DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission has begun a three-day conference of Tibetan lawyers and law students from 28 – 30 June today. The conference aims to assemble the accumulated expertise of Tibetan lawyers and law students towards the Tibetan struggle movement. It also hopes to (...)
OPINION [Euobserver.com] By Edward McMillan-Scott BRUSSELS - Exactly one year ago EU foreign ministers adopted an ambitious new strategic framework on human rights and democracy. The appointment of an EU Special Representative for Human Rights and the adoption of 36 key objectives, ranging from (...)
DHARAMSHALA: On the sidelines of the on-going two-day ‘Introduction to Buddhism for Tibetan Youths’ by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay spoke to over 1,000 school and college students at the TCV school. Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay spoke about the importance of education and (...)
[ANI] Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday expressed concern for ailing South African leader Nelson Mandela. “It is very sad, everybody is praying now,” he said. Mandela has been put on life-support following deterioration of his health, three weeks after being hospitalised with a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Human Rights Watch today called on China to end forced relocation of Tibetans to “New Socialist Villages”, expressing concern that this policy, unprecedented in the post-Mao era, has left millions of resettled Tibetans’ livelihood and their cultural identity at risk. The Chinese (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans in Dharamsala commemorated the International Day in Support of Torture Victims on 26 June. The event was organised under the banner of Tibetan Torture Survivors’ Program of the Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Health in association with Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has offered condolences and prayers to people affected by the devastating flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. “On behalf of all the Tibetan people, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile wish to express our condolence to all the victims (...)
NEW DELHI: From May 8-28 and June 5-25, 2013, Department of Education organized two 21-day English Language Teaching Workshops for primary and secondary level teachers of Tibetan schools in India and Nepal. These workshops were conducted by the faculty members of the Department of Education in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today began a two-day event of introduction to Buddhism for Tibetan youths at the Tibetan Children's Village school here. Over 2,000 Tibetan youths, including college students, are attending the annual teaching. The teaching is aimed to create more (...)
[Quartz] By Adam Pasick and Jake Maxwell Watts The US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke, is in Tibet this week—the first visit by an American ambassador to the restive region since 2010. A spokesman said that Locke is on a three-day trip with members of his family and several embassy staff to meet (...)