DHARAMSHALA: A French Parliamentarian has expressed his concern over the lack of reaction from the world governments to the tragic self-immolations in Tibet and urged the general public to apply pressure on the Chinese government to solve the problem of Tibet. Mr Lionnel Luca, the President of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A 6-day workshop on Critical, Co-operative and Creative Thinking Skills organised by the Department of Education started today at College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS), Sarah. Nineteen primary teacher trainees of CHTS and 17 Trained Graduate Teachers from Tibetan schools in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The fifth session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile will be convened for 10 days from 18 (Monday) – 28 March (Thursday) 2013 at the Kashag auditorium, the parliamentary secretariat announced. Members of the the Tibetan Parliament have been requested to register their (...)
[TCHRD] “This heinous practice is not permitted under any circumstances. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify an enforced disappearance.” Jeremy Sarkin, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (Nov. 2011) Imagine a close loved one being taken into (...)
Pallavi Chattopadhyay / The Indian Express The presence of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala has made it a popular destination for tourists from around the world. But now, the hill station will be part of the tourist circuit for another reason — a first-of-its-kind international film festival, which (...)
By Simon Denyer, Oct 30, 2012 04:50 PM EDTThe Washington Post NEW DELHI — As China’s Communist Party prepares for its leadership transition, a wave of self-immolations has spread and accelerated across Tibet, in the most sustained protests against Beijing’s rule there in five decades. Most of (...)
DHARAMSALA: Reiterating its deep concern over the spate of self-immolations in Tibet last week, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on Monday said the situation would aggravate if the Chinese leadership does not address the underlying causes of the crisis. Last week witnessed the highest number of (...)
[AFP] WASHINGTON: The US ambassador to China on Monday urged Beijing to re-examine policies toward Tibetans as he acknowledged that he had quietly visited monasteries during a spate of self-immolation protests. Ambassador Gary Locke, speaking from Beijing to an online forum in the United (...)
Xi Jinping will soon be named as China’s next president. He must be ready to break with the past The Economist Oct 27th 2012 | from the print edition JUST after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which starts in Beijing on November 8th, a short line of dark-suited (...)
[South China Morning Post] Editorial Is party-leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping a true reformer? The imminent change of leadership in China has intensified debate about the need for political and economic reform. Given all the structural problems that have developed amid rapid growth, hope for (...)