Monks Protect Snow Leopards
By Jane Olivier / September 25, 2013
Monks on the Tibetan Plateau are serving a critical role in the fight to conserve the endangered snow leopard. Over 300 monasteries inhabit the same sky-high region as the snow leopards of the Tibetan Plateau, and have been shown to protect more snow leopard habitat than local nature reserves. Living read more →
Death During Interrogation
By Jane Olivier / September 25, 2013
Yu Qiyi, a Communist Party member and chief engineer of a state-owned company, the Wenzhou Industry Investment Group in Wenzhou, China, has died after interrogation by six Communist Party investigators. According to reports in state-run newspaper the Beijing Times, his head was held in a tub of icy water in read more →
Tibetan Parliament Calls for Action
By Darren Wong / September 25, 2013
The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has called on the Chinese Government to look into the grievances of all the Tibetan people who have set themselves on fire, and to resolve the issue through dialogue with the Tibetan leadership based on the Middle-Way Approach as envisioned by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. At read more →
Reaching out to the Chinese People
By Mary Trewartha / September 25, 2013
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has appointed liaison officers whose brief is to reach out to the Chinese people and raise their understanding of Tibet and the issues faced by the Tibetan people. Chinese liaison officers based in Europe, Australia and the US, together with the Representative at the Office read more →
Commitment to the Middle Way Approach
By Mary Trewartha / September 23, 2013
The Kashag has reaffirmed its commitment to pursue the Middle-Way Approach (MWA), describing it as the only way forward to resolve the issue of Tibet, and as a source of growing global support. The discussion took place on the second day of the 6th session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament read more →
6,000 People attend His Holiness’s Teaching
By Zalina Gamat / September 23, 2013
Around 6,000 people of all faiths, from over 50 countries attended the teachings. The organising committee was comprised of members from several Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia. In his introductory speech, His Holiness said that inter-religious harmony was the need of the hour, and that read more →
Indian Citizenship: a Dilemma for Tibetans
By Tenzin Younten / September 18, 2013
Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, the de facto Prime minister of the Tibetan Government in exile, said in Dharamsala on August 21, “The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) cannot prevent any Tibetan from applying for the Indian citizenship”, thus confirming that Tibetans living in India can apply for Indian citizenship and the CTA read more →
The UK Challenges China
By Vanshika Tripathi / September 17, 2013
William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, has petitioned China for leniency for Dolma Kyab who faces the death sentence, and has urged China to carry out a fair trial as approved by international standards. Concerning the death sentence, Hague said “We urge Chinese authorities to commute the sentence and give read more →
An Australian Diplomat Visits Tibet
By Vanshika Tripathi / September 17, 2013
Australian diplomat Frances Adamson, who is based in Beijing, has been to Tibet for a four day visit at the end of August. This trip comes almost 18 months after entry into Tibet was requested by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr to “investigate the grievances that had led to an read more →
China Admits to Killing a Tibetan in the Recent Mining Protest
By Eric Goh / September 12, 2013
China has acknowledged that police officers dispatched to respond to the recent mining protest in Gedrong Zatoe County in the Qinghai province in Eastern Tibet have shot dead a local Tibetan man named Babo. The Chinese news agency Xinhua claimed on August 30 that the shots were justified in order read more →