European Parliament to host Tibet seminar
With an escalating crisis in Tibet, the members of the European Parliament from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) will host a seminar ‘Tears of Tibet’ at the European Parliament in Brussels on 10 April. According to the ALDE, the conference aims to review EP’s action for a peaceful solution
Dalai Lama congratulates Tutu on winning Templeton
The Tibetan Spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated his friend Desmond Tutu on winning the Templeton Prize 2013 on Monday. Speaking to Hindustan Times at the Gagal Airport in Kangra before leaving for Europe, the Dalai Lama said “I am very happy” and that Tutu was not only a religious leader
China arrests a Tibetan monk in Sershul
The Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained a Tibetan monk yesterday for carrying out a protest in Kardze region of Sershul County in Eastern Tibet. According to Jampa Yonten, a monk from Sera Monastery in South India, who has close contacts in the region, twenty-year-old Thapgay