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Trump urged to raise Tibet and human rights issues with Chinese president Xi
By PTI | Published: 05th April 2017 10:07 PM | Indian Express WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of lawmakers have urged US President Donald Trump to raise the issue of human rights violations in China, in particular, those related to Tibet when he meets his Chinese counterpart this week. Simultaneously, influential US lawmakers have read more →
On Eve of Chinese President’s US visit, Congressional Bicameral Bill Calls for Americans to Receive the Same Access to Tibet that Chinese Citizens Enjoy in the United States
International Campaign For Tibet ON APRIL 4, 2017 McGovern, Hultgren, Rubio, Baldwin introduce Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act in both House and Senate of the US Congress to lift restrictions on US citizens’ access to Tibet On the eve of the first summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President read more →
US: China Rights Abuse Overview Ahead of Xi-Trump Summit
(New York, April 4, 2017) – China’s human rights environment continues to deteriorate as Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump prepare to meet at a summit on April 6-7, 2017, at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Human Rights Watch said today. “Torture, disappearances, imprisoning peaceful advocates, destroying religious communities, read more →
Trump and Global Security
Jamie Metzl The United States is facing perhaps the most dangerous moment since the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack or the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. This danger does not stem from terrorism, immigration, or Islamic extremism but instead from the rapid deterioration of the post-World War Two international order. The Trump read more →
Bad weather forces Dalai Lama to reschedule Tawang trip
NEW DELHI: Tibetan Spritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday rescheduled his trip to Arunachal Pradesh‘s Tawang due to bad weather conditions in the Himalayan region. The Tibetan Spiritual lead was set to leave Guwahati by a chopper, but the inclement weather has forced him to travel by road and change his stop read more →
Dalai Lama calls for complete freedom to choose religion
GUWAHATI: Voicing concern over religious conversion, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Sunday said forceful conversion was not correct and an individual must have freedom to choose religion. Dalai Lama had an emotional reunion with the 5th Assam Rifles jawan who received him after his escape from Tibet in March read more →
‘Physically And Mentally I Am An Indian’, Says Dalai Lama
NDTV, 2 March 2017 Dalai Lama released his Assamese edition of his autobiography at the same event in Guwahati. (PTI) Guwahati: Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama today said he was the “longest guest” of the government of India and has now feels like he is an read more →
Almost 6 Decades Later, Dalai Lama Meets The Man Who Gave Him A Safe Passage To India
GUWAHATI — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday had an emotional reunion with one of the five Assam Rifles guards who escorted him to India during his escape from Tibet in March 1959. The Dalai Lama embraced retired jawan Naren Chandra Das at an interactive session organised at read more →
Tibetan PM in Doon, connects with students and community members on strategy to resolve Tibet issue
Times of India, 31 March 2017 DEHRADUN: Lobsang Sangay, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, who is in Dehradun on a five-day official visit, interacted with members of the substantial Tibetan community in the region, and visited schools run by the community on Friday. Sangay, who is referred to as read more →
Dalai Lama in Tawang
The Statesman, Salman Haidar, 30 March 2017 Tawang has a very particular place in India-China affairs. When in 1959 the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet and made his way to India the route he chose took him through Tawang where he and his small entourage of fugitives crossed into India, read more →
China: Major Tibetan Buddhist Institution Faces Further Demolitions
Human Rights Watch, 29 March 2017 (New York) – Chinese authorities should halt the expulsion and political re-education of monks and nuns from a major Tibetan religious institution, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a statement by an abbot of the institution, Chinese officials announced on March 12, 2017, read more →
Soaking up Tibetan culture; replete with spices, flavours
People from across the world flock to Tibetan chefs to learn how to make traditional dishes that are said to have medicinal value. Classes are taken in small rooms across the hill state. While dishing up soul-stirring delicacies, people also get morsels of information on the political situation in Tibet. read more →
In Pics: Australian Team Pay a Visit to Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
The Quint – Mendra Dorjey Sahni – 24 March 2017 Australia and India’s cricket teams are both currently in Dharamsala for the fourth and final test between the sides. The match that starts Saturday will decide the winner of the series. With so much on the line, the Australian read more →
Protesters slam China on human rights
Herald Sun, 23 March 2017 A 19-gun welcome salute for Chinese premier Li Keqiang was fired over the heads of both protesters and supporters at Parliament House. Tibetan, East Turkestan and Falun Gong groups protesting China’s alleged human rights abuses assembled on the parliamentary lawn in Canberra, separated by barriers read more →
Chinese public positive about me: Dalai Lama
The Tribune, 22 March 2017 KANGRA, March 21 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said that unfortunately the Chinese hardliners consider him a trouble maker but the general Chinese public is very positive about him. He was responding speaking to media persons on his arrival at Kangra airport this read more →