Education or Indoctrination?
By Lodoe Gyatso / June 18, 2018
The Chinese government is “training” Buddhist monks and nuns “to strengthen their political beliefs” the official news site Global Times reported on June 4. The article said that these “facilitators” were chosen based on the “firmness of their political stance and competence,” and are expected to be ““reliable in politics read more →
Football: Not Just a Game for Tibetans
By Tenzin Samten / June 14, 2018
With the FIFA World Cup starting today, football fever has not only hit the world but also the exile Tibetan community. The Tibetan Men’s National Football Team in exile participated in theCONIFA 2018 World Cup in London, United Kingdom– an alternative “World Cup”for nations, minorities and regions who are not read more →
US State Department Condemns China’s Control over Religious Freedom in Tibet
By Asmita Bakshi / June 12, 2018
The International Religious Freedom Report 2017 was released by the United States State Department on May 29. The report is published annually and describes the status of religious freedom in every country, covering government policies which violate religious belief as well as US policies to promote religious freedom around the read more →
Release Tashi Wangchuk!
By Deepak Rana / June 12, 2018
Six United Nations Human Rights experts- five United Nations Special Rapporteurs and the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention –issued a statement on June 6 condemning the five-year jail sentence handed to Tashi Wangchuk, the32-year old Tibetan language activist, by a Chinese court for voicing his opinions onthe read more →
His Holiness Teaches Young Tibetans in Dharamshala
By Nivedita Nair / June 10, 2018
His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama conducted a three-day teaching aimed at Tibetan youth in Tsuglakhan, the main temple in Dharamshala, from June 6. He addressed an estimated 9,000 people, the majority college and high school students, together with 150 Thai monks from the Thai Dharma-Sala Charitable Society, around 2,000 read more →
Renewed Concerns Along India-Tibet Border
By Marvin Westerveld / June 5, 2018
China continues to expand its mining activities in south Tibetan border areas. According to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the relatively independent newspaper published in China, geological surveys have found large deposits of gold, silver and precious minerals in Lhunze county – a mere 15 kilometres read more →
Sustainability Practice
By Simon Cavendish, Marvin Westerveld and Amelia Rozelle / June 5, 2018
World Environment Day is held on the June 5 every year. The day gives us a chance to think about how we live – and whether it is sustainable or not. Sustainability means to develop in a way that does not negatively affect future generations. It means thinking about the read more →
Call for Unity at Middle Way Conference
By Mary Trewartha / May 30, 2018
Over 500 people have gathered for the first international conference on the Middle Way Policy (Umaylam) which is underway in Dharamshala. Members of the Tibetan parliament, representatives of various non-government organisations (NGOs), scholars and students are attending six-day conference which started on May 26. The conference aims to develop a read more →
His Holiness Meets Rangzen Conference Participants
By Deepak Rana / May 28, 2018
His Holiness the Dalai Lama granted an audience to the exiled Tibetans supporting the cause for an independent Tibet on the final day of the fifth International Rangzen Conference in Dharamshala. Rangzen, which is Tibetan for “freedom”, is the name of a movement which describes itself as a “loose network read more →
Tibetan Children Banned from Saka Dawa Festivals
By Tenzin Tso / May 25, 2018
The sacred month of Saka Dawa takes place in May and in Tibet the Chinese government has enforced a series of measures to prevent Tibetan children from taking part in the festival. A leaked document reveals an order issued by the Education Affairs Committee, the Municipal Peoples Government and the read more →