Blog: Both Man and Nature are endangered by Chinese Intrusion in Tibet
September 13, 2017Wangden, FreeTibet.org 12th September 2017 Amidst a number of ongoing distressing events in Tibet, more heart-wrenching news came recently when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Zitsa Degu (Ch: Jiuzhaigou), also known as the Valley of Nine Villages, in eastern Tibet on … Continued
See Bizarre ‘Lava-Like’ Landslide Tear Through Hillside
September 13, 2017By Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic. Read Original Story here, Scientists have speculated that warming temperatures may be making the region’s terrain more unstable. What caused a stream of gooey, earthen debris to ooze through an empty field? Experts aren’t quite … Continued
Wrong to rail against Dalai Lama for not condemning violence on Rohingya Muslims
September 12, 2017By Omair Ahmad, DailyO Read original story here, As the situation in Myanmar worsens day by day, and the United Nations calls it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, a level of condemnation that is rarely used by the international … Continued
Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar’s Muslims
September 11, 2017The Sun Daily. Read original story here, NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing violence in Buddhist–majority Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya … Continued
Cambridge University Press headed for showdown with China over censorship
September 11, 2017The Guardian – 9 September 2017 Cambridge University Press is heading for a showdown with Chinese authorities after the government reaffirmed its commitment to block certain content following an outcry last month when it was revealed the publisher has restricted … Continued
Tibetans cannot be equated with other refugees: BJP
September 11, 2017The Sentinel. Read original story here, Itanagar, Sept 10: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of BJP on Sunday said that the issue of Tibetan refugees cannot be equated with other refugees settled in the State as it has completely different parameters. … Continued
Dalai Lama begins visit to Londonderry
September 11, 2017BBC, 10 September 2017 Read original story here The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has begun a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. He is visiting Londonderry as the patron of charity Children in Crossfire, as part of its 20th … Continued
The Tibet factor
September 10, 2017By Claude Arpi, The Statesman – 10 September 2017 The Division of Heaven and Earth not only relates to the struggle of the courageous Tibetan people who took part in a large-scale uprising in the Spring of 2008 on the Tibetan plateau … Continued
Beijing’s Bold New Censorship
September 10, 2017By Perry Link, New York Review of Books Authoritarians, in China and elsewhere, normally have preferred to dress their authoritarianism up in pretty clothes. Lenin called the version of dictatorship he invented in 1921 “democratic centralism,” but it became clear, … Continued
How I Became An Activist: My Story Of Political Awakening
September 8, 2017By Purandhya, Feminism in India. Read original story here, When I recall those post-dinner conversations as a young girl when suddenly everyone would talk about what is going wrong with the nation, I’d notice that the women in the house … Continued