O’dho and Apha Bhomo: A Revolution in Making
Tibetan People’s Movement is organizing a candle light vigil and signature campaign in Dharamsala, India, on 28 August 2007 for the immediate release of O’dho, Apha Bhomo, Rongye Adak and Adruk Lopo. There will also be an
Madras Tibetan students stage day-long fast against 2008 Beijing Games
Tibetan Students Association of Madras (TSAM) staged a One Day Hunger Fast on Saturday for “Free Tibet” and “World Peace”. The students’ group condemned the 2008 Games in China
Thai court jails Indian trader of endangered Tibetan antelope wool
Tibetan antelopes have been hunted for their wool as far as anyone can remember but today’s poachers are much more indiscriminate than in the past, killing even pregnant deer, said Traffic International
Despite repression, Buddhism still alive in Tibet
In Tibet, simply having the Dalai Lama’s picture can be enough to earn a jail term. During the tumult of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, Maoist zealots rampaged across Tibet, smashing Buddhist statues
Olympians must speak out on China
This time the Jews are not the victims. Rather, China’s victims are the 1.2 million Tibetans who have died as a result of Beijing’s invasion of the previously independent Buddhist nation.
New local administrative structure for Kathmandu Tibetans initiated
After the Office of the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which previously administers the welfare of Tibetans living in Nepal, was forced to shut down by the Nepalese Government in late 2005
Tibetan traditions take center stage in Seattle
Khamshitsang was 7 or 8 when he escaped with neighbors from his nomadic village near the town of Gapa, Tibet, leaving his parents and two younger siblings behind. There are about 300 Tibetans in Seattle
There’s never been a better time to protest China’s actions
Activists have ample reasons to be concerned about Tibet right now. Beijing officials are clamping down on Tibetans who sympathize with the Dalai Lama at an alarming rate. Chinese government planners have exerted great