China arrests four Tibetan nuns on return from India
Authorities in the Tibetan Kham region of China’s Sichuan Province detained four Tibetan nuns for nearly three weeks following their return to the area from India, RFA’s Tibetan service reports.
China is blackmailing Canada, senator says
China is trying to blackmail Canada by hinting at economic retaliation for welcoming the Dalai Lama, says Liberal Senator Jim Munson, an eyewitness to Chinese mistreatment of the Buddhist holy man’s followers in Tibet 15 years ago.
Dalia Lama Wraps Up 4 Day Visit to Vancouver
Exiled Tibetan Leader the Dalai Lama spoke at a conference in Vancouver, Tesday, along with fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shirin Ebadi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They agree that more freedom for journalists and increased education will create a more stable global climate.
Dalai Lama trip to take political overtone
The Dalai Lama begins a two-week Ontario visit today in Ottawa, where his spiritual trip will take a decidedly political tone. But before leaving British Columbia yesterday, the smiling
The world’s youngest political prisoner – is Tibet’s Panchen Lama still alive?
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the youngest political prisoner in the world – that is, if he is still alive. Assuming that he has not been murdered, for nine lonely years, a young Tibetan boy has been held prisoner and indoctrinated at the hands of the Chinese government.
Through the eyes of an exile
Tashi Wangdu, an exiled Tibetan and secretary at the Office of Tibet in Pretoria, visted Tibet in August last year and returned with amateur digital photographs that assist him in talking about life in exile and under occupation.
Local Protest Supports UN Strike
As Tibetan hunger strikers moved into their sixteenth day in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, a small group of Bay Area residents turned out Saturday in downtown Berkeley to show their support by staging their own one-day strike.
Film explores Tibetan Buddhism in western world
Some 30 minutes into John Halpern’s documentary film Refuge, one can’t help but feel drawn toward Tibetan Buddhism amid the numerous images of westerners embracing the faith in spiritually adrift North America.