China still has a human rights deficit
Nonetheless, I left Lhasa with many unanswered questions. How to build an effective system of rule of law that ensures fair access to justice? How to protect, rather than try to control, freedom of religion and
TIPA begins 50th Anniversary Tour in Netherlands
According to the International Performing Arts in the Netherlands, artistes of Dharamsala-based Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) began a “50th Anniversary Tour” in the country with a premier performance in
Barcelona hosts its first seminar on Tibetan Medicine and Astrology
Tibet House Foundation in Barcelona (Spain) organized its first ever seminar on ‘Tibetan Medicine & Astrology’ from 25th to 27th of September 2009. The seminar was attended by five eminent Tibetan doctors
Canberra Tibetans to protest anniversary party at Chinese Embassy: update
As Federal politicians and influential Australians arrive for the Chinese Ambassador’s reception on Tuesday, they will be greeted by members of Canberra’s Tibetan community holding a ten-metre “Free Tibet” banner at the entrance of the Chinese Embassy
Human-rights issues divide modern liberalism
Two Octobers ago, the Dalai Lama received the Congressional Gold Medal, one of America’s highest civilian honors, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked of a “special relationship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the United States
Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader who won’t slow down
At 74, the Dalai Lama keeps up a globe-trotting schedule that would tire anyone half his age and aides say it is impossible to slow him down.