HURON refutes the recent news of deportation of six Tibetans
DHARAMSHALA, September 10: The news of six Tibetans getting deported to China by Nepal border police on September 5th has been refuted by the vice-president of Human Rights organization of Nepal (HURON). “It seems to be a case of a miscommunicated rumour and there is no confirmation.” The report said Tibetans arrested in Legme were […]
Tibetan writer in Asia Meets Asia-2019
DHARAMSHALA, SEPT 11: Tibetan writer and poet, Bhuchung D Sonam, is taking part in Asia Meets Asia (AMA) 2019 that is being held in Tokyo this month. “The subject matter of this year’s Asia Meets Asia is the state of ‘refugees’ around the world , which is explored through a performance called Drifters: Unbearable Dreams […]
CTA begins lobby for a revised Tibet Policy Act at Washington DC
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 10: The President of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration, Dr. Lobsang Sangay on Monday engaged with diplomats at the Capitol hill in Washington to lobby and touch bases for a revised and updated Tibet Policy Act, the first significant bill on Tibet that was passed into law […]
ATC’s 8th Tibet Lobby Day seeks to legislate access to Tibet
DHARAMSHALA, September 10: The eighth round of Tibet lobby day of Australian Tibet Council (ATC) today sought to get reciprocal access to Tibet bill introduced in the Federal Parliament of Australia. Sixteen young Tibetans from across the continent spent three days in Canberra getting trained for the first two days and meeting close to 50 […]
Nepal border police hand over six Tibetan refugees to China
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 9: Nepal border police on Thursday arrested six Tibetan refugee escapees and handed them over to Chinese police, Radio Free Asia reports. A trader who witnessed the incident said the Tibetans crossing over the border on foot were caught at Legme, handcuffed and taken to the police station in Simikot, the administrative headquarter of Humla […]
Dialogue the means to resolve Hong Kong crisis: Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 9: Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that he is “worried” about the turmoil and the ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, and urged dialogue while dealing with the crisis that has gone on for more than three months. Speaking to Taiwan’s Hakka TV recently, the Dalai Lama said that […]
Ngaba monk sentenced to three years in jail on unknown charges
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 6: A monk from the Kirti monastery in the restive Ngaba town in Sichuan Province of occupied Tibet’s Amdo region has been sentenced to three years in jail on unknown charges after being held incommunicado for more than a year. Lobsang Dorjee was sentenced on 3 September, following his detention since July 2018, […]
Tibetans in Netherlands urge govt. to raise Tibet in its China memorandum
DHARAMSHALA, September 6: Tibetans in Netherland called on spokespersons for political parties to put Tibet in the round table discussion agenda on the China memorandum as the parliamentary session begins on 9 September. Members of Tibetan community are set to gather at Het plein, Den Haag, near the House of Representatives on Monday when Tsering […]
Photo Exhibition on Tibet at UQ met with opposition from Chinese students
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 5: Gu-Chu-Sum association-led photo exhibition on Tibet at the University of Queensland (UQ) saw a group of Chinese students objecting and calling it “harmful to China,” on Tuesday. Drew Pavlou, a student leader who had fought against Chinese influence in the campus tweeted his indignation, “Nationalist students surround two Tibetan demonstrators at UQ. […]
I-League’s Real Kashmir FC signs Tibet’s No.1 goalie Tenzin Samdup
DHARAMSHALA, Sept. 5: Tibetan National football team’s No.1 goal keeper and formerly with I-League champion Chennai City FC, Tenzin Samdup has signed with Real Kashmir FC on a permanent deal on September 1. Samdup is one of the two Tibetans who have played in the top Indian domestic football league. Karma Tsewang from Kollegal Dhondenling […]