The usual festivities for Losar, the Tibetan New Year, have been cancelled by Tibetans around the world, and will instead be marked by acts of remembrance for those who have died and disappeared under the Chinese Occupation of their
For the British people the thought of silence greeting Big Ben's midnight chimes on New Year's Eve is unthinkable, whilst the absence of fireworks over the Thames to welcome the beginning of another year would be unimaginable
Tibetan Association of Boston (TAB), in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet, decided not to celebrate Tibetan New Year and to donate the money to a local homeless shelter in
The Taiwan-based civic group Taiwan Friends of Tibet announced Monday plans to hold a candlelit vigil on Wednesday, the start of the Tibetan New Year. The event is intended to show solidarity with the victims of the Chinese government's crackdown
Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen, a leading Tibetan lama, human rights activist and founder of a Buddhist center in Long Beach, died Feb. 13 after a short illness. He was 85.
RTYC New York & New Jersey held a protest rally in New York city yesterday in protest against the arrests of at least 21 Tibetans following the recent protests in
It’s been a rough year for Charlottesville’s Tibetan community, which watched in shock as anti-Chinese occupation protests and the Chinese government’s subsequent political crackdown wracked their home country
Valentine’s Day, typically a day synonymous with love, peace and harmony, meant more for some of Minnesota’s Tibetan population on Saturday as they prepared for a rally at the Mall of America in recognition of the upcoming 50th anniversary
