Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that the People Republic of China’s “totalitarian, blind, unrealistic” policies in Tibet are responsible for the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet.
Following the unprecedented security measures taken against Tibetans in New Delhi, the Delhi High Court has granted permission for a petition to be filed, ensuring that such incidents are not repeated in the future.
When the Tibetan monk Tapey self-immolated in 2009, and then when, beginning in March 2011, a number of Tibetans began to immolate themselves one by one, this new form of resistance in Tibet, the ultimate act of sacrifice, took everyone by surprise. In the beginning, even within the Tibetan community in exile, some
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama left his exile residence of Dharamshala yesterday afternoon for a visit to Hawaii,San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago in the United States of America and Ottawa in Canada.
On March 10th every year since 1959, the Tibetan administration in exile commemorates the Tibetan National uprising day and every year (until 2012) His Holiness the Dalai Lama has made an official statement reflecting on the Tibetan struggle thus far and expressing his aspirations for the future.
In a first initiative of its kind, the Central Tibetan Administration launched the Tibet Corps, a project offering Tibetan professionals and university students an opportunity to serve the exile community through a voluntary service programme.
Former Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche today expressed “alarm” at the self-immolations in Tibet but said that until China commits to address the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people, it was not possible to discourage these acts of sacrifice.
A group of Tibetan youths from the Tibetan settlement of Doeguling, Mundgod in the south Indian state of Karnataka launched a bike rally earlier today in solidarity with the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet.
Indians living in northeast India have come out in strong support of a “peaceful democratic” regime in Tibet, where Tibetans can “take their own decisions to cherish lives.”
The second largest non-governmental organisation in the Tibetan exile community, Tibetan Women’s Association convened its six-day 10th General Body Meeting earlier today in Dharamshala, the Tibetan exile headquarters.
