Nepali police arrest four Tibetans, Continue to hold Druptse’s body
Four Tibetans, including two elderly women, were arrested yesterday in Kathmandu by Nepali police on unknown charges. The arrests came exactly two weeks after a Tibetan monk, Drupchen Tsering (Druptse) set himself on fire protesting China’s occupation of Tibet in the Nepali capital on February 13. He passed away at a local hospital hours after his protest
Central University of Himachal Pradesh confers honorary degree on the Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was today conferred with Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Central University of Himachal Pradesh. In his address, the Dalai Lama congratulated the students and thanked the University of his home state for conferring the honorary degree.
Occupation and repression leading to self-immolations: Sikyong Sangay testifies
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, has blamed China’s occupation and repression of the Tibetan people for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet. He was testifying before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Canadian Parliament on February 26