China refuses Australia investigative Tibet visit
China has refused to grant permission to an official Australian delegation from visiting Tibet, aimed at examining the reasons for the ongoing wave of self-immolations. China’s abject dismissal of Australia’s concerns over
Tibetan hunger striker undergoes surgery
Dhondup Lhadar, vice-president of Tibetan Youth Congress, who recently sat on a hunger strike in the Indian capital New Delhi, underwent surgery last evening. Doctors have said the surgery to remove stone build-up has been successful
Taiwanese offer long life prayers to the Dalai Lama
A group of Taiwanese disciples today offered a long life prayer ceremony (Tib: tenshug) to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The main long life prayers and supplications to His Holiness were offered by Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche