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09 May 2013
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Tibetan MPs take lobbying campaign to Sikkim, Meet senior leaders
 Exiled Tibetan parliamentarians met with senior leaders of the Indian state of Sikkim, which shares its borders with Tibet, as part of a nation-wide lobbying campaign to highlight the ongoing crisis inside Tibet. The three-member Tibetan Parliamentary delegation
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08 May 2013
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Tibetan monk released on “medical emergency”
 Chinese authorities have released a jailed Tibetan monk of the restive Nyatso Zilkar Monastery in Tridu, eastern Tibet, before the expiration of his prison term due to “medical emergency.” Sonam Yingyen, 44, was released “on an unknown date last month
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UK refuses to kowtow to China’s pressure
 Refusing to bow down to pressure from China, the United Kingdom has made it clear that the country will make its own decision on who they meet. This comes after Beijing demanded a public apology from the UK following Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with the Dalai Lama last year.
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07 May 2013
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US directly accuses China of cyberespionage
 The United States has for the first time directly accused China’s military of cyberespionage in a report published by the Pentagon on Monday. The Pentagon has charged China’s military of attacking American government computer systems and defense contractors
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06 May 2013
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Tibetan writer released in serious health condition
 Chinese authorities have released another Tibetan political prisoner, Jigme Gyatso, who is being described in serious health condition, from the Lanzhou city Prison No. 1 on April 27. The 28-year-old Tibetan writer and activist was released at the completion
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The Dalai Lama leaves for US visit
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his exile hometown of Dharamshala, north India, for a fortnight’s visit of the United States of America on Sunday. The Dalai Lama has been invited by various universities, colleges
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04 May 2013
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Xi a ‘predator of freedom of information’
 China’s new president, Xi Jinping has been named as a “predator of freedom of information” by the global press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders. Coinciding with World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the group released its updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information
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03 May 2013
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Another Tibetan prisoner comes out of jail in poor health
 A Tibetan prisoner is reported to be in poor health following his release at the completion of his 21-year prison term. Chinese authorities in Tibet released Lodoe Gyatso, 52, from the notorious Chushul prison near the Tibetan capital city Lhasa on May 2
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The Dalai Lama among FP’s 500 Most Powerful People on Planet
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been named by the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine in its list of the 500 most powerful people on the planet. The Dalai Lama’s name features alongside some of the most powerful and richest people
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02 May 2013
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Second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Tibet
Over 500 cattle heads have been culled in the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Tibetan capital region of Lhasa in central Tibet. China’s state news agency Xinhua in a report today said the National Foot-and-mouth Disease Reference Laboratory confirmed
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01 May 2013
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Religious freedom in Tibet worst in a decade: Report
 A new report has placed China among the “most egregious violators” of religious freedom in the world and has found that religious freedom conditions in Tibet are “worse now than at any time over the past decade.” The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
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30 April 2013
26 April 2013
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French President raises Tibet with Xi
 French President Francois Hollande, who on Thursday became the first western leader to meet China’s new President Xi Jinping in Beijing, said his talks touched upon the issue of Tibet where as many as 117 known cases of self-immolations have occurred.
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25 April 2013
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Tibetans remember the 10th Panchen Lama
 In memory of the 10th Panchen Lama, the Dharamshala based National Democratic Party of Tibet yesterday screened a biopic on the late Panchen Lama Lobsang Lhundrup Choekyi Gyaltsen at the TCV Day School in the exile Tibetan headquarters. Over a hundred Tibetans including Members of Parliament
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More than two months after Tibetan self-immolator Phagmo Dhondup set himself on fire, details of a conversation he had with a friend before he set himself on fire, has come out. “Over a hundred Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire. They are the true martyrs of Tibet.
Speaker of the Taiwanese parliament, the Legislative Yuan, has said he will welcome the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan for the spiritual benefit of the Taiwanese people. Speaker Wang Jin-Pyng made the remarks while receiving Speaker Penpa Tsering
Lobsang Tenzin, one of Tibet’s longest serving political prisoners has reportedly been released on medical parole and is currently undergoing treatment at home for severe injuries sustained during his quarter of a century prison term.
Indian and Tibetan students carried out a street protest against China’s incursion in Indian territory today at the McLeod Ganj Square in Dharamshala. The protest action also called for Tibet’s independence to ensure India’s security.
