Lawrence Milton, Times of India, 24 August 2012 MYSORE: The ministry of home affairs has extended the renewal period of Indian registration certificate for Tibetans to once in every five years. This means, Tibetans residing in settlement camps here have to appear before police once in five (...)
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press August 22, 2012 OTTAWA – A Canadian journalist says he quit working for China’s news agency because it wanted him to spy on the Dalai Lama in Ottawa. But the Ottawa bureau chief of China’s Xinhua news agency dismissed that claim as “Cold War” ideology. (...)
[OpenAustralia] Senator Lisa Singh has brought the Tibet issue at the adjournment at the Australian Senate yesterday. She visited Dharamsala along with Senator Larissa Waters from 10-13 July 2012. Senate debates, 22 August 2012AdjournmentTibet In the parliamentary break in July I had the (...)
By Mayuri Mukherjee [The Pioneer, 23 August 2012] Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile Lobsang Sangay believes the faith and determination of Tibetans who are fighting for their rights in the face of Beijing’s might, will eventually triumph. India, he adds, can do more for his (...)
The Parliament Magazine talks to special representative of the Dalai Lama to Europe Kelsang Gyaltsen about China’s presence in Tibet. Parliament Magazine (PM): China’s ambassador to the EU Wu Hailong says that Tibet is a highly autonomous region. How would you respond to this? Kelsang Gyaltsen (...)
NEW DELHI: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay accompanied by Representative Tempa Tsering met Mr Syed Yahya Bukhari, President, Jama Masjid United Forum at the latter’s residence. During the hour-long discussion, Kalon Tripa conveyed his heartfelt greetings on the occasion of Eid to Mr Bukhari and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today said that the second of leg of the flame of truth to highlight the grim situation in Tibet would kick off on the occasion of Tibetan democracy day on 2 September. Addressing a press conference in Dharamsala, Pema Jungney, a member of Tibetan (...)
[The Guardian] Your article China plans theme park in Tibet (13 July) gave the impression that all types of tourists are free to go to Tibet. I recently returned from Tibet and found that this couldn’t be further from the truth. The overwhelming majority of tourists visiting Tibet today are from (...)
[TCHRD) DHARAMSHALA: Hundreds of armed forces, particularly the People’s Armed Police, were deployed at the immensely popular annual horse-racing festival at Machu (Chinese: Maqu) county in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, on 12 August this year, as local (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A leading Tibetan monk of Khashi monastery in Ngaba who has invested his efforts in the preservation of Tibetan language and culture, and keeping unity among Tibetans, was sentenced to 7 years in prison on trumped-up charges on 18 June. The Intermediate People’s Court in Ngaba (...)