[BBC / 2 November 2012] A top UN official has urged China to address issues in Tibet that have led to what she says is a rise in extreme protests, like self-immolations. UN rights chief Navi Pillay said stability in the region could not be achieved by heavy security and the suppression of human (...)
[TCHRD] A month after his detention, a monk from Nyatso Zilkar Monastery has been sentenced to a year in prison for unknown charges, according to information received by TCHRD today. As reported earlier by TCHRD, Tenzin Sherab, 28, was detained on 1 October at Zatoe (Ch: Zaduo) town in Tridu (...)
(This report was last updated on 5 November 2012 at 3:56 pm) DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply saddened to learn of fresh reports coming out of Tibet that one more Tibetan has set self on fire, bringing the total known self-immolations to 63. Dorjee Lhundup, a 24-year (...)
Press Release 3 November 2012 “The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) based in Dharamsala is encouraged by the powerful statement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Friday,” said Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay. Ms Pillay has strongly urged the Chinese (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration organised a special prayer service to condole and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet. Thousands of Tibetans including the entire officials of the Central Tibetan Administration, attended the (...)
By Jamphel Shonu YOKOHAMA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Japan today for 10-day visit. He was welcomed by Representative Lhakpa Tshoko, the local Tibetan community and friends of Tibet at the Narita International airport. He was later received at the Intercontinental Hotel by Ven. (...)
[Hindustan Times] NEW DELHI: The 14th Dalai Lama on Friday said India was no longer “over-cautious” in dealing with China over the Tibet issue and expressed satisfaction that the Manmohan Singh government was “more firm’ as compared to past in its bilateral engagement with Beijing. In an exclusive (...)
By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE / The New York Times GENEVA — The top human rights official of the United Nations took China to task on Friday over the suppression of Tibetans’ rights that she said had driven them to “desperate forms of protest,” referring to about 60 self-immolations by Tibetans protesting (...)
GENEVA (2 November 2012) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged Chinese authorities to promptly address the longstanding grievances that have led to an alarming escalation in desperate forms of protest, including self-immolations, in Tibetan areas. The UN (...)
ZURICH: The European leg of the flame of truth torch relay arrived in Zurich last night. About 700 Tibetans welcomed the torch relay, which started its European relay on 2 September from Barcelona. Switzerland is the last leg of the Flame of Truth’s Europe relay. Ven Thubten Wangchen, a Tibetan (...)