Member countries at the ongoing 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva have raised the current situation in Tibet. Maria Otero, US Under Secretary of State today expressed the US Government’s "grave concern" at the current situation in Tibet.
Calls for more stringent measures in Tibet are echoing from the power corridors of Beijing, days ahead of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress which meets Monday.
Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay was yesterday awarded the Gold Medal of the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse by the Auditor of the Society, Ms Ursula Ni Choill.
H.E. the Ninth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Dorjee Chang Jampel Namdrol Choekyi Gyaltsen, the spiritual head of the Jonang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual head of Mongolia, passed away earlier today in Mongolia. He was 80.
The three Tibetan school students, who have been pedalling across the length of India, covering major cities and towns for the last forty five days, concluded their ‘Cycle Rally for Tibet’ in New Delhi.
Tibetan students in the Indian capital stormed the venue of an ongoing meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna earlier today.
Tsering Woeser, the award-winning Tibetan writer and blogger has been barred from collecting an award from the Netherlands Embassy in Beijing and issued a month-long house arrest order.
