The National Council of Churches in India, at its recent assembly held every four years, adopted a statement on Tibet expressing the council’s support for Tibet’s “struggle for freedom against the occupation of China.”
Tibetans in the exile seat of Dharamshala commemorated the 14th anniversary of the ‘Tibetan Martyr’s Day’ to pay homage to fellow Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet, Sunday. The day is observed in honour of Thupten Ngodup, the first known Tibetan who set himself ablaze on April 29, 1998
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader in exile. He’s one of the world’s most visible and honored holy man. He’s a Nobel Peace Prize winner and he’s in the U.S. for the 12th World Summit of Nobel Laureates. It’s my honor to welcome for an exclusive interview, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama told an international gathering of parliamentarians that the Tibetan spirit is becoming stronger amidst growing Chinese repression in Tibet.
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Friday afternoon in his Parliament Hill office for about 20 minutes.
Two years after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake devastated the eastern Tibetan region of Yushul, killing almost 3000 people, thousands continue to live in tents as local Tibetans accuse Chinese authorities of confiscating their ancestral lands.
In continuing mass protests in Tibet, around 3000 Tibetans carried out a peaceful march in front of Chinese government buildings in Zogchen, Dege region of eastern Tibet on Wednesday.
Some of the most loved and widely respected world leaders attending the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago have pledged their continued support to the elected Tibetan leadership and the Tibetan cause.
A new report by a Tibet advocacy group has found that China’s “systematic and persistent” policies of “cultural repression and destruction” in Tibet contained “elements of cultural genocide” and warned that if unchecked, these policies present risk factors for “conventional genocide.”
Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay’s native village Mola in Lithang, eastern Tibet is facing severe repression after Tibetans in the region refused to sign a letter condemning the elected Tibetan leader’s pledge of facilitating the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
