Days before the world marks International Day in Support of Torture Victims, a major coalition of non-governmental organisations fighting against torture has asked for urgent intervention in the case of disappearance of two Tibetan singers. The Geneva based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has expressed grave concern
Local Tibetan monasteries and groups have joined ongoing relief efforts in the flood-ravaged state of Uttrakhand in north India. Tibetan groups and monastic institutions near the state capital of Dehradun have set up a camp to aid relief works at the Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport,
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today arrived back to his exile home town of Dharamshala from an extended visit to New Zealand and Australia. Hundreds of Tibetans, Indians, and tourists lined up along the streets in McLeod Ganj
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed his deep condolences to families who have been effected by the devastating rain and floods in the northern Indian state of Uttrakhand and offered monetary contributions to the ongoing relief efforts.
Some years ago, the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) organized a gender sensitization workshop for Tibetan youth in Chennai, India. The student leader working with the TWA, a well-meaning young man who was president of the Tibetan Students’ Association of Madras, had a question before the workshop.
The exile Tibetan administration has expressed its deep sadness over the devastation caused by torrential rain and floods in the northern Indian state of Uttrakhand in which nearly 800 people have lost their lives. The CTA in a statement on Saturday also announced a donation of Rs 3 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund
Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, today addressed a workshop for teachers from five different Tibetan schools at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah. The two-day workshop is being organised by the Department of Education, in collaboration with National Geographic Explorer (NGX) Programme
Coinciding with World Refugee Day, Tibet campaigners in Germany on Thursday called on Nepal to respect the fundamental rights of Tibetan refugees living in the Himalayan country. A 5000 strong petition urging Kathmandu to “respect the right to freedom of expression of Tibetans in Nepal, stop deportation of escaping Tibetans
The exile Tibetan administration on Friday dismissed allegations made by a delegation of communist party leaders from the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region during its recent visit to the United States of America. Members of China’s rubberstamp National People’s Congress from TAR, led by Padma Choling
One of the more depressing things about being a spokesperson for the Rangzen cause, even in the unofficial “of sorts” way that I am, is being obliged to participate in the occasional Middle Way Approach (MWA) vs Rangzen debate, organized by some SFT or TYC chapter or the other.
