Why Does the World Need Secular Ethics?
By Okechukwu Onwunli / December 20, 2019
If one takes some of our most crucial modern issues like income inequality, world hunger and climate change, you will find a shortfall of concern for the wellbeing of others blocking the way forward. At its core, secular ethics is a compassion-based endeavour to address a lack of conviction to read more →
International Support for Tibetans and Uighur Muslims
By Kritika M Narula / December 20, 2019
The cause of Tibetan, Uighurs and Hong Kongers’ freedom has found policy support in the form of parliamentary discussions and legislation in the United States. Other countries, including Canada, are also echoing vocal expressions of support. In a recent development, the Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA) was unanimously passed read more →
Long Life Prayers for His Holiness
By Tenzin Dadon / December 15, 2019
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama graced the launch of a Nalanda Studies Chair at Goa University on December 11. He spoke about the 3,000 year old Indian traditions of ahimsa, karuna, shamatha and vipashyana, adding that it would be very good if these aspects of ancient Indian wisdom could read more →
Three Tibetans Arrested
By Kim Smeenk / December 15, 2019
Three Tibetans have been arrested and detained by the Chinese government for their social media activities on the platform WeChat. The activities concern private conversations with their family and friends which took place around the 30th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. There is read more →
Tibet Representation at COP25
By Ben Byrne / December 12, 2019
The COP25 climate summit, held in Madrid from December 2-13, was attended by Tempa Gyaltsen Zamlha, Head of Environment and Development Desk at the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI). Zamlha leads a team of Tibetan environmental researchers in a bid to increase awareness of the global significance of climatic changes taking read more →
Tibetans Celebrate Nobel Peace Prize Day
By Tenzin Dadon / December 11, 2019
On December 10 Tibetans around the globe celebrated the 30th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize Award to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In Dharamshala, the official celebration took place at Tsuglakhang, the main temple in Dharamshala where the residence of his Holiness is situated. The Central read more →
Are Tibetan Women Being Subjected to Bride Trafficking?
By Sam Lynch / December 11, 2019
A new report from the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has revealed human rights violations “pertaining to land, livelihood and women’s rights” in Nyalam county, on Tibet’s border with Nepal. The TCHRD is a registered non-government human rights organisation based in Dharamshala that aims to protect the read more →
Tibetan Campaigner Sentenced to Seven Years
By Tenzin Samten / December 7, 2019
Anya Sengdra, a 47 year old Tibetan nomad and environmental activist from Golog prefecture in eastern Tibet, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in Golog on December 6. He had already spent 14 months in detention. He was charged with “gathering people to disturb public order” read more →
Detained for Phone Conversation
By Tenzin Samten / December 6, 2019
Tsering Dorjee, 45, has been detained in Tibet for over a month in a “re-education centre” for having a phone conversation with his younger brother about the importance of learning the Tibetan language, reports the Dharmshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). Tsering Dorjee lives in Peleb village read more →
Tibetan Youth Died in Self Immolation Protest
By Mary Trewartha / November 29, 2019
Yonten, a 24 year-old Tibetan, has died after setting himself on fire in the first self-immolation protest in Tibet this year. He carried out his protest in the nomadic town of Meruma, Ngaba County in eastern Tibet at around 4pm (local time) on November 26 and died from his injuries. read more →