Sikyong’s maiden visit to Sweden from 15-17 May was hosted by the Swedish organization for Individual Relief – Individuell Manniskohjalp (SOIR-IM). Upon his arrival at the Arlanda airport, Stockholm, he was received by Mr. Bo Paulsson, Secretary General of the Board of IM and Ms Sofio Olsson, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans living across world marked 17 May as the international solidarity for Tibet, with the Central Tibetan Administration urging the Tibetans in the free world to reinvigorate their efforts to fulfil the aspirations of their brethren for freedom in Tibet. The Central Tibetan (...)
Dharamshala: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a think-tank of the Central Tibetan Administration, yesterday released the revised version of its White Paper on Tibetan self-immolations on the occasion of International Tibet Solidarity Day. The White Paper titled ‘Why Tibet is Burning..’ explains (...)
Political parties pledge support for Parliamentary resolution on Tibet Guwahati, May 16, 2013: The 6-day lobby campaign in Assam concluded today at Guwahati following a press briefing by the Tibetan Parliamentary delegation at the Press Club of Guwahati. A 3-member Tibetan Parliamentary (...)
(Below is The Altantic’s exclusive interview with Dr Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong or democratically-elected Tibetan leader and political successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, during his recent visit to Norway. The Atlantic covers news and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, (...)
Press Release16 May 2013 We are deeply concerned about the so-called “face-lift project” that is currently underway in Barkhor and the old town area of Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Apparently, for this project China is investing 196 million US dollar to upgrade “infrastructure” in the old town of Lhasa. (...)
[Europeanvoice.com] By Edward Lucas The West must unite to resist Chinese bullying against those who meet Tibet’s leaders The Tibet season has opened again, with a dire warning to the British government that Prime Minister David Cameron’s temerity in meeting the Dalai Lama last year had blighted (...)
Le XVII Congrès de l’International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS) se déroulera à Vienne, en Autriche, du 18 au 23 août 2014. Le site de la conférence est : http://iabs2014.univie.ac.at/home/ A noter, une modification du format de la conférence, avec … Continuer la lecture (...)
[dalailama.com] MADISON: His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed the State Assembly and the Tibetan community during his visit to Madison, Wisconsin, on 14 May. Invited to address the Wisconsin State Legislature, His Holiness was introduced as someone who had included Madison in his first visit (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration will observe International Solidarity Day tomorrow on 17 May. The International Solidarity Day is being organised to symbolise international community’s solidarity with the aspirations of the Tibetan people inside Tibet who yearn for freedom and (...)