The popular American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers are to perform for the Tibetan Nobel Laureate, the Dalai Lama, at his annual environment summit in Portland. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will take part in an environmental summit on Universal Responsibility & the Global Environment at Maitripa College
The Parliamentary Tibet support group in the upper house of French parliament at the Senate received Dr Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of exile Tibet, during his visit to the country on 17 April. The Group for Information on Tibet has released a statement on receiving the Head of Tibetan government
The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education (DLIHE) in Bangalore will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Mysore (UOM) represented by the Registrar at Vice Chancellor's chambers on 20 Apri.
According to information received on Tibetan self-immolator, Phagmo Dhondup, has succumbed to his injuries after undergoing treatment in a hospital in Siling for over a month. On 24 February, Dhondup (in his 20s) set himself on fire in the ancient Jhakhyung Monastery in Palung region of Tshoshar, Eastern Tibet. Monks of the monastery took him to a hospital.
Following the self-immolation protest by Jugtso or Chuktso in Zamthang in Ngaba, Eastern Tibet, thousands of local Tibetans at the Jonang Monastery to offer their prayers and last respects. Jugtso, 20, mother of four, set herself alight outside Jonang Monastery in Zamthang around 3 pm local time yesterday.
University of Sydney in Australia, which has close links with China, has cancelled a talk by Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama scheduled on June 18 during his visit to Sydney. The event was to be organized by the university's new Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) at the Seymour Centre.
The Chabcha County People's Court has sentenced eight Tibetan students up to four years in prison for carrying out major protests against the Chinese government in November 2012 at Chabcha region of Tsolho, Eastern Tibet.
The Tibetan national flag (banned in Tibet and China) was shown uncut and un-blurred in Rockstar at the Beijing International Film Festival yesterday. According to the Indian newspaper The Hindu
The Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the exile Tibetan administration in association with Tibetan Welfare Office of Dharamsala today held 'Understanding Middle Way Approach to resolve the issue of Tibet'.
Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet around 3pm local time today, 16 April. Local witnesses confirmed that she died at the scene. Her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted.
