Scholar warns Tibetans of more vulnerability in future
An expert on majority-minority relations in China and India, and the author of numerous hard-hitting articles on Tibet, Dibyesh Anand warned Tibetans in India of more vulnerability in the future. Speaking to a select audience at the Tibetan exile headquarters of Dharamshala
Beijing must ensure Tibetan students’ safety: CTA
The exiled Tibetan leadership said that it was “deeply disturbed and concerned” over recent reports of violence against Tibetan students at a Chinese school in Chengdu.
Religion still poison in China
Reminiscent of the Mao era, a senior Chinese Communist Party member has revived the hard line rhetoric against religion by reaffirming that the party’s “principled stance regarding forbidding members from believing in religion has not changed one iota.”
HAVEL’S LEGACY TO THE TIBETAN STRUGGLE by Jamyang Norbu
These days whenever the Dalai Lama is received by any world leader or celebrity with a modicum of civility, Tibetans understandably become enormously pleased and gratified. In our somewhat desperate situation all publicity is regarded as good publicity.
Wukan unrest spreads to neighbouring village
The ongoing standoff between villagers and Chinese security personnel in Wukan has sparked similar protests in a neighbouring village. Over a thousand villagers in Longtou village protested against local government authorities, charging them of corruption and illegal land grabs
Tibetan spiritual leader begins teaching for Russian Buddhists
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his three-day teaching at the request of Russian devotees earlier today in his exile residence of Dharamshala, north India. Thousands of devotees, including 1300 Russians, around one thousand Tibetans from Tibet,
Hu’s menacing dogs are they? By Bhuchung D. Sonam
In 2009, Kunga Tsayang — the imprisoned writer and environmentalist — wrote a bold essay titled Who are the Real Separatists? “China Television, Lhasa TV and others, while ignoring the truth, have excessively branded all Tibetans as separatists.
Tibet loses a true friend: Vaclav Havel passes away at 75 (Updated)
Vaclav Havel, a close friend of the Dalai Lama and a longtime supporter of the Tibetan people, died earlier today at his home in the northern Czech Republic after a prolonged illness. He was 75. Born in 1936, Vaclav Havel rose to prominence as a dissident playwright in the 1970s
Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75
Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic’s first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75. The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said
Harvard University’s Introduction to Tibet (What Are Tibetans Striving For?)
It was an evening filled with the energy of free-spirited Tibetans who came from all over the country in solidarity to celebrate culture, discuss politics, elevate concerns, and shares their vision for the future of Tibet at Harvard University on Friday, December 2, 2011. It was an evening when the flame of passion for their nation was transferred from the hearts of Tibetans