NY & NJ Tibetan groups delivering food and essentials to frontline workers

Tibetans delivering home-cooked meals to hospitals in NY city. Photo -The Tibetan Community of NY&NJ

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 5: As New York continues to be the worst hit region in the world  by the Covid-19 pandemic, Tibetan community groups and NGOs in New York and New Jersey (NY&NJ) have sprung into action as its members are delivering home-cooked food and other essentials to frontline workers in the city. […]

Former Tibetan political prisoner dies of imprisonment-related injuries

Former Political Prisoner Tsering Bagdro in an undated photo (Photo courtesy- ICT)

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, May 5: A former Tibetan political prisoner, Tsering Bagdro, who served 8 years in prison for carrying out a protest in Lhasa against the Chinese policies against the Dalai Lama and Tibet has reportedly died in occupied Tibet last month aged 51. His death on April 26, 2020 in Gyama Village […]