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11 June 2013
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EP Tibet Intergroup to hold Tibet environment conference
 A conference on Tibet’s environment titled, “Tibet’s Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating” will be held on Wednesday, June 19 in Brussels, coinciding with the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup’s 97th meeting. The conference, hosted by MEPs Satu Hassi, Thomas Mann and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg
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07 June 2013
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China play's kung fu panda with Austria
 China has reportedly threatened to take away all pandas loaned to a zoo in Vienna over “mistake” committed by Austrian leaders of meeting with the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama more than a year ago. According to reports the Chinese government has threatened to take Schönbrunn Zoo’s panda’s away
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China calls Tibetan students’ protest “illegal”
 China’s representative at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council session termed a mass students’ protest in the Chabcha region of eastern Tibet last year, in which many students were hospitalised, as an “illegal” act requiring prior permission according to Chinese law. China’s statement
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The Dalai Lama leaves for New Zealand and Australia visits
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday left his exile hometown of Dharamshala for a fortnight’s visit to New Zealand and Australia to give a series of teachings and public talks. The 77-year old Tibetan leader is scheduled to begin his engagements with a teaching
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06 June 2013
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Fresh and bold approach on Tibet necessary: US Congress commission leaders
 On the eve of presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping’s maiden presidential level summit, leaders of a US Congress commission have called on the Obama Administration to embark on a fresh and bold approach to improving conditions in Tibet. The Congressmen made their remarks at a June 5 hearing on "Human rights in Tibet"
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05 June 2013
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CTA offers prayer for Tibetan self-immolator Tenzin Sherab
 A mass prayer service was held in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala today in honour of Tenzin Sherab, who set himself ablaze in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet on May 27. The prayer service was organised by the Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration
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TWA observes World Environment Day
 Tibetan Women’s Association, the largest women’s group in the exile Tibetan community, today observed World Environment Day on the theme “Think. Eat. Save.” This year’s theme ‘Think. Eat. Save’ is a global anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages the reduction of ‘food print.’
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04 June 2013
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China sentences two monks for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator
 In continuing crackdown on “crimes” related to the self-immolation protests in Tibet, two monks have been sentenced to three years in prison for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator Wangchen Norbu who passed away in his fiery protest last November. According to reports, the two monks, Tsundue, 27 and Gedun Tsultrim
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03 June 2013
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The Dalai Lama invited to visit Hong Kong
 If odds are to be believed, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama might be visiting Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region under the People’s Republic of China, this September. Organisers of the trip, a Hong Kong based religious group is confident that the Dalai Lama will be able to make the visit
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02 June 2013
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Global rights group calls for an end to military build up in Tibet
 One of the world’s oldest human rights organisations called upon China to take immediate steps to address the current emergency in Tibet and denounced the “intensification of the military build-up in Tibet.” The International Federation of Human Rights adopted the Resolution
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01 June 2013
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Indian sanghas receive teachings from the Dalai Lama
 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his four-day teachings on Shantideva's A Guide to the Boddhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug) at the Tsug-la Khang, main temple near his exile residence in Dharamshala earlier today.
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31 May 2013
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The Dalai Lama, Barack Obama most popular leaders says new survey
 A new pan-Atlantic survey has named Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the most popular leader in the world along with US President Barack Obama. In contrast, leaders with the least levels of popularity include China’s President Xi Jingping and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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30 May 2013
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Tibetan NGO CHOICE HIV/AIDS to dissolve, Releases executive report
 The lone Tibetan NGO in the exile community dedicated towards AIDS awareness and providing support to HIV patients, CHOICE-HIV/AIDS Initiative, today announced its dissolution at a press conference in Dharamshala. After six long years of conducting intensive outreach and awareness programmes
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Sikyong felicitates topper student Tenzin Chokyi
 The elected head of Tibetan people, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today felicitated Tenzin Chokyi, who had topped among Tibetan students with 95.4 per cent in this year’s all-India class XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
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CTA rejects China’s allegations, Appeals Tibetans not to self-immolate
 The Dharamshala based Central Tibetan Administration has once again categorically rejected China’s allegations of “outside forces” instigating the ongoing wave of self-immolation protests inside Tibet. The Kashag in a statement said China’s recent claims “don’t have a strand of truth.”
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29 May 2013
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Prominent Indian and Tibetan educationists from across India and North America are gathered in Dharamshala for a two-day meeting to provide guidance on improving the education standard of the exile Tibetan community. The first Education Advisory Committee Meeting of Tibetan schools
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has no immediate plans of visiting Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region under the People’s Republic of China, according to a senior official at his Private Office. Quelling recent speculations, Ngapa Tsegyam, Secretary at the Dalai Lama’s Private Office
One of India’s best known celebrity hair stylist, Jawed Habib today inaugurated a hair styling training course for Tibetan youths at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, near Dharamshala. The hairdressing course offered by the Tibetan Career Centre, an undertaking of the Department of Home
The largest pro-independence group in exile, Tibetan Youth Congress today elected its new executive members on the final day of their 15th General Body Meeting. Tenzing Jigme from Minnesota, US, has been elected the new president while Tamding Sichoe from Pokhara, Kathmandu is the vice-president
Thousands of Tibetans took part in a major protest against Chinese mining activities last week in Driru region of eastern Tibet. Over 4,500 Tibetans gathered near Naglha Zamba, a sacred hill rich in mineral resources, to protest
