By Cheng Ruisheng The Tribune, 24 October On April 1, 1950, India became the first country among non-socialist countries to establish diplomatic relations with New China. From 1950 to 1958, China-India relations witnessed a very friendly period of “honey-moon”, with the slogan of “Hindi-Chini Bhai (...)
DHARAMSHALA: With the confirmation of twin self-immolations in Driru county in Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region earlier reported by Central Tibetan Administration, a total of 7 Tibetans have self-immolated within the last 7 days. Tsepo, 20, and Tenzin, 25, set themselves on fire (...)
By Julia FamularoThe Diplomat Online October 27, 2012 Since March 2011, a total of 57 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest against Chinese government policies. Members of the monastic community, lay Tibetans, and exile officials alike feel great empathy for those who have died, even as they (...)
Torino, 26 October: Today two Tibetans self-immolated in Tibet. It is the 5th incident in less than 7 days. The total number of Tibetans who have self-immolated since February 2009 is now 60. “Stop the repression and self-immolation would stop,” said Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay during his address (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Few hours after 24-year-old Lhamo Tseten burned himself to death in Sangchu county in north-eastern Tibet’s Amdo province (incorporated into China’s Gansu Province) Friday, a 21 year old Tibetan man self-immolated in the county’s Sangkhog township. Tsepag Kyab set himself on fire on (...)
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 (...)