Press Release 26 October 2012 Addressing Tibetan Grievances is the Priority, Not Rewarding Informants The Central Tibetan Administration condemns the recent Chinese authorities’ offer of financial rewards to individual informants regarding possible acts of self-immolation. The Central Tibetan (...)
Rome, 25 October: On the second day of Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s visit to the Italian capital Rome, he had a breakfast meeting with 11 Italian Parliamentarians from different political parties. The Tibetan Political leader thanked the Italian Parliamentarians for their continued support for (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Lhamo Tseten, 24, set himself on fire in front of a military base and a local court at Amchok, Sangchu county in north-eastern Tibet today at around 02:30 pm (local time). He is the 4th Tibetan from Sangchu county to self-immolate in less than 7 days. Lhamo Tseten is survived by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Parliamentarians from different parts of the world will petition the Chinese president to end repression of fundamental human rights in Tibet and resume the dialogue process to find a lasting solution to the problem of Tibet as proposed in the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The US government urged the Chinese government to address the underlying policies that are pushing Tibetans in Tibet to burn themselves to death. “I think you know that we have consistently expressed our concern about the violence in the Tibetan areas, about the continuing pattern (...)
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW [The International Herald Tribune] “Laundry Song” Performed by Peng Liyuan from HPeaks on Vimeo. BEIJING — About a year and a half after Peng Liyuan, a well-known Chinese folk singer and the wife of Xi Jinping, the man tapped to be China’s next leader, performed the “Laundry (...)
Rome, 24 October: “Your support for education of Tibetans will help the future of Tibet and in fulfilling the aspirations of Tibetans in Tibet”, said Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay at a public talk at the Rome Provincial Government. The Tibetan Community in Italy, AREF International Onlus and other (...)
[The Associated Press] BEIJING – Police in a heavily Tibetan region of far west China are offering tipsters a reward of $7,700 for information about planned self-immolations in a bid to stem a wave of fiery protests against Chinese rule. Since the notice was issued by police in Gansu province’s (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration organised a prayer service yesterday at the main temple here, to mourn and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet. Three more Tibetans have set themselves on fire in the last four days, protesting (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Environment and Development Desk (EDD) of the Department of Information and International Relations, held a comprehensive talk on climate change and its impact on the Tibetan plateau. Ms Chokyi, a researcher from the EDD section, talked about current climate changes taking (...)