Opinions

The bargain that the Obama administration thought it had made with China, regarding the fate of blind human rights legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, has now fallen apart. The New York Times reports that American officials admit to “bungling” the case.

You know that I have been leading the Tibetan delegation for the dialogue with the Chinese government for the last many years. But I am not here today to give you a report on my progress because there is nothing new to say on that front. My last meeting with my counterparts in Beijing was in January 2010.

How many more lives should be sacrificed? This is the painful question in the mind of all Tibetans. Millions of Tibetans have died for freedom. Every Tibetan family has been affected and in many ways suffered as a direct consequence of China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

When the Tibetan monk Tapey self-immolated in 2009, and then when, beginning in March 2011, a number of Tibetans began to immolate themselves one by one, this new form of resistance in Tibet, the ultimate act of sacrifice, took everyone by surprise. In the beginning, even within the Tibetan community in exile, some

On March 10th every year since 1959, the Tibetan administration in exile commemorates the Tibetan National uprising day and every year (until 2012) His Holiness the Dalai Lama has made an official statement reflecting on the Tibetan struggle thus far and expressing his aspirations for the future.

I just happen to come across an article on Indian Express, dated April 2nd, 2012, where it was alleged that China is once again willing to talk to H.H the Dalai Lama if he abandons his "...independence political objective" - one more time I suppose. It further rehashed the non-entity of the exile government and other exile organizations. It was right in the midst of the Olympic

This week on Monday April 2nd, seven innocent lives were abruptly ended in a horrific shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, CA. Monday’s tragic incident was particularly shocking and unprecedented for the Tibetan and Sikkimese communities here and everywhere as we mourn the untimely deaths of Sonam Chodon (Tibetan) and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia (Sikkimese).

On March 23, 2012, Lodi Gyari, the Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, issued a statement that was carried on the websites of both the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Between the lines of this obviously-important message, it is possible to see the continuing evolution of Tibetan democracy, as political power has passed to an elected leadership that, to some extent, is still finding its way.

On 30 March I attended the moving function organised by the Tibetan Youth Congress to honour the memory of Jamphel Yeshi - the latest Tibetan martyr to perform self-immolation. But this was in New Delhi - during the demonstrations led by Tibetan Youth Congress to protest against China's President, Hu Jintao, who was arriving in New Delhi to take part in the Brics Meetings.

Until a day before Jamphel Yeshi (27) became a burning sensation in the international media this week, his story was no different from those few million Tibetans who live today in what Chinese leaders call a 'Socialist Heaven' or 'China's Tibet'.