Democracy in Action
By Lodoe Gyatso / September 19, 2017
The results of a survey of the views of Tibetans with respect to democratic processes has been presented to Parliamentary representatives following a campaign to educate voters In July the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) and Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) organised a two-week campaign, Mangtso: Tibetan Democracy read more →
CTA President’s Visit to Mexico and United States
By Vasudha Bhatia / September 19, 2017
The President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, visited Mexico and the United States of America during September 2017. His four-day visit to Mexico was covered by the media extensively. He was featured on the cover of the Spanish Newsweek magazine. The cover story included an interview read more →
Systematic Attempt to Subvert Human Rights System
By Vasudha Bhatia / September 13, 2017
The international advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 96-page report, The cost of International Advocacy: China’s Interference in United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms, on September 5 in Geneva. The report starts with concerns about the apparent willingness of the United Nations to comply with China’s demands by restricting read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Appeals to Aung San Suu Kyi
By Jigme Wangchuk / September 13, 2017
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been entreated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to act against the persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Myanmar. The Buddhist leader, who is a Nobel peace laureate himself, said that Suu Kyi must speak up on the sectarian crisis and read more →
Tibetan Nomads Forced off their Land
By Lodoe Gyatso / September 11, 2017
Tibetan nomads in China’s northwestern Qinghai province are being forced to abandon their traditional grazing lands. Anyone found remaining in banned areas face stiff fines and jail sentences. The nomads in Golog prefecture’s Darlag county were given no reason for the move. It is customary for Tibetan nomads to release read more →
Tibetan athletes shine at the Chinese National Games
By Vasudha Bhatia / September 10, 2017
Three Tibetan athletes have out shone the opposition in the 13th National Games of China held in Tianjin, a port city in North-eastern China, from August 28 – September 9. Topgyal won a gold medal in the 10 km men’s run and Mingyur Nima won a bronze medal in the read more →
The Gift of Democracy
By Vasudha Bhatia / September 7, 2017
The 57th Tibetan Democracy Day was celebrated by Tibetans in exile all over the world and by those here in Dharamshala, on September 2. Democracy Day marks the anniversary of the day the first elected representatives took oath in 1960 to set up the democratic system of government for the read more →
Indian Citizenship for Tibetans
By Rohini Kejriwal / September 5, 2017
Since 1959, when the Dalai Lama was forced to flee Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese occupation, he sought asylum in India, and was accepted with open arms. The world figure and Tibetan spiritual leader has since had his residence in Dharamshala, which has also become a base for read more →
Tibetan Representatives at the Sharing Civic Experience Workshop in Taiwan
By Dorlo / September 4, 2017
Two members of staff from the Tibetan social work non-government organisation (NGO) Lha Charitable Trust, general secretary Dorji Kyi and Contact magazine editor Tenzin Samten, participated in a workshop entitled Sharing Civic Experience: NGO and Global Citizenship Education. The workshop was organised by the Global Education Centre at the National read more →
His Holiness’s Engagements in August
By By Jigme Wanchuk / August 27, 2017
With the Doklam standoff on-going between India and China, His Holiness the Dalai Lama engaged in both political and spiritual discourse this month. The Tibetan leader said that India and China must resolve their differences through dialogue instead of violence. His engagement in the dialogue between Russian and Buddhist scholars read more →