Secret Trial for Former Monk
By Tenzin Samten / August 4, 2022
Tenzin Tharpa, a former monk from Chaktse Township in Driru County in the traditional province of Kham, was arrested by the Chinese authorities in June 2020 for helping Tibetans send money to their families in India. There has been no information about his whereabouts since then and the Tibetan Centre read more →
Tsewang Rinchen Sentenced
By Tenzin Samten / July 31, 2022
Tsewang Rinchen, a Tibetan man from Rinpung county in Shigatse city near Lhasa, was sentenced to a year and six months jail term on July 16 by the Shigatse People’s court. Rinchen was accused of failure to comply with the local orders for nomads in the region to relocate to read more →
His Holiness Teaches In Ladakh
By Barkha Mathur / July 31, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan and Buddhist leader, gave a three-day teaching in the Himalayan region of Ladakh in the north of India on July 28-30. More than 70,000 people from across the region gathered at the Shewatsel Teaching Ground in Leh as His Holiness explained Shantideva’s read more →
His Holiness Promotes Human Values
By Tenzin Samten / July 29, 2022
His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed 3,000 students from 15 schools and colleges in and around Leh, the capital of Ladakh during his visit there this month. The students gathered in the teaching ground of the newly built Thiksey Library and Learning Centre at Thiksey Monastery where His Holiness had read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Engagements in Ladakh
By Tenzin Samten / July 27, 2022
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans and Buddhist across the world, participated in his first public engagement in Ladakh by going on a pilgrimage to the Jokhang, the principal Buddhist Temple in the centre of Leh, the Jama Masjid and Anjuman-e-Imamia mosques, Moravian Church in read more →
Tibetan Medicine Degrees get Recognition by Himachal Government
By Barkha Mathur / July 25, 2022
Medical degrees granted by the Sowa Rigpa College and Hospital of the Men-Tsee-Khang (or Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute) are now reognised by the government of Himachal Pradesh (HP) which has agreed to provide a no-objection certificate (NOC). This decision was taken by the HP Government earlier this month and read more →
Imprisoned Tibetan Activist Awarded
By Tenzin Samten / July 19, 2022
Anya Sengra, the imprisoned Tibetan environmentalist and human rights defender, and a respected Tibetan civil society leader has been awarded the seventh Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage. The award ceremony was held at the Tibetan Association of Northern California Community Centre in Richmond, California on July 12.The Tenzin Delek read more →
US Congress Promotes Tibet Conflict Resolution
By Barkha Mathur / July 19, 2022
A bipartisan Bill to strengthen the United States’ policy to promote dialogue between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and His Holiness the Dalai Lama towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Tibet and the PRC has been introduced in the US Congress. United States lawmakers Representative Michael McCaul, read more →
Rewards Given to Tibetans for Reporting on their Fellow Tibetans
By Staff Reporter / July 13, 2022
The Lhasa Municipality Public Security Bureau has circulated a notice offering rewards for Tibetans reporting on crimes “against state security” in order to “build an iron wall of stability”, reports the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Washington-based advocacy group, saying this initiative was issued ahead of His Holiness the read more →
Former Tibetan Political Prisoner dies
By Barkha Mathur / July 12, 2022
Former Tibetan political prisoner and revered monk Jigme Gyatso, 56, who was known for his resistance against the Chinese government in Tibet, died on July 2 at his home in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in China’s Gansu province. No cause of death has been given, but sources said he had read more →