Taliban claim efforts to preserve Afghanistan’s Buddhist heritage
Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 3: Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced initiatives to protect the country’s Buddhist heritage sites and artefacts, departing from their previous stance during their first period of rule. The announcement comes more than two decades after the Taliban’s internationally condemned 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, two monumental 6th-century statues which represented Vairocana […]
Tibetan journalists’ collective in exile observes World Press Freedom Day
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 3: The Association of Tibetan Journalists (ATJ), a collective of Tibetan journalists in exile, commemorated World Press Freedom Day with a panel discussion focused on the role and rights of the exile Tibetan media. Held on Saturday in the capital of the exile Tibetan diaspora, the occasion brought together journalists and […]
Late Minister Tashi Wangdi final act of service, requests no mass prayer service during office hours
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 3: In a final gesture reflecting his lifelong dedication to the Tibetan cause, late former Minister Tashi Wangdi requested that no formal prayer service be held in his memory, customarily observed for a half day during working hours of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The veteran Tibetan diplomat and former minister […]
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 […]
Tibetan leadership extends condolences to Congressman Jim McGovern for daughter’s passing
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, May 1: The Tibetan leadership has expressed profound condolences to U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern and his family following the untimely demise of his daughter, Molly McGovern, who passed away at the age of 23 after a brief battle with a rare form of cancer. In a letter dated April 25, President Penpa […]