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Monthly Archives: March, 2012

Chinese language textbooks ripped as students demand books in Tibetan

Tibetan school students in Rebkong, eastern Tibet carried out a large protest calling for language rights after they were issued textbooks in Chinese language. Around 700 students of the Rebkong County National Middle School took part in the protests Sunday, March 4.

Violence can never bring lasting resolution: the Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that violence and oppression can never bring a lasting resolution to the crisis inside Tibet. The Dalai Lama was speaking on the final day of the five-day Monlam Chenmo

One killed, two injured in police firings in Tibet

A Tibetan has been shot dead and two others have suffered bullet injuries in yet another case of police firing on unarmed Tibetans. The shootings occurred on Tuesday, March 6 in Pema region of Golok,

We are not terrorists

Even as senior Chinese leaders hogged the media in Beijing describing self-immolations in Tibet as “terrorism in disguise,” Tibetans at the centre of the protests have a completely different story to tell.

The Dalai Lama offers prayers for victims of violence in Tibet and Syria

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered prayers for the victims of the ongoing violence in Tibet and Syria during a prayer gathering in his exile home of Dharamshala.

Family of deceased told to sign letter saying self-immolation “not political”

Chinese authorities in Machu, have set a precondition for the release of Tsering Kyi’s body to her family. Authorities have told Tsering Kyi’s family members to sign a letter stating that her self-immolation was not political in nature

Demand for UN intervention in Tibet grows

Responding to the call for March 6 global campaign by the Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetans carried out demonstrations, vigils, and petitioning campaigns in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet.

UN raps Nepal over Tibetan refugees, 13 students released after heavy bail

The 13 Tibetan school students who have been in a Kathmandu jail for nearly two weeks for raising slogans outside the United Nations office in the Nepali capital, were released yesterday after paying heavy bail.

12th anniversary of Emory-Sarah College Exchange Program

Hundreds of Tibetan and American students gathered at the Tibetan College for Higher Studies, Sarah to commemorate the 12th anniversary of Emory University and Institute of Buddhist Dialectics’ Exchange Programme.

Debate

Tibetan Buddhist monks debating in front of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people during the Great Prayer Festival (Tib: Monlam Chenmo) at Tsug-la-khang courtyard, the main temple in Dharamshala, India. March 6, 2012. (Phayul photo/Norbu Wangyal)

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