Tibetan man killed at a Chinese restaurant in France
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 14: The Tibetan community in France is enraged at the brutal murder of a Tibetan man named Tsultrim who was allegedly stabbed to death by his Chinese employer at a restaurant in northern French town of Saint-Léonard on Monday. The diasporic community has since expressed outcry and grief over the […]
Lhasa police offers monetary reward to report dissent
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 12: The Lhasa Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice that offered rewards for Tibetans to report dissent, two days prior to July 6 birthday celebrations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with incentives up to 300,000 Chinese Yuan ($44,840). The 12-point notice detailed various “scopes of reporting” to the […]
Tibetan leadership mourns the death of Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 12: Following the assassination of the former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, the exiled Tibetan leaders have expressed grief over his death on Friday. Hours after the news of Abe’s assassination surfaced, the exiled leader His Holiness the Dalai wrote to Abe’s wife to express his condolences, “I am deeply saddened to […]
India snubs Chinese remarks over Modi’s greetings to Dalai Lama
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 8: China has criticized Indian PM Narendra Modi’s greetings for the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his 87th birthday on Wednesday. Tibetans in Dharamshala celebrated his birthday here in the exile diaspora’s capital as wishes for the Tibetan leader poured in from world leaders and Indian […]
Young Tibetan woman killed in a bus attack in Toronto
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 7: In a horrifying incident of brutality, a young Tibetan woman in her 20s has reportedly succumbed to her injuries after battling for her life in the hospital for weeks. She was set on fire on a moving bus by a 33-year-old Tibetan man named Tenzin Norbu on June 17 […]
Tibetan exiled leader H.H. the Dalai Lama turns 87
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 6: The highest Buddhist spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned 87 on Wednesday, marking his birthday from his residence here in Dharamshala. The octogenarian leader told the Central Tibetan Administration delegation alongside heads of monasteries that the “truth [has] always been on our side” at gathering on his […]
Tibetans enraged over the death of former political prisoner Jigme Gyatso in Gansu
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 5: The former political prisoner Jigme Gyatso, also known as Labrang Jigme, who was arrested multiple times in the last decade resulting in numerous injuries, has reportedly died at his residence in Gansu on July 2. The cause of the 56-year-old’s death remains unknown but his poor health since his release […]
CONIFA Women’s Cup 2022 kickstarts in India
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 1: The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) in collaboration with Tibetan National Sports Association (TNSA) is set to launch the first CONIFA Women’s Cup from 1-6 July at Paonta Sahib in India. “This Cup was actually supposed to be held at Romania first but because the pandemic, it was […]
Tibetan artist among National Heritage Fellowship recipients of 2022
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, June 30: The co-founder and artistic Director of Chaksam-pa, Tsering Wangmo Satho has been awarded the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship 2022 by the National Endowment of the Arts of the USA. The distinguished fellowships by NHF are the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts. “Each year since 1982, the program recognizes […]
China sentences Tibetan student for 3 years on espionage charges
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, June 30: Chinese authorities have reportedly sentenced a university student named Nyima this month for contacting Tibetans in exile, according to a latest report by Radio Free Asia. The student at Sichuan’s Gehoe National University was arrested in January on charges of espionage. “[He] was sentenced on June 5 to three […]