Dalai Lama to attend Hiroshima peace symposium

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will attend an international peace symposium in Hiroshima in Japan. At the summit to be held in early November, the Dalai Lama will be joined by fellow Nobel peace laureates

Commentary manuscript lands Tibetan youth 10 years in prison

According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a 29-year old Tibetan youth, Dolma Kyab, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment term for writing and maintaining a commentary

Association of Sweater Sellers’ Unions in the Wings

If everything went according to plan, then various fraternities of Tibetan sweater sellers from across India will have formed an association by by mid-August, at a conference organised by the Finance Department of the Central Tibetan Administration

Internet companies under fire for aiding censorship

A new online campaign from Amnesty International and a far-reaching bill in Congress are increasing the pressure on three Internet giants — Microsoft, Yahoo and Google — to stop assisting China’s massive efforts to censor Internet use

China petition call to web users

Amnesty International is urging UK users of Yahoo, Microsoft and Google to e-mail the companies asking them to change the way they operate in China

Monk replaced due to illness

A Tibetan monk scheduled to speak in Hamilton next month has been diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche — an emissary of the Dalai Lama