Big audience for panel with Dalai Lama despite Beijing protest
March 14, 2016A view of the auditorium during the panel discussion on ‘Nobel Laureates on Human Rights – A view from civil society’ in Geneva, Switzerland on March 11, 2016. Photo/Olivier Adam By Stephanie Nebehay, GENEVA (Reuters) – 11 March 2016 The Dalai Lama took part in a panel of Nobel Peace read more →
Here’s the Chinese government’s step-by-step guide to becoming a ‘living Buddha’
March 14, 2016Los Angeles Times /By Jonathan Kaiman Contact Reporter The Communist Party bureaucracy has managed to work its way into almost all aspects of life — and now even the afterlife– in China.In order to gain greater control over Tibet, the officially atheist party has taken over the process of designating read more →
Anti-Dalai Lama group disbands after Chinese role is exposed
March 13, 2016Members of the International Shugden Community rally against the Dalai Lama, who they accuse of religious intolerance, across the street from the site of the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, February 5, 2015.REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST/FILES Reuters, 12 March 2016 The Buddhist group leading a global campaign of read more →
U.S. should speak out for Tibet: Nancy Pelosi & Jim McGovern
March 11, 2016Nancy Pelosi and Jim McGover, 10 March 2016, USA Today Freedom-loving nations must call international attention to mounting Chinese human rights violations. Last November, we led the first delegation of United States members of Congress the Chinese government has allowed to visit Tibet in more than eight years. As we read more →
China Urges Diplomats and U.N. to Boycott Dalai Lama in Geneva
March 11, 2016New York Times, By REUTERS, MARCH 10, 2016 GENEVA — China has written to diplomats and U.N. officials urging them not to attend a Geneva event on Friday where the Dalai Lama will speak, reasserting that it opposes his appearance at all venues due to his “separatist activities”. Reuters reported read more →
Environment created for regional war in Asia: Tibetan Prof
March 9, 2016Prothom Alo – Bangladesh Mizanur Rahman Khan | Update: 21:44, Mar 08, 2016 A senior exiled Tibetan professor has urged the Chinese president Xi Jinping to resume talks stalled in 2010, with the representative of the spiritual leader Dalai Lama to resolve the Tibet issues peacefully. He called upon Mr read more →
Taiwan’s plans to invite Dalai Lama riles China
March 8, 2016By Didi Tang | AP published on The Hindu, 7 March 2016 According to reports, Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen is considering inviting the highest-ranking figure in Tibetan Buddhism to visit in his capacity as a religious leader. China on Monday strongly opposed any invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan, the read more →
Yet another Tibetan dies after setting himself on fire to protest China
March 8, 2016The Washington Post By Lindsey Bever March 4 Sixteen-year-old Dorjee Tsering, a Tibetan student in India who set himself on fire earlier this week to protest the Chinese occupation in Tibet, has died from his injuries at a hospital in New Delhi, according to local news reports. The teen told his mother he wanted to “do something read more →
Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule
March 8, 2016The New York Times By EDWARD WONGMARCH 3, 2016 BEIJING — A young Tibetan monk died this week after setting himself on fire in Sichuan Province to protest Chinese rule, according to a Tibetadvocacy group. It was the first known act of self-immolation in a Tibetan area of China since read more →
Tibetan in India Dies Days After Setting Himself on Fire to Protest China
March 8, 2016The New York Times By NIDA NAJARMARCH 4, 2016 NEW DELHI — A 16-year-old Tibetan student living in India has died three days after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet, a hospital official said on Friday. The student, Dorjee Tsering, had self-immolated on Monday in Dehradun, read more →