DHARAMSHALA: Expressing her deep concern over the grim situation in Tibet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said “China has to examine and address the grievances of the Tibetans”. Responding to questions on BBC’s World Have Your Say programme on Friday about the UN’s inability to engage China (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The first ever meeting of Tibetan Settlement Officers in Himachal Pradesh held with the concerned department heads of the Government of Himachal Pradesh was chaired by the Chief Secretary. The meeting was called on mainly to discuss and request for consideration and assistance on (...)
[BBC / 28 June 2013] The Chinese government has issued a strong denial of reports that its long-standing ban on openly worshipping the Dalai Lama has changed. It comes after reports that restrictions on worshipping the Dalai Lama had been eased in some areas. In a statement to the BBC, the (...)
SHIMLA: The Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration today organised the first working meeting of Tibetan settlement officers in Shimla. The meeting was called on to discuss the key problems faced by the settlement officers. Kalon Gyari Dolma, who is on a three-day visit from 28 (...)
By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING | Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:34am IST BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials have lifted a ban on Tibetan monks displaying photographs of the Dalai Lama at a prominent monastery, a rights group said on Thursday, an unexpected policy shift which could ease tensions in the (...)
June 28, 2013 Dharamsala: In a strong show of support for immigration reform, the United States Senate voted 68-to-32 on June 27, 2013 and passed an immigration reform bill that the New York Times, echoing the views of many, characterized as the “most significant overhaul of the nation’s (...)
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 (...)