Snickers urged to withdraw sponsorship from 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 1: A coalition of 200 campaign groups urged the CEO of Snickers, Grant F. Reid, to immediately cancel its sponsorship of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games in an open letter on Wednesday. The public letter comes after Snickers failed to respond to a private letter in January, following the announcement […]
Opinion: Dalai Lama is still the “emperor” of Tibetan hearts
By Vijay Kranti 31st March 2021 is the 62nd anniversary of Dalai Lama’s daring escape from Tibet Many times, the direction of events taking on a special moment in the life an individual can give a new direction to the history and the destiny of nations. Dalai Lama’s dramatic escape to India on 30th March […]
Dalai Lama wishes Indian Prez for successful surgery
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Mar. 31: His Holiness the Dalai Lama wished the President of India Ram Nath Kovind a speedy recovery after the latter underwent a successful bypass surgery, the Tibetan leader’s private office said on Wednesday. Referring to the President as his “old friend”, the octogenarian Tibetan leader wrote, “I pray for your […]
China’s annual ‘two sessions’ meeting continues to aim for assimilation in Tibet, say ICT
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Mar. 30: China held the annual “two sessions” meeting of National People’s Congress (NPC) and the political advisory body of the People’s Political Consultative conference from March 4 to 11, 2021. The meetings saw Beijing release preliminary details of the 14th Five-Year Plan, where delegation from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) including […]
Opinion: The Tibetan Justice Commission Conundrum
Separating the wheat from the chaff By Tsering Wangyal On Thursday, 25th March 2021, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) impeached the Chief Justice Commissioner and the other two commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC) via a quick floor test. Many called this event a constitutional crisis, a ‘hurried decision’, ‘political vendetta’ and […]
Parliament’s removal of the Chief Justice and two Justice Commissioners is as unwise as it is unjust
By Kyinzom Dhongdue/ Member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile 29 March 2021 We are living in a time of great upheaval that brings both challenges and opportunities for Tibet. China’s relationship with world governments has evolved dramatically since 2020. Covid-19 safety concerns, although genuine, should not have prevented our Parliament from meeting last year and debating on […]
Opinion: A dark day in Tibetan Exile Democracy
By Lobsang Gyatso Sither March 25th, 2021 was a dark day in the evolution of Tibetan Exile Democracy when one pillar of Democracy, the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission(TSJC) was dismantled and removed within 1:31hrs (1 hour and 31 minutes) out of which the reading of the resolution by the Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament […]
Tibetan judges deny wrong doing, say TPiE “not above the law”
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Mar. 25: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC) on Friday denied any violation of the charter, the prime cause cited by the Tibetan Parliament in Exile in their removal. “We haven’t violated any law. I think it is important for the TPiE Speaker Pema Jungney and 11 MPs in the Parliamentary […]
Caricature: The Avengers have assembled and overthrew the Justice league.
Tibetan parliament votes out three top judges of apex court
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Mar. 25: In an unprecedented floor test, the Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) on Thursday voted out the Chief Justice and two Commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC). Many have said that the move is undemocratic with some even labelling it as a “constitutional crisis”. Following the introduction of […]