14 July addressed a gathering of Tibetans living in the UK at a meeting in Woolwich, east London. The event started with a performance of a Tibetan song and a dance by a group of young Tibetan children and a group of adults living in the Woolwich area. In his (...)
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Tibetan Parliament Speaker Penpa Tsering accompany His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his visit to Badamwari Hawal Tibetan Public School in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 14 July 2012/Photo/Sonam Tsering/LTWA SRINAGAR: Thousands of Tibetan Muslims came (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Chinese government to hold a “serious dialogue” on the issue of Tibet during her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Summit in Cambodia. At a special briefing in Phnom Penh on 12 July, a senior US (...)
Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay with His Eminence Gaden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche (C) during his visit to meet the Tibetan community in Ladakh Kalon Tripa meeting with members of the Tibetan community during his visit to Ladakh Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay addressing schoolchildren at TCV school (...)
Kalon Dolma Gyari with two key Political advisors for Kathleen Weil, the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities of Quebec in Montreal, Canada/Photo/Office of Tibet MONTREAL: Apart from visiting City Hall of Montreal, Kalon Dolma Gyari paid a visit to the Manjushri Buddhist Centre, (...)
By Lobsang Sangay, Published: July 13 The Washington Post Since 2009, 43 Tibetans have set themselves on fire while shouting slogans for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and crying for freedom for Tibetans. These people include monks, nuns, nomads and students. Two were (...)