http://www.phayul.com/ Latest Tibetan news around the world en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:17 GMT Copyright: (C) Phayul.com http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31400 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31400 A Tibetan teen is among a group that won a nationwide rocketry challenge held in The Plains, Virginia, United States last week. Tashi Aruktsang was among the four-member team from the Madison West High School that clinched first prize Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31398 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31398 A renowned Tibetan singer is all set to march, dragging a coffin as a symbol of the slow death of Tibet, from the Swiss capital of Bern to the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva beginning today. Wed, 16 May 2012 06:06:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31395 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31395 Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile said that a statue of Jamphel Yeshi will be built to remember and honour his sacrifice for the Tibetan freedom struggle. Tue, 15 May 2012 02:24:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31393 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31393 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday in London. According to reports, both leaders expressed concern for the situation in Tibet Tue, 15 May 2012 09:44:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31391 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31391 Days after the three members of the exile family on their March to Tibet were stopped and returned back to India by Nepali border police, Tsetan Dorjee, one of the marchers has successfully entered Nepal. Tue, 15 May 2012 06:33:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31388 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31388 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today received the 2012 Templeton Prize and announced that he will give away to charity £1.1m (about $ 1.7 million) in prize money awarded to him. Mon, 14 May 2012 06:04:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31384 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31384 Chinese authorities in Lhu Chu region of Amdo, eastern Tibet have forcibly closed down a Tibetan orphanage and arrested two of its teachers. Exile sources have said that the school’s strict adherence to teaching Tibetan language and culture was the reason Mon, 14 May 2012 08:21:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31382 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31382 In another instance of death due to emotional shock, an elderly Tibetan man died after his son was arbitrarily arrested by Chinese security personnel in March this year. Tsetan Tashi, in his 60s, died of shock after security officers arrested his son, Tsewang Norbu Mon, 14 May 2012 07:48:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31380 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31380 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of Austria on his five-nation European tour this month. Leaving his exile home town of Dharamshala Saturday, the Dalai Lama will begin his tour in London, Sun, 13 May 2012 06:06:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31375 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31375 The three members of the exile family on their march to Tibet, who were detained by Nepali police, have been reportedly beaten up and returned back to India. The three were stopped at a border checkpoint in Sonauli and detained by Nepali officials. Sat, 12 May 2012 11:06:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31374 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31374 After being man hunted by Chinese security personnel for months, a Tibetan youth who had participated in an anti-China protest in Drango, eastern Tibet, stabbed himself to death on March 29. Gonpo Rigzin, 25, had taken part in the January 23 mass protests in Drango Fri, 11 May 2012 09:55:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31373 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31373 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to address a mass solidarity rally for Tibet in Vienna, Austria on May 26. According to organisers, over 10,000 people are expected to attend the Europe-wide rally. Fri, 11 May 2012 09:38:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31368 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31368 In a strong show of defiance against Chinese authorities, around 200 Tibetan women in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet marched towards the Chinese district office last week demanding the release of fellow Tibetans arrested in recent times. Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31367 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31367 The three members of the exiled Tibetan family on their March to Tibet have been detained by Nepali police upon entering the country today, according to sources. The three who have been marching for exactly two months today were reportedly detained upon entering Nepal from the border town of Sonauli. Thu, 10 May 2012 12:59:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31363 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=31363 In a strong show of unity and solidarity with the families of Tibetan self-immolators and political prisoners, Tibetans in Amdo Ngaba Adhue region of eastern Tibet have launched a farming boycott movement in protest against the Chinese government.
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