Tibetan Task Force to add new members, Discusses appointment of envoys
The two-day meeting of the Tibetan Task Force on Negotiations ended yesterday here in the exile headquarters, chaired by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people. CTA said the meeting reviewed the “deepening political crisis in Tibet, specifically the tragic spate of self-immolations.”
South zone Parliamentarians kick-off month long lobbying campaign
The month-long Solidarity with Tibet campaign has been formally launched in the south Indian state of Karnataka with the first in the series of planned meetings and lobbying campaigns with Indian dignitaries across the country. A Tibetan parliamentary delegation called upon Shri K.G. Bopaiah, the honorable Speaker of the Karnataka State Assembly
A Letter from the Thirteenth Dalai Lama by Bhuchung D. Sonam
2013, the Water-Snake year, marks a century since I made the proclamation of Tibet’s independence on the eighth day of the first month of the Water-Ox year. In the declaration I wrote, ‘Now the Chinese intention of colonizing Tibet under the patron-pri
Lodi Gyari: No progress in Sino-Tibet dialogue under Hu Jintao
Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, the former Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, said the stalled dialogue process with China failed to make much progress under the decade-long leadership of President Hu Jintao. He pointed out that prospects for negotiations in fact declined after Hu took over
New York Times reporter forced to leave China
A New York Times journalist has been forced to leave mainland China after his visa was not renewed, in an apparent act of retaliation for reporting about the family wealth of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao. Chris Buckley, a 45-year-old Australian who has worked as a correspondent in China since 2000