UN Withdraws Tibetan Report from Website

Last Friday, the website of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) linking to the 41st session of the UN Committee Against Torture suddenly withdrew a Tibetan report after it was released on the site almost 10 days ago.

China reacts to Dalai Lama’s declaration over Tibet

China today urged the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to “fulfil his promises over Tibet” and said contacts with him over the proposed talks later this month were underway, according to a report by China’s state-run news agency

Chinese oppression ‘uniting Tibetans’

China’s campaign to clamp down on dissent and wipe out independence sentiments in Tibetan areas of the country is leading to what some experts are calling a new-found feeling of Tibetan unity and consciousness throughout the world

Thoughts on the future of Tibet

On the eve of the special meeting of the Tibetan people in Dharamsala, it seems a timely occasion to present to you some ideas about the future course of the Tibetan struggle. The task that lies ahead of us in the coming weeks until

Dalai Lama’s Surrender?

It wasn’t really surprising that the Dalai Lama finally announced this weekend that he’s given up on talks with China. But it’s pretty sad nonetheless. And it means that unless there’s a fundamental change in the PRC’s attitude toward

Tibetan Translators Plan New Guild

Western translators say they want to create a guild to share resources for the study and translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts, which have grown far more popular internationally in recent years