News

Tibetans arriving for the consecration of a Buddhist shrine in Sichuan Province, China, were surprised to see a large Tibetan national flag fluttering from the top of a huge local radio tower earlier this year, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

At the initiative of the TSG association Drome-Ardeche Tibet, special Tibet related events were organised at Crest in the French department of Drome. The main features of the events were extensive photo and material exhibition to inform the public about the rich cultural heritage

Norway has urged the People’s Republic of China to preserve “the culture, religious identity and national environment of the people of Tibet" at the general debate of the Third Committee of the 58th session of the UN General Assembly which concluded yesterday.

The Environment and Development Desk of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre (TPPRC) will organise a seminar titled Use of Tibet’s

As one of the holiest men in the Buddhist faith, the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje showed his religious gifts from an early age, Dorje's translator said at a Slifka Center lecture Tuesday.

Tibet’s government-in-exile Monday took to task the Chinese ambassador to Nepal who said Tibetans fleeing to India were “illegal immigrants” and not refugees. “Tibetans leave their home in Tibet to flee in to exile because they do not have the basic human rights such as political

The article, "Gold Fields to build up its interest in China" (November 11), does not point out that Gold Fields, through its holdings in Sino Gold, is engaged in the exploration, proving and development of a gold mine at Jinkang in the eastern part of occupied Tibet.

During his 33 years as a prisoner of conscience in Chinese labors camps and prisons in Tibet, Tibetan lama Palden Gyatso was dangled over fire as if he was a human steak. He was routinely kicked and whipped while pulling a plow for more than nine hours a day.

Chinese troops have staged a day of counter-terrorism exercises in Tibet to practise fighting "terrorists" aligned with exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials and a Tibetan newspaper said.

According to a UN press release of 14 November, New Zealand has again urged the Chinese authorities to open dialogue on Tibet. Speaking at a debate on “Human Rights Questions” of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly Friday, Don Mackay