By International Campaign for Tibet. The International Campaign for Tibet is deeply concerned about reports of a wave of detentions in eastern Tibet. The detentions in Wonpo (Chinese:Wenbo) township in Sershul (Shiqu) County, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province have (...)
Geneva: The Tibet Bureau in Geneva testified on the human rights situation in Tibet before the Swiss parliamentarians on Monday at the ongoing autumn session of the parliament. The Parliamentary Group on Human Rights, in cooperation with the Parliamentary Group for Tibet; Switzerland-China (...)
Dharamshala: The Public Service Commission has successfully wrapped up its Induction Training for the 21 newly recruited staff of the Central Tibetan Administration on Saturday. The training was imparted to the staff who were recruited in the years 2020 and 2021. It was the first post covid (...)
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will participate in a program titled Our Happiness, Our Health, Our Future: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Reflections and Conversations on Our Happy, Healthy, and Sustainable Future on 22 September. After the short talk, His Holiness will address a (...)
Wion News. September 20, 2021. According to reports, China has stepped up night drills near the Himalayan border with India in order to familiarise troops with its new equipment. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly wants “higher standards” from troops stationed at high altitudes. China’s (...)
Washington: Secretary Tashi Dhondup attended the first ever Vajrayana Monlam held in the US on Saturday. Hosted by Drikung Tibetan Meditation Center(TMC), Maryland, and the International Buddhist Association of America (IBAA), the monlam is believed to be the first of its kind, designed to (...)
Aljazeera News. 17 September 2021. Investigators found that World Bank staff changed data to boost China’s ranking in the 2018 and 2020 ‘Doing Business’ report which gauges business conditions around the world. The World Bank is cancelling a prominent report on business conditions around the world (...)
Solan: The Bon Tibetan settlement based in Dolanji near Solan in Himachal Pradesh has completed the second dose vaccination of its entire residents above the age of 18 including monks and nuns of Pal Menriling monastery. As advised by Kyabje Menri Rinpoche, the regional Tibetan Covid task force (...)
Taiwan: Representative Kelsang Gyaltsen Bawa and Secretary Sonam Dorjee of the Office of Tibet, Taiwan visited Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche at his residence earlier this morning. During their meeting, Representative Kelsang presented a brief report on the tasks undertaken by the office as (...)
Reported by Ugyen Tenzin and Lhuboom for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. A Tibetan writer jailed for three years for criticizing Chinese government policies in Tibet died this week in Sichuan’s capital Chengdu after suffering ill health (...)