Tibetans mark Human Rights Day with protests
Tibetans and supporters across the world commemorated the 63rd Human Rights Day with protest marches and campaigns calling on China to respect the fundamental human rights in Tibet, Saturday.
Photos of Khaying and Choephel appear in exile
More than two months after two young Tibetans set their bodies on fire demanding an end to China’s continued occupation of Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama from exile, their photos have finally made its way outside Tibet.
The Dalai Lama arrives back to an emotional welcome
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in his exile hometown of Dharamshala, north India earlier today. Tibetan devotees, including hundreds of new arrivals from Tibet lined up on the streets to give a grand welcome to the Dalai Lama
China rejects calls for fact-finding missions to Tibet
In a letter sent to a news website based in Brussels, the Dalai Lama has urged European Union (EU) foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to press China on allowing a visit by EU diplomats to Tibet.
Chinese premiere “unilaterally postpones” Nepal visit
hinese Premier Wen Jaibao has postponed his much anticipated visit to Nepal sine die at the eleventh according to latest reports coming out of Nepal. Nepali Deputy Prime Minister Narayankaji Shrestha was told of the postponement
Bird flu outbreak in Tibet
The World Organisation for Animal Health issued an alert on a reported outbreak of bird flu in a village in Tibet Monday. The Paris-based organisation cited a notification from China’s Ministry of Agriculture
Czech FM meets the Dalai Lama, hails meeting as ‘inspiring’
Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, currently on a three-day visit to the Czech Republic, met with former president Vaclav Havel and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg over the weekend.
Bus falls into Zachu River; 12 dead, 5 missing
Twelve people have been confirmed dead and five others missing after a bus fell into a river in Chamdo, Tibet according to a report published by the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
Leaked video shows China’s brutality in Tibet
A rare video footage smuggled out from Tibet shows the alarming level of repression and heavy-handed police brutality that Tibetans suffer under China’s occupation.
“Allow fact-finding delegation to Tibet,” says Dr Sangay
Hundreds of Tibetans and foreigners gathered at Tsug-la Khang in Dharamshala, Saturday for a muted commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama.