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As the Dalai Lama Turns 80, Tibet Still Suffers
By Richard Gere and Nancy Pelosi, Wall Street Journal, 5 July 2015 On July 6 the Dalai Lama, whose spiritual wisdom and friendship have been touchstones for both of our lives, is turning 80 years old. Since his harrowing escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet into exile on horseback through the high Himalayas read more →
The readers’ editor on… Buddhism and organised lobbying
By Stephen Pritchard, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 Hundreds of protesting emails demanding retractions and apologies poured in last month after the Observer reported on planned demonstrations in Britain against the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader. Coupled with a storm on Twitter and placard-waving near our office in London, read more →
India lucky to be home to Dalai
The Statesmen, 5 July 2015 Three former Indian foreign secretaries, one of whom was also the National Security Advisor, and a former union minister came together on stage on Saturday here to pay warm tributes to the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Former foreign secretaries Shyam read more →
Trust deficit in Tibet
Beneath the veneer of calm, Lhasa still remains a city divided despite Beijing’s grand development plans. And a silent prayer still goes out for the Dalai Lama Ananth Krishnan, 2 July 2015, India Today The Deyang Shar courtyard, or the courtyard of eastern happiness, sits right at the heart of read more →
New Postage Stamp in Germany Recognizes Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday
Germany’s stamp in honor of the Dalai Lama. Copyright ICT, but free for reprinting with attribution and downloadable at http://bit.ly/1Jz8EhN International Campaign for Tibet, 2 July 2015 A postage stamp celebrating the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday and created by the International Campaign for Tibet, will be available in Germany. The read more →
Try a little tenderness, the Dalai Lama urges a sellout crowd at SMU
By Julie Fancher, Dallas Morning News, 1 July 2015 UNIVERSITY PARK — The Dalai Lama discussed the importance of compassion in achieving peace — and whether he should be the last Dalai Lama — during a celebration of his upcoming 80th birthday. “I am just one human being, one out read more →
Tibet Isn’t Free Yet; That Doesn’t Mean the Dalai Lama Has Failed
Huffington Post, 26 June 2015 By Freya Putt, Human rights activist & Deputy Director at Tibet Action Institute In recent years, I’ve noticed an increasing trend of articles and commentaries examining the Dalai Lama’s life and legacy that conclude Tibetans, and he as their leader, have failed in their cause read more →
Tribute to KUNDUN
By Jamyang Dorjee 6th July is the official birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama referred to as Kundun, by Tibetans. The Mega celebration of the 80th birthday already begun and continues right across the continents in different forms including offering long life prayers ‘Tenshug’ both by Tibetans and non read more →
EU Leaders Urge China to Adopt Tough Climate-Change Goals
By Naftali Bendavid, The Wall Street Journal, 29 June 2015 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wants China to join Europe in its emissions target BRUSSELS—European Union leaders Monday urged China to adopt tough climate-change goals as they and other nations head toward a critical climate conference in Paris at year’s read more →
Tusk urges China to restart Dalai Lama representatives talks
Business Standard, 30 June 2015 EU president Donald Tusk urged China today to restart a dialogue with representatives of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. “I expressed our concerns on freedom of expression and association in China including people belonging to minorities including Tibetan and Uighur,” Tusk said at read more →
China warns Glastonbury organizers after Dalai Lama’s invite
Revellers use the lavatories during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Britain, June 25, 2015. REUTERS/DYLAN MARTINEZ China on Friday warned organizers of the Glastonbury Festival that inviting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit one of Europe’s largest music festivals was tantamount to giving him a read more →
Dalai Lama tells Glastonbury of the need to speak out on climate change
The Dalai Lama arrives at Glastonbury’s Stone Circle area. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Josh Halliday, The Guardian, 28 June 2015 Tibetan spiritual leader endorses pope’s radical message on environment and calls for more pressure to be put on international governments The Dalai Lama has endorsed the pope’s read more →
Dalai Lama Releases Documentary on CM’s life
TNN, 23 June 2015 DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama released a documentary made by a production house based in Shimla. The film focuses on the life of Himachal’s “six-time chief minister and tallest politician of this state. The documentary was screened at Tibetan Children Village. Himachal Pradesh chief minister read more →
Beijing’s Master Plan for the South China Sea
China has far greater ambitions for the region than just reclaiming some tiny islands. By Feng Zhang, Foreign Policy, 23 June 2015 In late 2013, Beijing started taking a very different approach to sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea — although few outside China noticed the change. Instead of read more →
Xinjiang Restricts Fasting In Ramadan
OnIslam & News Agencies Tuesday, 16 June 2015 00:00 Raxit decried Chinese authorities’ calls on Uighur civil servants not to observe fasting in Ramadan, seeing it as aimed at controlling Islam. BEIJING – Adding to Uighur Muslims’ concerns, some parts of the far western Xinjiang district have banned Muslim party read more →