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Hundreds of Czech town halls to support Flag for Tibet initiative
The Flag for Tibet initiative traditionally takes place on 10 March. (ČTK) Prague, March 10 (CTK) – Town halls across the Czech Republic, including in Prague and Plzen, west Bohemia, hoisted the Tibetan flags yesterday to remember the 55th anniversary of the anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet in which at least read more →
Nepal tightens security ahead of Tibetan Uprising Day
[IANS] KATHMANDU: Security has been tightened around major Tibetan refugee settlements in Nepal ahead of Monday’s Tibetan Uprising Day anniversary, officials said Sunday. This would be the 55th anniversary of the uprising. Police said hundreds of security personnel in uniform and plain clothes have been deployed in Kathmandu’s Boudha, Swoyambhunath and Jawlakhel read more →
Founder of Tibet’s Communist Party makes a final plea for Dalai Lama’s return
By Patrick Boehler, South China Morning Post The founder of Tibet’s Communist Party has pleaded with the Chinese central government to allow the return of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to his homeland in an autobiography soon to be published in Hong Kong. New Century Press, which published disgraced read more →
The Dalai Lama And The Cult Of Dolgyal Shugden
By Robert Thurman, The Huffington Post Ever since 1997, when, according to detailed Indian police investigations, pseudo- monks who infiltrated to Dharamsala from China murdered the Venerable Lobsang Gyatso, a noted lama close to the Dalai Lama, and his two young disciples, the cult of the Dolgyal-Shugden spirit has been read more →
Statement of Tibetan American Community on Shugden Group’s Security Threat to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
March 2, 2014 We the elected members of Tibetan Parliament in Exile from North America and Tibetan Associations of North America are gravely concerned by recent events that took place during the current visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the United States. While thousands of fellow Americans celebrated read more →
Tibetans-in-exile mark New Year by offering prayers
Dharamsala, Mar 4. (ANI): Tibetans in-exile in Dharamsala celebrated ‘Losar’, the Tibetan New Year on Sunday, and pledged to uphold the cultural ethos and traditional values of humility, integrity and resilience. Tibetan monks were seen playing musical instruments and praying to mark the New Year. Penpa Tsering, speaker of Tibetan read more →
Tibetan political leader seeks official Canadian visit to region
Lobsang Sangay, leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, is calling on Ottawa’s religious freedom envoy to visit Tibet. (Dave Chan For The Globe and Mail) [The Globe and Mail] By JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile has called on Canadian officials to visit the contested Chinese region, saying that a large read more →
For Tibetan refugees, B.C.’s mountainous Lower Mainland feels a little like home
[The Globe and Mail] By Justin Giovannetti VANCOUVER: It was a suggestion in 2007 by the Dalai Lama to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that led 27-year-old Gyaltsen Yontan to a sleepy subdivision in Port Coquitlam. Tibetan refugee Gyaltsen Yontan, 27, is studying English in North Burnaby, B.C.(Rafal Gerszak For The read more →
Tibetan Feelings Hurt by Shugden Protests in California
[Tibetan Association of Northern California] We, the members of Tibetan Community Associations of Northern California and Los Angeles, have been dismayed by the behavior of a small group of people shouting insults at His Holiness the Dalai Lama during his recent visit to California. Many of them appear to have read more →
Dam building in Tibet increasing earthquake risks
[thethirdpole.net] By Yunnan Chen An increase in the number and severity of earthquakes on the Tibetan plateau raises fresh concerns about dam building plans in the region A young girl left homeless after the devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in 2010, killing thousands of people read more →
The Dalai Lama and Tibetan Religious Freedom
By Bhuchung K Tsering On this day, February 27, in 2009, Tapey, a Tibetan monk, committed self-immolation in Tibet and since then 127 Tibetans have self-immolated in different parts of Tibet and China, with the common message of yearning for the return of their revered leader, His Holiness the Dalai read more →
Dalai Lama’s representative to raise Tibetan flag at the Guildhall in Northampton
[Northampton Newspaper] Written by NICHOLAS BIEBER The Dalai Lama’s representative will be in Northampton next week to raise the Tibetan flag. Thubten Samdup will join Mayor Les Marriott and Mayoress Lisa Marriott for the event at the Guildhall on Tuesday at midday. Caroline Scattergood, a Free Tibet campaigner, said there read more →
Beijing’s less ‘fire-breathing’ response to Obama-Dalai Lama meet reveals shift in US-China ties
[AFP] US boldness in challenging Beijing coupled with China’s less tough reaction mark how much the two powers value their relationship President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) When the read more →
Spanish court demands answers from Hu Jintao on Tibetan genocide allegations
[South China Morning Post] By Patrick Boehler Spanish court serves arrest warrant and barrage of questions to former Chinese president Former Chinese president Hu Jintao. Photo: AFP A Spanish judge has submitted 48 questions to former Chinese president Hu Jintao, giving him the chance to respond to charges of genocide read more →
Obama-Dalai Lama meet ‘powerful message’: Tibet PM in exile
[AFP] Washington — President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama sent a “powerful message” with the two leaders discussing human rights, Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile said Friday after the White House talks. “It sends a very powerful message to Tibetans inside Tibet because it gives them a sense of hope read more →