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Calling on the Chinese government to see the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the solution to the longstanding issue of Tibet, President (Sikyong) Dr. Lobsang Sangay of

A cross-party delegation of assistants of European Parliamentary expressed their continued support for Tibet’s struggle for freedom and pledged to put human rights and environmental issues before the parliament on their maiden visit to Dharamshala.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, said that he is optimistic of resolve in the Tibetan issue, in light of the constant change that is taking place in China and within the ruling Chinese Communist Party. He was speaking as the Chief guest in the Indian capital yesterday at ‘Express Adda’, a series of informal interactions organized by The Indian Express Group.

In the wake of the terror attack that rocked the city of Manchester on May 22, President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (officially known as Central Tibetan Administration) today expressed his condolences to Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and the British people for their losses.

In a positive development for the Tibetan religious figure 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, the Indian government is reportedly set to lift the travel restrictions currently in place for the young Tibetan lama.

The Tibetan Nobel laureate, at an event in Bangalore, said that negative aspects still prevalent in the name of religion such as caste system should be done away with through education and awareness.

The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress-Dharamsala commemorated the 66th year since the so-called ‘17-Point Agreement’ was signed with skit illustrating the circumstances under which the Tibetan representatives were forced to sign the document that ended Tibetan independence.

In light of the self-immolations, the President of the exile Tibetan government, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, said that China holds the key tostopping the pressing issue of Tibetan self-immolations as well as resolving the larger issue of Tibet. Two self-immolations took place in May, including a young Tibetan monk, Jamyang Losel, who fatally set himself ablaze at around on 19 May near the People’s Hospital in Kangtsa County, Amdo Province.

Speaking at the ‘Indo-Tibet Summit-2017’ in New Delhi before leaving for Washington DC on May 20, the President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Dr. Lobsang Sangay said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama would soon decide on his successor.

A Tibetan monk has reportedly perished after he self immolated yesterday evening in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in the Kangtsa County in Qinghai’s Tsojang Tibetan Autonomo