John Graham, a former US diplomat, after a ten-day private visit to Tibet, last month, has attested that reports of cultural genocide in Tibet are true. "For ten days last month I saw first-hand what the Chinese are doing in Tibet … The reports you've heard of cultural genocide are true.
Following the self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, the Himalayan kingdom is reportedly mulling over restricting even the fundamental human rights of Tibetan refugees.
The 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Honolulu, Hawaii from November 12–13 witnessed showdowns between the US and China over human rights and economic issues. First it was US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, expressing her “deep concern”
Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence group in exile, has urged Tibetans not to celebrate the up coming Tibetan new year as a mark of honour and to pay tribute to the sacrifices being made by Tibetans inside Tibet.
ON one side, we have ‘great leaders’ taking ‘vital’ decisions for our future at the G20 summit in Cannes on the French Riviera, while on the other ordinary people (known as the ‘common man’ in Indian political parlance) struggle with their miseries and their aspirations. In today’s world, there is no connection between the two.
The young head of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, has urged Tibetans in Tibet not to resort to self-immolation protest
An unidentified Tibetan monk set himself ablaze at Boudhanath Buddhist stupa in central Kathmandu earlier today. The Tibetan monk is the second Tibetan exile in less than
Since March this year 11 brave Tibetans have set themselves on fire while calling for freedom in Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his homeland. These desperate acts, carried out by people with pure motivation, are a cry against the injustice and repression under which they live. The situation is unbearably difficult, but in difficult situations we need greater courage and determination.
Hong Lei, the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry told
reporters that Beijing has lodged its "stern representations" with Ulan Bator over the visit of the Tib
