Exile Tibetans mark 35th year of Panchen Lama’s disappearance
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 25: The mood in the air was bitter sweet as Tibetans in Dharamshala, the exile seat of the Tibetan diaspora community commemorated the 35th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima on Thursday, while also marking his disappearance. The Tibetan government-in-exile known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration […]
Helmut Kutin, the long serving President of SOS passes away at 82
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 25: Helmut Kutin, the long-serving president of SOS Kinderdorf, a humanitarian organisation that supports children, has passed away in Thailand at the age of 82 on Tuesday. Kutin, born in 1941 in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, dedicated his life to uplifting the lives of those in need. His tenure as the […]
Tsering Dolma elected the new president Tibetan Women’s Association
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 25: One of the largest grassroots Tibetan non-governmental organisation in exile, Tibetan Women’s Association elected Tsering Dolma as its new President yesterday on the last day of its 14th General Assembly held here. The cadres of the all women organisation also elected Tenzin Nyima as the new General Secretary for the […]
Panchen Lama’s monastery urges China to make his whereabouts known ahead 35th birthday
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement in South India, the spiritual and cultural seat of the Panchen Lama in exile, has issued a poignant statement urging the general public to demand accountability for the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedun Choekyi Nyima. This appeal coincides with […]
Secretary Blinken urged to raise Tibet, Panchen Lama ahead of his visit to China
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Ahead of the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on April 24-26, the Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has urged the senior US official to address “deteriorating” situation in Tibet both “privately and publicly” with his Chinese […]
Gonpo Kyi assaulted again, phone holding evidence of police brutality destroyed
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 24: Gonpo Kyi, the sister of Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, who was wrongly sentenced to life by Chinese authorities, faced another instance of violence at the hands of Chinese authorities on April 19. The incident occurred following her latest protest outside the Tibet Higher People’s Court in Lhasa, where she reiterated […]
Opinion: New Bill in the US Congress -A new beginning for Tibet
By Vijay Kranti Foreign Relations Committee of US Senate clears way for the new US law which recognizes Tibet as an ‘Occupied Country’, CHOLKA-SUM as the ‘Real Tibet’ and shows the world how to reject Xi Jinping’s ‘One China Policy’ On 16 April the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee put its stamp of approval on […]
Opinion: Thus, we can speak of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
By Kyisar Ludup His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the embodiment of the existential spirit of the Tibetan people. Going against your own people’s existential spirit is ultimately going against yourself. Commenting on perspectives from legal, ethical, cultural, and the Tibetan Struggle for Sovereignty Prologue His Holiness the Dalai Lama has served as the temporal […]
China’s cyber espionage targeting Tibetan leadership in exile: new report
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, April 21: A new report “SPYWARE-AS-A-SERVICE: What the i-Soon files reveal about China’s targeting of the Tibetan diaspora” by Turquoise Roof, a team of Tibet-focused cybersecurity analysts details how hackers with links to the Chinese government are using cyber espionage tactics to target members of the Tibetan government-in-exile and the office of […]
Apple removes Meta apps from China app store on government orders
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, April 21: Tech giant Apple has removed two Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China on Friday following directives from the country’s internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China, which cited ‘national security’ concerns as its reason for the move. The tech conglomerate confirmed that the apps, […]