Press Statement: Dharamsala Welcomes Release of Phuntsog Nyidrol
“The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes the news, as reported by the Associated Press, that Phuntsog Nyidrol who was imprisoned in 1989 at the age of 22 for her vocal expression of her political views has been released from prison,” said Kalon Thubten Lungrig
Freedom March: “Return of the Old Warriors”
The Freedom March organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress is participated by over 80 participants from 22 different places. The March, which started from Thekchen Choling, Dharamsala on the 11th of February
Beijing Olympics: Opportunity or Mockery
“Whether giving Beijing the Olympics was right or wrong it is too late to worry, it is a done deal. The question now is can China make it a celebration of a coming of age or reduce it to a base mockery of the whole Olymoic ideal.”
Tibetan Nun Phuntsog Nyidrol Released From Prison
Phuntsog Nyidrol, one of Tibet’s most prominent political prisoners and the longest serving female political prisoner, was reportedly released from Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison Tuesday, Feb. 24. Nyidrol was due to be released in March 2005.
Concert Review: Tibet House Benefit Concert
A benefit concert offering a potpourri of acts playing for a cause can be a dicey proposition. In essence, the variety show format where each musician gets two tunes before getting the hook carries with it the potential for mishap.
Blood on the snow
A hundred years ago, under the guise of power politics, one of the darkest chapters in British imperial history was written in blood in the snows of Tibet. It was a clash between the greatest and most technologically advanced power in the world and one of the weakest