Chinese repression to blame for immolations in Tibet by Dr Lobsang Sangay
Eleven Tibetans have set fire to themselves in eastern Tibet since March. Six have died. The Chinese government describes them as “terrorists in disguise.”
The Dalai Lama says ‘tremendous desperation’ causing self-immolations, Tells Beijing to look into its causes
“Speaking as an ordinary Tibetan and a Buddhist monk, these incidents of self-immolation are very very sad,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at a press conference in the northern Japanese city of Sendai. “The leadership in Beijing should look into the ultimate cause of these tragic incidents
TWA raises self immolation crisis with visiting Chinese leader
The president of the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), Dolkar Lhamo Kirti briefly met with a visiting member of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee, Lu Hao in the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday and attempted to handover a petition
Global Day of Action for Tibet
Tibetan college students in south India and activists from the Tibetan settlements in the Indian state of Karnataka, south India organised a day-long fax jam campaign targeting the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday as a part of the Tibet Global Action Day.
TPiE calls for stronger support from global heads
The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) in a press release called upon the international community for stronger support to end the alarming instances of self-immolations Tibet. On November 3, Palden Choetso a 35-year old Tibetan nun from the Gaden Choeling nunnery
Testimony of Dr. Lobsang Sangay Kalon Tripa, Central Tibetan Administration before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Chairman McGovern, Chairman Wolf, Commission Members, thank for giving me the opportunity to testify before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.
This is my first visit to Washington, D.C., since assuming the office of Kalon Tripa of Tibet following the historic transfer of political authority by His Holiness the Dalai Lama earlier this August.
Statement of Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
Statement of Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, and Commissioner, Congressional-Executive Commission on China U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing on Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 2011 Annual Report
Tibetan exile sets self on fire outside Chinese Embassy in Delhi
A 25 year old Tibetan refugee living in India, set himself on fire, in front of the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital New Delhi today. Indian policemen on security at the Chinese Embassy tried to extinguish the fire that was quickly spreading to his entire bod
“Tibet is Burning”
On February 27, 2009, the 24 year-old monk Tapey from Kirti Monastery in Amdo, Ngaba, died from self-immolation; it was perhaps the first time that someone from within the Tibetan region used self-immolation to express his will. I wrote in an article titled