By Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times 5:00 AM PDT, June 6, 2013 “Fire in the Land of Snow,” a documentary examining the spreading phenomenon of self-immolation protests in Tibet, provides the latest troubling chapter in the history of a solitary population inhabiting the Himalayan highlands (...)
By Sui-Lee Wee BARMA, China | Thu Jun 6, 2013 (Reuters) – In March, a young Tibetan woman named Kalkyi began making frequent visits to a monastery in Barma, a township in China’s Sichuan Province. The slim, rosy-cheeked mother of four was a devout Tibetan Buddhist, a close relative says. But (...)
Press Release 6 June 2013 The Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteurs issued a joint communication on arbitrary detentions and rights to freedom of peaceful assembly at the 23th regular session of the UN Human (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration has approved 32% increase over the basic salary of CTA staff effective 1 April 2013. This is an interim relief for the CTA staff until the 5th Pay Commission is constituted. The CTA recently also pledged an increase in the monthly (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The newly-appointed Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Mr Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, visited the Tibetan community in Dharamshala today. He met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the morning at a private audience. Justice Khanwilkar was accompanied by the local Sub-divisional (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans in Dharamshala held a prayer service on 5 June to express solidarity with the Tibetan self-immolators especially Tenzin Sherab who burned himself on 27 May. The prayer service was organised by the Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The first Education Advisory Committee Meeting of Tibetan schools is being organised by Department of Education (DoE) of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala from 5-6 June. The meeting is being conducted as part of the 14th Kashag’s prioritisation of education and (...)
L’Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies à l’Université de Vienne, en Autriche, a mis à concours une position postdoc (enseignement et recherche). Profil souhaité : doctorat dans le domaine des études tibétaines et bouddhiques (ou apparenté), centré sur … Continuer la lecture (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Honourable Home Kalon Mrs. Gyari Dolma accompanied by Additional Secretary Mr. Chhimey Rinzin and Deputy Secretary Mr. Kunchok Dhundup met Mr. Jawed Habib regarding hair dressing training at ISTL Nelamangala in Bangalore on 3 June. Mr Jawed Habib gladly agreed to extend all his (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Governor Washington Jay Inslee expressed his deep concern for the situation in Tibet and hoped that the legitimate concern of the Tibetan people is addressed. Governor Inslee said this while interacting with Mr Tashi Namgyal, member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, during the (...)