Camp Accommodation for Nuns Expelled from Larung Gar
By Tenzin Samten / December 15, 2016
Hundreds of nuns evicted from Larung Gar Buddhist academy, which is under partial demolition, have been housed in camps built at a remote location in Kardze prefecture. According to sources, the Chinese authorities have built the camp, which is currently holding more than 800 nuns, near Ahkyab village in Kardze. read more →
Self-Immolation in Tibet
By Ana Carolina Gutierrez and Mary Trewartha / December 15, 2016
Tashi Rabten, a 33-year-old Tibetan man and former monk, died during a self-immolation protest on December 9 in Machu County of northeastern Tibet. Images and videos of the self-immolation were circulated widely on social media. Rabten is the 145th person to self-immolate in protest against the Chinese government policies and read more →
Solidarity Prayers on Nobel Peace Prize Day
By Tenzin Samten / December 13, 2016
Tibetans, supporters and friends of Tibet gathered at Tsugla-khang, the main temple in Dharamshala, to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on December 10, 1989. Following the event in the temple, a special solidarity service was jointly read more →
Tibetan Professor Appointed as Religious Freedom Commissioner
By Jannik Kuhn / December 13, 2016
Dr Tenzin Dorjee has been appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) who report to the US President. The appointment of Dr Tenzin Dorjee on December 8 was recommended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. She is a firm supporter of the Tibetan movement and is read more →
China Retaliates
By Tenzin Samten / December 9, 2016
China has imposed sanctions on Mongolia in retaliation for their welcoming Tibet’s spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to their capital Ulaanbaatar last month. The visit went ahead despite warnings from Beijing, who have now reacted to the situation by raising tariffs on Mongolian trucks passing through Chinese territory. read more →
Crowds Flock to Welcome the Karmapa in Aranachal
By Ana Carolina Gutierrez / December 7, 2016
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje visited Tawang, the capital of the north eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, on a four-day visit from November 28. This was a particularly significant visit as it was the first time the Karmapa Lama in his current lifetime has been read more →
Appeal to the UN to Intervene on Behalf of Larung Gar
By Tenzin Samten / December 7, 2016
The heads of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, Sikyong (or Prime Minister) Lobsang Sangay and the Speaker, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel appealed to the United Nations(UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights for an immediate intervention to save Larung Gar, the largest Buddhist academy in the read more →
Call on China to End Illegal Organ Harvesting
By Lauren Chaplin / November 30, 2016
Human rights lawyers David Kilgour and David Matas have called on the Australian government to put pressure on China to end the practice of harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience. These prisoners include Falun Gong practitioners, Muslim Uighurs, Tibetan Buddhists and Christians. Visiting Australia’s Parliament House last week, Kilgour, a read more →
Sikyong Campaigns for Support in N America and Germany
By Dhriti Agarwal / November 30, 2016
The Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, has been touring Canada to meet Members of Parliament and to campaign for more support from the government. At the Halifax International Security Forum 2016 in Nova Scotia, Sikyong took part in a panel discussion Power Corrupts, Corruption Corrodes and read more →
Compensation for Drought-stricken Settlement Farmers
By Sean Fitzpatrick / November 25, 2016
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has announced a wide ranging compensation scheme to provide relief to hundreds of Tibetan families hit by drought and catastrophic crop failures earlier this year. Unprecedented droughts caused massive crop failures across India’s five largest Tibetan settlements, which are mostly situated within the Mysore region read more →