Additional Election Commissioners sworn in

Sonam Gyaltsen and Geshema Delek Wangmo during the oath ceremony at the CTA auditorium in Gankyi (Photo CTA)

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 3: The two Additional Election Commissioners who were elected last week were officially sworn in on Tuesday by the Chief Justice Commissioner Mr. Sonam Norbu Dagpo at the Central Tibetan Administration compound here. The oath ceremony of Geshema Delek Wangmo, teacher of Dolma Ling Nunnery and Mr. Sonam Gyaltsen, former Tibetan Parliamentarian […]

10 imprisoned for protest against construction projects in Sangchu County

Ten Tibetans sentenced to prison for 8 to 12 years for protesting construction projects in Sangchu County (Photo- Free Tibet)

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 3: Ten Tibetans were sentenced to prison for varied prison terms of 8-13 years on June 29 for objecting Chinese construction projects of a slaughter company, highway construction and other projects built by the Chinese government in the Sangchu County in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The protestors were arrested in […]

Former Political Prisoner Ama Adhe passes away at 88

Former political prisoner Ama Adhe served 27 years in Chinese gulag (photo courtesy Lobsang Wangyal)

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 3: Former Political Prisoner and well known spokesperson for Chinese atrocities in Tibet, Adhe Tapontsang, 88, passed away in Dharamshala on Monday. Activist groups, Students for a Free Tibet and Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) held a candlelight vigil at Mcleod Ganj in remembrance of her legacy and role in the […]