ELECTING THE NEXT KALON TRIPA
On this 48th anniversary of Democracy Day, Thubten Samdup, a former member of Tibet’s Parliament-in-exile, is calling on the international Tibetan community to prepare
Lone Tibetan Launches Search for Next Kalon Tripa
With 3 years remaining in office for the incumbent Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche the search is already on for his successor. A project to
India Okays Karmapa’s Visit to Border Areas
India has finally allowed the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorjee to visit areas close to China border, his aides told Indo Asian News Service
Tibet unrest looms in post-Dalai Lama era
A spell in hospital by the Dalai Lama highlights enormous complexities likely to arise when the 73-year-old Nobel
UNPO to host landmark conference on population transfer from Baltic and Tibetan perspectives
UNPO is to host landmark conference on 19 September 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia, on population transfer from Baltic and Tibetan perspectives
Olympic Torch Sheds Light on Occupation of Tibet
The Olympic torch was extinguished in Beijing, China, on August 24 at the end of the Games, along with an important chance to expose the repression of the Tibetan Buddhists to the world
Democracy Day in Kathmandu
Tibetan students toss offerings towards a portrait of Dalai Lama as they celebrate the 48th Tibetan Democracy Day in Kathmandu September 2, 2008.
REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar