Tibetan exiles upset at Canadian PM’s reluctance to see Dalai Lama
Tibetan exiles have called on Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to meet the Dalai Lama on his upcoming visit to Ottawa, accusing the Canadian leader of bowing to pressure from China.
Holy? ‘Nonsense’
The man who many Buddhists regard as a living god walks into the room and, before sitting down, displays his famous sense of humour. ‘There’s a rumour going around Tibet that I have died,’ he says through an interpreter.
‘What the heck is going on in Tibet?’
In the summer of 1987, Tom Peosay, an NBC cameraman, went on what was intended to be a vacation, trekking in Nepal. Soon enough, it wasn’t. “It was really a fluke,” said Peosay recently.
Hunger Strike for Panchen rights
The North East Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NERTYC) today organized a 24-hour hunger strike at Court More, Siliguri, to stress the longstanding demand for religious education of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, at Tashi Lhunpo monastery.
China ups pressure on Tibetan monks over Panchen Lama
Chinese authorities in Tibet are conducting a systematic indoctrination campaign in a major monastery aimed at forcing Tibetan monks to accept a Panchen Lama chosen by Beijing, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.