His Holiness Teaches Love and Compassion
By Tenzin Samten / September 21, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a two-day teaching on Chandrakirti’s Entering the Middle Way at the request of a group of Southeast Asians at Tsuglakhang, the main temple in Dharamsala on September 15 and 16 to an audience of over 6,000 people from 57 countries, including 650 Buddhists from read more →
Tibetan Parliament Session Concludes
By Tenzin Samten / September 18, 2022
The fourth session, the general session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) was held for ten days from September 7 – 16 in Dharamshala, presided over by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering and attended by Sikyong (President) Penpa Tsering, Kalons (Ministers), members of the 17th Parliament read more →
Mass DNA Collection In Tibet
By Barkha Mathur / September 12, 2022
Chinese government authorities have been conducting a mass collection of DNA samples from local populations across the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). This includes kindergarten children whose blood samples have been collected without the consent of their parents, claims Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international non-governmental organisation based in USA, that read more →
Serving All Sentient Beings
By Tenzin Samten / September 10, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was offered Tenshug, the long life prayer ceremony, by five Tibetan organisations from India, Nepal and Australia, in the packed courtyard of Tsuglakhang, the main temple in Dharamshala, on September 7. Following the Tenshug prayer initiations led by many Rinpochés and abbots, His Holiness addressed read more →
Tibetan Political Prisoner Released Early
By Tenzin Samten / September 8, 2022
Pema Dhondup, a Tibetan from Amdo Labrang’s Sangchu County, was released from prison on August 31, before completing his prison term reports Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan service. He was charged with murder and sentenced to 12 years by the Chinese authorities for taking ownership of the body of Rinchen Dorjee, read more →
Prominent Tibetan Thangka Artist and Teacher Dies
By Tenzin Samten / September 8, 2022
Prominent Tibetan thangka painter Tenpa Rabten, 82, has died in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet on August 29, reports Radio Free Asia. Rabten was one of the artists who designed the imagery for the Tibetan currency notes used in Tibet before China’s invasion. He painted thangkas – the Tibetan read more →
US Senator Jon Ossoff Visits Tibetan Parliament
By Phurbu Lhamo / September 5, 2022
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Jon Ossoff visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) based in Dharamshala on September 3. TPiE’s Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering and other parliamentarians welcomed the Senator and the delegation was briefed about the functioning and composition of the TPiE and other issues related read more →
Drichu River Runs Dry
By Barkha Mathur / August 31, 2022
Parts of the freshwater Drishu River [Ch: Yangtze] have run dry in the drought and heatwave in China. The river’s water levels have decreased to almost a half of its normal volumn, this has not only impacted hydropower, shipping routes and trade in the country but has also put drinking read more →
Two Monks Sentenced
By Tenzin Samten / August 29, 2022
Two Tibetan monks, Tenzin Dhargay and Rigtse, were sentenced to over three years by the Sershul County’s People’s Court in June this year after being detained incommunicado for almost a year, said a press statement issued by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. Tenzin Dhargay was sentenced to read more →
Monk Detained and Tortured
August 28, 2022
A Tibetan monk named Tseta, 25, was detained and tortured in an undisclosed location by the Chinese authorities for about seven months on charges of taking and sharing photos of Tenzin Sherab, a 33 year old Tibetan nomad who self-immolated in May 2013, reports the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights read more →