Tibetan teacher detained for expressing joy at watching Dalai Lama’s recent clip
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 21: A Tibetan teacher in Tibet whose name is kept confidential for security reasons was reportedly arrested by Chinese authorities during the school’s morning assembly for expressing his joy at seeing a video clip of the recent incident of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s playful interaction with the young Indian […]
Tibetans engage in grassroots movements to support Dalai Lama
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 19: A multitude of grassroots movements have taken place over the past few days and chants of “Media Shame”, and #istandwithdalailama have rung loud as Tibetans across the world campaigned to condemn media houses and social media influencers who have twisted a playful interaction between His Holiness the Dalai Lama […]
Dalai Lama to attend international Buddhist conference in Delhi
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 19: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama departed Dharamshala earlier today from his residence here in McLeod Ganj to attend a two-day international Buddhist conference in the national capital to be held from 20 to 21 April. He is expected to make an appearance on the second day […]
TLA serves legal notice to media houses for misreporting on Dalai Lama incident
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 18: Dharamshala-based Tibetan Legal Association (TLA) on Monday served legal notices to the Indian news agencies Hindustan Times, NDTV, Times of India and India Today urging them to remove the defamatory articles and videos on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s playful interaction with a young Indian boy in February. […]
Two Chinese arrested for running secret Chinese police station in New York
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 18: Two Chinese nationals Liu Jianwang, 61 and Chen Jingping, 59, were arrested on allegations of running a secret police outpost in New York, the US Justice Department said Monday. Breon Peace, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said the men had engaged in “transnational repression […]
An Open Letter to Netizens
By Dr. Rigzin Lhundup A member of Tibetan Parliament in Exile Dear all Netizens, A warm greeting to all the netizens out there, I have an appeal to make concerning the on-going situation all across the world. But before that, I would like to share a fact which I am sure many of you will agree. We are living in the […]
Dalai Lama honoured with Scheherazade Foundation medal for propagating world peace
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 16: The foremost Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama was conferred the Scheherazade Foundation Gold Medal for his humanitarian efforts in advocating and promoting world peace and religious harmony on Friday. The Scheherazade Foundational Gold Medal Award was handed over to Representative Sonam Tsering at the Office of […]
China behind campaign to tarnish the image of the Dalai Lama, says former Tibetan MP
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 15: The widely circulated video of the Dalai Lama’s interaction with a young Indian boy at a public event is rigorously and maliciously tailored, tempered and edited for over a month by pro Chinese-sponsored cyber army, writes Lobsang Yeshi, a former Tibetan Parliamentarian, adding, “it was yet another vicious Chinese […]
The political angle cannot be ignored, says CTA Prez on the Dalai Lama smear campaign
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, April 14: The President of the exile Tibetan government, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration, Sikyong Penpa Tsering said that considering the scale and extent of the orchestrated smear campaign that twisted a playful banter between Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a young Indian boy, the […]
CCP’s new regulation to impose propaganda at all places of worship
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 13: The Chinese Communist Party’s new 2023 “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues” will make CCP propaganda at all places of worship mandatory, according to Bitter Winter. The revised provisions imposes CCP propaganda to be regulated at all places of worship, specifically targeting the ethnic minority regions such as Xinjiang, […]