Himalayan Standoff Sparks a Media Storm
By Ben Byrne / August 10, 2017
Speculation is rife in the media that World War III is about to break out due to a standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on the Doklam plateau – an area at the confluence of Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim, it is disputed territory normally recognised as Bhutanese but claimed by read more →
Renowned School for the Visually Impaired in Tibet to Close
By Jigme Wangchuk / August 7, 2017
The Chinese government has issued a directive which may lead to the shutdown of a renowned school for the blind in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which is located inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). The Braille Without Borders preparatory school for the blind was established by Sabriye Tenberken and read more →
Self-immolation in Mcleod Ganj UPDATED
By Tenzin Samten / August 3, 2017
Passang Dhondup, 48, a wood painter at Norbulingka Institute in Sidhpur near Dharamshala, died on July 29 in a self-immolation protest against the illegal Chinese occupation of Tibet. He died at around 3pm at Lhagyal Ri on the Kora – the circumambulation path around His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s residence read more →
Dharamshala self-immolator Identified
By Mary Trewartha / August 1, 2017
Reports are coming in that a Tibetan man, Passang Dhondup, aged in his forties, has died as a result of burning in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala on July 29. It appears that he set fire to himself while alone at Lhagyal Ri on the Kora – the circumambulation path around His read more →
Three Day Teaching on Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
By Tenzin Samten / August 1, 2017
His Holiness the Dalai Lama concluded his series of teachings in Ladakh with a three-day teaching, Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life at the Shiwatsel teaching ground which started on June 28 and was attended by over 40,000 people. His Holiness explained that he was taught the guide to read more →
International Debut for the Tibetan Women‘s Soccer Team
By Sarah Weber / July 31, 2017
This month the Tibetan women’s soccer team became the first female Tibetan team in any sport to compete internationally. On July 7 the squad of exiles, composed of 14 young women mostly aged between 18 and 20 and all refugees living in either India or Nepal, participated in the Vancouver read more →
Congressional committee to restore US aid for Tibetans
By Lauren Chaplin / July 28, 2017
The United States Congress has approved a bill to restore US funding for Tibet. This decision represents a U-turn by US President Trump’s administration which made moves in its May budget to slash aid to Tibetans by 2018. The House Appropriations Committee, a body of the US Congress, approved the read more →
No Sign of an End to Border Tensions
By Ben Byrne / July 20, 2017
A trip scheduled annually for Indian and Nepalese journalists to travel to Tibet has been cancelled by Chinese authorities following border disputes between China and India in the Dokklam area in Sikkim and Bhutan. Beijing has also ordered the suspension of the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route through the Nathu La read more →
His Holiness Draws the Crowds in Ladakh
By Rebecca Wilk / July 18, 2017
Thousands of people from around the world gathered in Ladakh for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s four-day series of public teachings beginning on July 11. The first teachings were held at Disket Monastery in the Nubra Valley and were based on the middle volume of Kamalashila’s The Stages of Meditation read more →
Religious Freedom in Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / July 18, 2017
A seminar on freedom of religion in Tibet was held in the United States by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. The hearing took place on July 12 to coincide with the second anniversary of the death of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche – a well known religious leader in Tibet read more →