China’s New Campaign for Hearts and Minds in Tibet
By Tenzin Samten / June 16, 2017
China has deployed a new way of concealing their suppression of human rights in Tibet which also aims to increase loyalty to the Party through their new campaign Four Emphases and Four Loves, according to a report on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) website. Sophie Richardson, the China Director of read more →
A Push for Canada to Endorse Tibetan Autonomy
By Sarah Parsons West / June 15, 2017
Canadian Parliamentarian (MP) Garnett Genuis has expressed his personal concern for oppressed Tibetans Speaking in the House of Commons on June 12 he implored the Canadian government to further their political support. This comes less than two weeks after the United States announced they would cut future aid for the read more →
Tibet Solidarity Rally in Geneva
By Natasha Hanson / June 14, 2017
A rally to show solidarity with the human rights situation in Tibet was held in Geneva, Switzerland on June 9. More than 1,000 supporters and speakers united, including those from Tibet and six European countries – Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. The Grand Tibet Solidarity rally was read more →
17th Karmapa Makes First Visit to Canada
By Lauren Chaplin / June 13, 2017
“Karmapa, Welcome to Canada” read a banner held by devotees at Toronto airport, welcoming the 17th Karmapa on his first ever visit to Canada. Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the head of the Karma Kagyu, a notable sub-school of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, has so far met members of read more →
His Holiness Wraps up Three day Teaching for Young Tibetans
By Tenzin Samten / June 8, 2017
His Holiness the Dalai Lama successfully concluded a three-day introductory teaching on Buddhism for young Tibetans, during which his message was that the responsibility to preserve Tibetan Buddhism falls on today’s youth. From June 5 to 7, young Tibetans from across the world, together with thousands of devotees, gathered at read more →
Miss Tibet 2017
By Tenzin Samten / June 5, 2017
The 15th Miss Tibet Pageant for exiled Tibetans wrapped up on June 4 – a three-day event in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala – home for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and seat of Tibetan Government-in-exile. The contest saw a record number of nine participants this year from India, United States and read more →
Zero US Aid for Tibetans
By Charlotte Wigram-Evans / May 31, 2017
The newly-elected American president Donald Trump has proposed calling a halt to Tibetan assistance from as soon as the start of 2018. The move reverses decades-old American policy of providing aid to the Tibetan community in order to protect their unique identity, and, furthermore, he wants other countries to follow read more →
Raising Support in the US
By Agnes Kugler / May 30, 2017
Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile – the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) – was in Washington DC in America for the first visit under the new United States’ Administration. Dr Sangay met members of the Congress from both parties. The CTA’s President spoke at the Heritage Foundation read more →
India’s Gem?
By Mary Trewartha / May 29, 2017
There are calls for India to confer the country’s highest civilian honour on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Bharat Ratna, which translates as “India’s Gem”. The movement has been gaining momentum since Shanta Kumar of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister first suggested it read more →
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s First Visit to the United Kingdom
By Marine Ragueneau / May 29, 2017
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, made his first visit to the United Kingdom this month. At 31 years old, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, a reincarnation lineage that dates back more than 900 years. His Holiness was born read more →