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CTA releases documentary film ‘The Burning Question’

The Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration today released a documentary film aimed at highlighting the critical situation inside Tibet heralded by the series of self-immolations

Are the Speaker and Kalon Tripa stifling free speech?

A certain defensiveness is settling over the elected leadership of the Tibetan government-in-exile (TGIE). The self-immolation crisis in Tibet and the resignations of the Tibetan Envoys have placed extreme pressure on the TGIE

Dharamshala shouldn’t send out mixed political signals: Speaker Tsering

Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Penpa Tsering has said that Dharamshala, the Tibetan exile headquarters, should not send out mixed political messages, days ahead of the second Special Meeting of the Tibetan people.

Ultimate source of happiness is within ourselves: the Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the ultimate source of happiness is within ourselves and stressed on the need to develop inner peace. He was speaking to a large number of Indians gathered in his exile hometown

Police forcibly removes Tibetan hunger strikers

Indian authorities have forcibly removed the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New Delhi and taken them to a hospital after all three of them showed major signs of deterioration in their health. The three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress

SFF offers tenshug to the Dalai Lama

A tenshung (long life prayer ceremony) was today offered to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple in Dharamshala by members of the Special Frontier Force of the Indian army.

ARBITRAGE- A film review by Tashi Wangchuk

With all the rave reviews and buzz around Richard Gere’s new film ‘Arbitrage’, I couldn’t resist seeing this semi-fictional story about the notorious Bernard Madoff who embezzled over $65 billion in the largest financial fraud ever recorded in the US history. Rolling Stone's Peter Travers commended the film as a "first rate; a powerful feature debut boasting

EU raises Tibet with Wen at bilateral summit

The European Union has expressed its concerns over the situation in Tibet with Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao at the recently concluded 15th EU-China Summit in Brussels. In a press statement at the end of the day-long summit on Thursday, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and President of

Switzerland to ‘very carefully’ observe Tibet situation

The Swiss foreign ministry has said that it will “very carefully” observe the situation in Tibet while expressing concern over the growing instances of self-immolations in the region. Swiss Federal Councillor Didier Burhhalter, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, told the parliament

Activists in Kathmandu meet embassy officials, Urge for action on Tibet

Tibetan activists in Kathmandu met with embassy officials of various countries to raise the critical situation in Tibet and push for the demands of the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New Delhi. Representatives of the Kathmandu regional chapter of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile

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