Obituary: Tibetan ‘Super-Mum’ Orphanage Pioneer Lost to COVID-19 in Switzerland
By Morris Tennyson A Tibetan girl orphaned while fleeing the 1959 uprising who later returned to care for abandoned children in Tibet died on Sunday 3 May in Switzerland from COVID-19. Tendol Gyalzur established the first private orphanage in Tibet just outside Lhasa in 1993, later setting up another orphanage in the Kham region’s Gyalthang […]
Chinese nationals facing charges after scuffle with police in Nepal
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 11: Four Chinese nationals are facing ‘indecent behaviour’ charges for attacking the police after Chinese protestors asking for passage back to their homes got physical with the police in Kathmandu on Friday. 47 Chinese nationals stranded in Nepal due to the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown staged a demonstration in front of […]
Indian and Chinese troops clash in Ladakh and Sikkim border
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 11: Border tensions flared up as two incidents of face-off between Indian and Chinese troops escalated in Eastern Ladakh on May 5, and another at Naku la, Sikkim, on Saturday. Both the incidents of hand-to-hand combat and stone-pelting have left several soldiers on both sides injured. Sources said that the […]
Opinion: Humanity should not be a ‘dead’ species
By Tenzin Jampa In commemoration of the 31st Birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama 17 May 1995. It was like any other day for him. He was happy. After all, he had been running around the grasslands and playing with the animals. He returned back to his home to eat Tsampa which his mother […]
CTA announce 50 Lakh rupees Covid-19 emergency support fund
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration on Thursday announced ‘Covid-19 emergency support fund’ of 50 lakh rupees for Tibetans in distress across India and Nepal. “The distress relief fund is to support those Tibetans who are stranded outside their settlements and those who have […]
Former-political prisoner dies due to denial of medical care
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: A former Tibetan political prisoner who was released last year after completing a four-year prison term, died on Thursday at his home because local Chinese authorities barred him from seeking timely and proper medical care, rights group Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. Choekyi, 43, died at […]
Chinese officials target Tibetans with family ties in Exile
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 8: Chinese authorities have targeted between 4,000 and 5,000 households in Tibet who have family ties to exile in India, Nepal and other countries outside Tibet, reported Tibet Watch on Wednesday. Dingri County in Shigatse City became one of the first places in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) where these […]
159 Organizations urge UN to press China for the release of 11th Panchen Lama
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 7: 159 organizations submitted a joint petition to the United Nations (UN), Geneva to hold China accountable for the disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his entire family, after 25 years of his enforced disappearance. The joint petition was addressed to Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Antonio […]
A-nya Sengdra’s appeal hearing postponed indefinitely
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 6: A Tibetan anti-corruption activist and community leader, A-nya Sengdra’s second appeal at the Golok Intermediate People’s Court has been postponed indefinitely, Dharamshala based rights group, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said Monday. TCHRD expressed concerns over the “uncertainty” of the case of activist A-nya Sengdra and his […]
Dalai Lama to give first teaching since Covid-19 pandemic
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, May 6: The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama who has not made any public appearances since late January will give a two-day public teaching online from May 16-17, his office announced Wednesday. “At the request of individuals and groups from around the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama […]