Dalai Lama says China will ‘sooner or later’ give autonomy to Tibet
The Dalai Lama said Thursday that international pressure and rapid changes within China will eventually force Beijing to grant autonomy to Tibet. “Autonomy to Tibet under the Chinese constitution has to come sooner or later,”
China Sentences Another Tibetan Activist – Groups
China has jailed a Tibetan for five years in connection with the cases of two religious figures sentenced to death for a series of bomb attacks, rights groups said.
Tibetan Arrests in Nepal on the Rise “Gentlemen’s Agreement” Breaking Down
Three Tibetan refugees arrested in Nepal in December while attempting to transit to India were each given three year jail sentences by a Nepalese court on January 8, 2003. The three new prisoners, including two teenagers, join at least ten other Tibetans who remain incarcerated in Kathmandu for immigration violations.
Nomination of the 101th Ganden Tripa, supreme head of the Gelugpa lineage
On January 20th 2003 His Holiness the Dalai-lama announced in BodhGaya at the conclusion of the Kalachakra empowerment the appointment of Khensur Lungri Namgyel rinpoche as the 101th Ganden Tripa.
Tibet’s exiled PM warns of anti-China protests
Tibetans will launch a fresh protest against China if Beijing does not make efforts for dialogue by June, Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche said Tuesday.
Good karma at Hopp Ferenc
The Hopp Museum collection has shown two significant exhibitions of Tibetan art in the last 10 years. The Lamaista Sculpture exhibition had great success in 1990, showing small statues.