DHARAMSHALA: Two Tibetan singers from Meuruma in Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet have been arrested by Chinese police last year for writing and singing songs about His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Panchen Rinpoche, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, Kirti Rinpoche and the wave of self-immolation protest in (...)
By Thuy Ong SYDNEY | Thu Jun 13, 2013 (Reuters) – Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule are having little effect on Beijing’s policies, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday, while urging China to look harder at the reasons behind the (...)
[France 24] Chinese diplomats have been overtly threatening a FRANCE 24 reporter who spent a week in Tibet filming under cover, while their demands that his report “Seven Days in Tibet” be removed or altered continue to be refused. FRANCE 24 reporter Cyril Payen has been subjected to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The European Parliament’s Tibet Group will be holding its 97th meeting by hosting a conference on the state of Tibet’s environment in Tibet in Brussels on 19 June. The conference, titled “Tibet’s Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating” hosted by MEPs Satu (...)
[dalailama.com] 12 June 2013 Auckland, New Zealand: It was cold and dark when His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dunedin early this morning to fly to Auckland. The drive from the airport into the city on arrival was warm and sunny, more like an autumn morning than the depths of winter. He went (...)
[dalailama.com] Dunedin, New Zealand, 11 June 2013 – There was a brisk chill in the air today when more than 30 local church leaders and representatives of various religions and faith communities belonging to the Dunedin Interfaith Council gathered on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral to welcome (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Maison du Tibet (Tibet House) Paris, the cultural wing of the Bureau du Tibet in France, will organise the 13th edition of the Festival of Tibet and the Himalayan People in Paris from 15 – 16 June. The two-day annual festival draws thousands of visitors to witness and relish the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: France 24 reporter Cyril Payen has been harassed and threatened by Chinese diplomatic personnels for his documentary ‘Seven Days in Tibet’, says Reporters Without Borders. His report, entitled “Seven days in Tibet,” was broadcast by France 24 on 30 May and was followed by a live (...)
[dalailama.com] Dunedin, New Zealand, 10 June 2013 – The first people His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with today were New Zealand Youth Representatives of the Council for a Parliament of World Religions, who belonged to a wide range of faiths. His Holiness encouraged them, but stressed that (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Dharamshala Tibetan Career Centre (TCC), a joint initiative of TechnoServe and the CTA Home Department,inaugurated a Jawed-Habib certified hairdressing training course on 5 June at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, about 30 minutes away from McLeodganj. The (...)