Land Grab Profiteers
By Tenzin Samten / July 12, 2016
Tibetans in Riwoche county in Tibet Autonomous Region’s Chamdo Prefecture have become the latest victims of land grab inside Tibet at the hands of local Chinese officials. They are either forced to sell their land, which they have owned for generations, at a minimal cost or threatened with being put read more →
Worldwide Celebrations for His Holiness’s Birthday -UPDATED
By Tenzin Samten / July 7, 2016
Tibetans and Buddhist devotees all over the world gathered in large numbers to celebrate the 81st birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 6. His Holiness the Dalai Lama celebrated the day at Mungod Tibetan settlement in South India where he was joined by the leader and speaker read more →
Tibetan Film Director Hospitalised Following Abuse in Detention
By Tenzin Samten / July 6, 2016
The Film Directors Guild of China has demanded more information about the mistreatment of the Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden who was hospitalised after his detention by Chinese police at the airport in Xining city, causing concern to Tibetans in Tibet and worldwide. Pema Tseden, 45, was arrested at Xining airport read more →
Lady Gaga Blacklisted!
By Mary Trewartha / June 30, 2016
American pop sensation Lady Gaga has joined artistes Bon Jovi, Maroon 5, Oasis, Bjork and Selena Gomez along with Hollywood actors Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone and Director of Kundun, Martin Scorsese, in being banned from China because of her friendship with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 19 Day US Trip
By Vanshika Tripathi / June 29, 2016
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has visited five states in nineteen days during his United States tour this month. He left Dharamshala on June 10, arriving in the US to attend meetings, give teachings and to visit President Barack Obama. An audience consisting of 275 people was graced with His read more →
Focus on China’s HR Abuses at UN Council
By Meghna Prakash / June 27, 2016
The 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has begun, and China is at the forefront of the debate. In his opening statement Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced his concerns about China’s worsening human rights record. He gave numerous examples, read more →
Over 100 Women Protest against Government Land Grab
By Tenzin Samten / June 21, 2016
More than 100 Tibetan women took to the streets carrying a huge Chinese flag and blown-up photos of the country’s leaders to protest against the confiscation of farmland on June 13 and 14, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). The women from Gachoe village in Tibet’s Autonomous Region, gathered to read more →
UK Urged to Choose Morality Over Money and Confront China
By Charlotte Wigram-Evans / June 20, 2016
China’s dismal human rights record in Tibet must be discussed at the on-going session of the UN Human Rights Council, a group of British Parliament members has urged the UK government. MPs and Lords who make up the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet, (APPGT) wrote letters to both Foreign Secretary read more →
Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Honoured with the Democracy Service Medal
By Dorji Kyi / June 17, 2016
Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was awarded the Democracy Service Medal to honour his courageous work on June 15, 2016 by the National Endowment of Democracy (NED) in Washington. The late monk was a prominent Tibetan political prisoner and died in a Sichuan Chinese prison in 2015 under mysterious circumstances. He read more →
The Tibetan Democratic Accomplishment is Applauded
By Tenzin Samten / June 16, 2016
Tibetan Prime Minister or Sikyong, Dr Lobsang Sangay was honoured by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington on June 15 in recognition of the democratic accomplishments of the Central Tibetan Administration in exile (CTA). He was given a framed certificate with the United States preamble on one side, read more →