A senior Russian scholar from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr Sergius L. Kuzmin said the Russian people are “disappointed” for not being able to invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia.
A decade after Tulku Tenzin Delek, a visionary social reformer and a respected community leader, was arrested, worldwide campaigns demanding his release are gaining momentum.
Critically acclaimed Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden has been awarded a development prize at the recently concluded Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum. The award, carrying a cash prize of $19,300 (HK$150,000)
On March 23, 2012, Lodi Gyari, the Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, issued a statement that was carried on the websites of both the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Between the lines of this obviously-important message, it is possible to see the continuing evolution of Tibetan democracy, as political power has passed to an elected leadership that, to some extent, is still finding its way.
Chinese courts in Tibet have sentenced two eminent Tibetans, a highly respected Tibetan abbot and a popular Tibetan singer to two years in jail. Khenpo Gyewala, abbot at the Gyegyel Zogchen Monastery, Zatoe was sentenced
A senior Tibetan monk is the latest to have been arrested in connection with the January 23 peaceful protests in Drango, eastern Tibet. Geshe Tenzin Pelsang of Drango Monastery was arrested on April 2 from his monastery
Despite crackdown, monks at the Zogchen monastery in north eastern side of Tibet displayed a huge portrait of the Dalai Lama at one of its annual religious festivals on March 29.
Sixty Japanese Parliamentarians from across party lines unanimously adopted a resolution expressing grave concern over the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet and called on China to “fundamentally rethink” its approach towards Tibet.
On 30 March I attended the moving function organised by the Tibetan Youth Congress to honour the memory of Jamphel Yeshi - the latest Tibetan martyr to perform self-immolation. But this was in New Delhi - during the demonstrations led by Tibetan Youth Congress to protest against China's President, Hu Jintao, who was arriving in New Delhi to take part in the Brics Meetings.
Even as the situation in many parts of Tibet continues to remain tense, Chinese authorities in Kanlho (Ch:Gannan), eastern Tibet have re-launched the “Strike Hard Campaign”. Chinese authorities issued public notices “encouraging” the general public to secretly report to the police any “illegal” activities
