Tibet Situation Addressed in the Norwegian Parliament Question Time
QUESTION 1, MP Olav Gunnar Ballo (SLP): I have the following questions to the Foreign Minister: On the 2nd December 2002 the Tibetan Buddhist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was sentenced to death by the Chinese authorities and has since then been imprisoned.
CTA Welcomes Kofi Annan’s Appointment of the New UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
Louise Arbour, Canadian Supreme Court justice, was named by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the UN’s new high commissioner for human rights.
FREEDOM MARCH: “Seeking Saviour in Desperation”
With “Shangsho-Shangsho”, the wake up call for the Marchers, at 3 am, hushed-up one and all into frantic activities. In quick succession, morning chores were completed, so does the loading of the baggage into the truck.
Tibet’s Cry Falls on Deaf Ears…..
To wait more than 50 years for freedom is exquisite torture – that’s wearily familiar to the millions of Tibetans who have lived under Chinese oppression since they were invaded in 1949.
Dalai Lama’s Envoy Speaks Out….
The Special Envoy of Tibet’s Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, gave extensive details of the massive religious and human rights abuses being inflicted on the Tibetan people by the communist People’s Republic of China government (PRC).
A Good Heart Counts; Former Tibetan Monk has Found Freedom
His eyes are black as night. They have seen much. Stare into them. Drift back, to the Land of Snows. Pencho Rabgey is seven. He is a Tibetan monk. “It was not for religion at first,” he tells me.
A New Regional Chapter of Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) in Colorado, USA
The 7th Central Executive Committee members of TWA are happy to announce the establishment of yet another international regional chapter in Denver, Colorado.
Tibetans back man charged in card scam
Leaders of Boston’s Tibetan community yesterday rallied around a 25-year-old refugee accused of a $105,000 credit card theft scheme based at a Cape Cod gas station.
OBITUARY: Dawa
We have learnt through reliable sources of the sudden and unfortunate demise of Dawa, 67, a former political prisoner in the evening of February 22, 2004 at Lhasa after an illness.