The exile Tibetan leadership, joined by hundreds of Tibetans began a day-long hunger strike on the first day of Losar, Tibetan New Year in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet earlier today.
Repeating tactics that were employed in 2009, Chinese Communist Party officials in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital have issued stringent warnings against the popular call for a boycott of celebrations during ‘Losar’
Hundreds of Indian college students along with Tibetan youths carried out a protest march across Delhi University to highlight the ongoing crisis in Tibet, calling upon China to respect human rights in Tibet, today.
Tibetans and supporters in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala and around the world carried out a flag burning protest coinciding with the 29th day of the last month of the Tibetan lunar calendar.
I have just returned from Lhasa. Tibetans are disappearing; everyone is terrified about the bloodshed which seems inevitable. A hunger strike of 100 monks is said to be underway.
The Nepalese government is yet to respond to a December 2011 letter written by three members of the U.S. House of Representatives pushing for the implementation of a stalled Tibetan refugee resettlement programme to the US.
Last weekend Students for Free Tibet, France organised a two-day Tibet Film Festival in Paris, in collaboration with the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
In his ‘Losar’ Tibetan New Year message, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay has said the exile administration is “extremely worried” over the “grim” news coming out of Tibet.
Living up to its infamous tag of being one of the most repressive regimes for writers and journalists, China has once again arrested a Tibetan writer on unclear charges.
The fiery wave of self-immolation in Tibet continues to rage on with three Tibetans torching their bodies last week alone. Nangdrol set himself on fire calling for ‘freedom for Tibet’.
