CTA President rallies support from US lawmakers, urges appointment of Special Coordinator

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 1: President Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) held a series of high-level meetings with senior United States lawmakers in Washington, D.C., this week to reinforce bipartisan support for the Tibetan cause and to press for the prompt appointment of a US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues—an influential diplomatic […]

Former minister and representative Tashi Wangdi passes away at 78

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 1: Tashi Wangdi, a Tibetan diplomat and former minister of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), passed away at the age of 78 in Canada.  Wangdi was born on April 15, 1947 in Tibet. He fled the country in 1959 and later joined the Tibetan government-in-exile in 1966 as a junior officer. Over […]

EU Lawmakers demand investigation into suspicious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje

Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 1: Two senior members of the European Parliament have written to the Chinese and Vietnamese ambassadors to the EU demanding a transparent and independent investigation into the suspicious death of revered Tibetan Buddhist leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje, whose body was hastily cremated in Vietnam without the consent of his family. According to […]