The battle to keep Tibetans under control is inflicting severe psychological damage on Chinese armed police, an internal training document has revealed. [By Malcolm Moore / The Telegraph] BEIJING: The leaked 25-page training manual was given to members of the People’s Armed Police charged with (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The US State Department said in a new report that Tibetans in Tibet faced severe religious repression, and societal discrimination throughout last year. In its International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 released Monday, the Chinese government’s respect for and protection of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Speaker Penpa Tsering of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today inaugurated a comprehensive leadership workshop for Tibetan college students at Gangkyi, Dharamshala. The 9-day workshop entitled ‘Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders’ is being organised by the Tibetan Parliamentary and (...)
May 20, 2013 Dharamsala: The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the provision of 5,000 immigration visas to displaced Tibetans residing in India and Nepal. The amendment, offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein and cosponsored by Chairman Patrick Leahy and Senator Chuck Schumer, was approved by (...)
Tibet Solidarity Day Observed in Delhi NEW DELHI: A prayer service (Prarthana Sabha) was held in Rajghat, Delhi to observe the International Tibet Solidarity Day on May 17. Kasur Tempa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi along with Buddhist monks from Japan, Myanmar, (...)
Moscow: The International Tibet Solidarity Day was observed on 17th May in the capital of Russia by Tibetans, the Dharma friends and supporters of Tibet in Moscow. The event began with the prayers dedicated to the Tibetan people suffering in occupied-Tibet. The prayers were led by five monks of (...)
[The Hindu] India’s decision to once again avoid reaffirming its commitment to a ‘One China policy’ has raised eyebrows in Beijing but Indian officials are playing down the omission of “Tibet” from the joint statement issued after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li (...)
[AFP] WASHINGTON – US lawmakers debating a landmark immigration bill on Monday approved the provision of 5,000 visas to Tibetan refugees to enter the United States over the next three years. Citing “terrible” and increasing oppression by Chinese authorities against Tibetans, Senator Dianne (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Torture Survivors and Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Health is currently organising an eight-day mental health workshop at Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (VIMHANS), New Delhi. A total of 19 nurses and community health workers from (...)
Dharamshala: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a think-tank of the Central Tibetan Administration, yesterday released the revised version of its White Paper on Tibetan self-immolations on the occasion of International Tibet Solidarity Day. The White Paper titled ‘Why Tibet is Burning..’ explains (...)