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Exile Tibetan administration, scholars express concern over Lhasa’s ‘destruction’

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:58:00 GMT

The exile Tibetan administration has expressed its deep concern over the “so-called ‘face-lift project’” currently underway in Barkhor and the old town area of Tibet’s ancient capital city of Lhasa.

CTA observes International Tibet Solidarity Day, Marks Panchen Lama’s 18 years of disappearance

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:18:00 GMT

Thousands of Tibetans and supporters all over the world today observed the “International Tibet Solidarity Day,” coinciding with the 18th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama’s abduction by Chinese authorities. The solidarity day was called by the Kashag and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

China secretly sentences Tibetan writer to five years

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:50:00 GMT

Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have secretly sentenced a well-known Tibetan writer to five years in prison for expressing his viewpoints on issues considered politically sensitive by Beijing. Gartse Jigme, 36, a monk at the Gartse Monastery was sentenced on May 14 by a Chinese court

Assam stands in support of Tibet

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:00 GMT

Political leaders from across party lines in the northeast Indian state of Assam have come out in strong support of finding a lasting resolution for Tibet following lobbying efforts by exile Tibetan parliamentarians.

After serving five-year terms, three Tibetan political prisoners released

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

In two separate incidents, a senior Tibetan lama and two other Tibetan political prisoners have been released after serving full five years of their prison terms. Lama Adril Lobsang Tsultrim of Wonpo Gaden Shedup Dhargyeling Monastery was released on May 15

Tibet reports bird flu outbreak

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

An outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus among chickens has been reported from the Nyingtri region of central Tibet. China’s Ministry of Agriculture on Monday said 35 chickens at a farm in a village in Nyingtri “showed symptoms of the suspected avian flu and died last Tuesday.”

The Dalai Lama speaks to Wisconsin lawmakers in State Assembly

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:33:00 GMT

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke to members of the Wisconsin State Legislature and other state officials in a brief speech in the Assembly Chamber in Madison Tuesday afternoon. The Dalai Lama stressed on the oneness of humanity

'Unity of Tibet more sacred than our souls,' says the Dalai Lama

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:15:00 GMT

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today said that the unity of the three Cholkhas (provinces) of Tibet – Kham, Amdo, and U-Tsang – is more sacred than our souls. The Dalai Lama was speaking in Madison, Wisconsin to more than 1300 Tibetans

Chinese police kill Tibetan monk in custody

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:14:00 GMT

In a reported case of custodial death of a Tibetan political prisoner, Chinese police beat a monk to death for possessing recordings of speeches by Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for his stance on Tibet’s independence.

CTA hosts ‘Development of Monastic Education’ conference

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:13:00 GMT

A four-day conference on ‘Development of Monastic Education’ of the four major Tibetan Buddhist schools and Bon tradition began today at the Gyutoe Monastery in lower Dharamshala. The conference is being organised by the Department of Religion and Culture

‘Lhasa on the verge of destruction,’ writes Woeser

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:21:00 GMT

Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser has made a desperate appeal to save the ancient Tibetan capital city Lhasa from what she calls “frightful ‘modernisation,’” constituting “an unpardonable and incalcuable crime against the ancient city

Largest international youth group blames China for Tibet burnings

Sat, 11 May 2013 05:51:00 GMT

A global meet of youth leaders blamed China for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet and called on Beijing to allow international fact-finding delegations to visit Tibetan areas. Around 130 delegates, representing over 60 countries, passed a hard-hitting resolution on Tibet

French Senate delegation visits Dharamshala, Hopes to visit Tibet

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:03:00 GMT

A four-member French senate delegation, representing the country’s major political groups, are currently on a week-long visit to the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala. The delegation, led by Senator Jean-Francois Humbert, President of the Tibet Group

‘Without independence Tibet will be annihilated,’ a self-immolator’s last words

Thu, 9 May 2013 01:36:00 GMT

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.

Tibetan MPs take lobbying campaign to Sikkim, Meet senior leaders

Thu, 9 May 2013 01:33:00 GMT

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