Prayers replace Celebrations in Italy for Tibet
The Tibetan community of Italy yesterday observed a candle light vigil near the duomo of northern city of Milan on the occasion of the Tibetan New Year. This candle
Tibetans in Germany Cancel New Year’s Celebrations
Tibetans in exile in Germany will not host New Years celebrations this year. Instead, monks and supporters will commemorate the victims of last year’s riots
China rejects US rights report as interference
The report issued in Washington on Wednesday accuses China of stepping up cultural and religious repression of minorities in Tibet and elsewhere and increasing the detention and harassment of dissidents
Three set themselves on fire in central Beijing
Three people set themselves on fire in the heart of downtown Beijing on Wednesday, state media and a witness said, and city police said they appeared to have come to the capital to voice “personal complaints”
Bristol Tibetan community cancel their New Year celebrations
The usual festivities for Losar, the Tibetan New Year, have been cancelled by Tibetans around the world, and will instead be marked by acts of remembrance for those who have died and disappeared under the Chinese Occupation of their
UK Tibetans hold No Losar solidarity vigil
For the British people the thought of silence greeting Big Ben’s midnight chimes on New Year’s Eve is unthinkable, whilst the absence of fireworks over the Thames to welcome the beginning of another year would be unimaginable
Nepal Police arrest 7 more Tibetans fleeing Tibet
Nepal Police have arrested seven Tibetan nationals, including two women, who entered the country through Nepal-Tibet border at Tatopani and handed them over to the authorities in Kathmandu
A LOSAR GIFT FOR RANGZEN ACTIVISTS – Jamyang Norbu
Inside Tibet people have made the decision not to celebrate Losar this year. It appears to be not just an expression of sorrow for those Tibetan shot, tortured and imprisoned in last years uprising, but also an act of defiance against