Exile Tibetan leadership launches solidarity campaign in Delhi
On the eve of the four-day Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign in New Delhi, the speaker of the Tibetan Parliament and the de facto Tibetan prime minster today jointly addressed a press conference at the Press Club of India here. Over 100 media personnel attended the conference which began with the screening
China begins self-immolation trial, Makes more arrests
A Chinese court in eastern Tibet began trial on two Tibetans, including a monk of the Kirti Monastery, on alleged crimes of inciting self-immolations in the Ngaba region. China’s official Xinhua news agency on January 26 cited a statement issued by the Intermediate People’s Court of Aba Prefecture as saying
China begins self-immolation trial, Makes more arrests
A Chinese court in eastern Tibet began trial on two Tibetans, including a monk of the Kirti Monastery, on alleged crimes of inciting self-immolations in the Ngaba region. China’s official Xinhua news agency on January 26 cited a statement issued by the Intermediate People’s Court of Aba Prefecture as saying
China forms new county in Nagchu, Tibet
China announced the creation of a new county in the Nagchu region of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region last week. The decision to upgrade the earlier Tsonyi ‘Special District’ (Shuanghu) to Tsonyi county was taken by China’s State Council as reported by China’s official Xinhua news agency.
New book on the life and work of the 10th Panchen Lama released
A new book on the 10th Panchen Lama Lhundrup Choekyi Gyaltsen was released earlier today in the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala, coinciding with his 24th death anniversary. The book release was attended by former Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Kashag Secretary Ven. Yuthok Karma Gelek
Political repression, cultural assimilation trigerring Tibet immolations: White paper
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, today released a research publication explaining the fundamental reasons behind the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet and the alarming escalation in the protests witnessed in the past few months. The white paper titled ‘Why Tibet is Burning’