The continued mass detention of Tibetans after they returned from pilgrimage to India and Nepal has thrown life for farming families in awry. With members of their families in detention, many farming households in Tibet have been forced to abandon their fields.
A Tibetan teen studying in the United Sates has been selected as a Global Teen Leader for the year 2012. Teens from 37 countries were in the fray for the international recognition.
The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile expressed gratitude to the United States Senate on Thursday for unanimously passing a resolution calling on China to end the ongoing crisis inside Tibet.
Exile Tibetans are gearing up for major political campaigns in the coming weeks in light of the ongoing crisis inside Tibet. Leading from the front, the Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has set up a five-member committee of parliamentarians to pilot an international campaign to highlight Tibet’s deteriorating human rights situation.
A Tibetan filmmaker will debut at the world’s most prestigious film festival, the annual Cannes Film Festival. Tsering Tashi Gyalthang’s short film “Turtle Soup” will be screened among the top 20 films at the 65th Cannes film festival's Short Film Corner (May 16-27).
The Second European Tibetan Youth Parliament under the slogan 'We take Action' brought together more than 120 youth activists from nine European countries for a two-day intensive discussion
I just happen to come across an article on Indian Express, dated April 2nd, 2012, where it was alleged that China is once again willing to talk to H.H the Dalai Lama if he abandons his "...independence political objective" - one more time I suppose. It further rehashed the non-entity of the exile government and other exile organizations. It was right in the midst of the Olympic
A Tibetan youth in the Indian city of Kolkata jumped off the Howrah bridge into the river Ganges in an apparent protest against the continued Chinese occupation of Tibet. Dhondup Phuntsok,jumped off the bridge on April 2 wearing a ‘Free Tibet' t-shirt
The death toll in the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet has risen to 25, with the passing away of a Tibetan monk who set himself on fire, along with another monk, on March 30 in eastern Tibet.
This week on Monday April 2nd, seven innocent lives were abruptly ended in a horrific shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, CA. Monday’s tragic incident was particularly shocking and unprecedented for the Tibetan and Sikkimese communities here and everywhere as we mourn the untimely deaths of Sonam Chodon (Tibetan) and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia (Sikkimese).
