[Wall Street Journal] By MARY KISSEL The State Department has rightly taken a beating for its mishandling of the Benghazi terrorist attack last month that killed four Americans. But as the media scrambles to cover that mess, another important—and positive—diplomatic story that’s developing out of (...)
[The Economist / 20 October 2012]TAWANG, Arunachal Pradesh: THE Venerable Lobsang Norbu, a 77-year-old monk who presides over one of several Tibetan Buddhist hilltop monasteries in ArunachalPradesh, in north-eastern India, recalls the “very horrible” war that China launched 50 years ago this (...)
JAKARTA: Kalon Dicki Chhoyang and Ms Kalden Tsomo, Under Secretary for DIIR Human Rights Desk, participated in the Second International Conference on Human Rights, Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia in Jakarta on 17-18 October, 2012. During this first visit to Indonesia, Kalon Dicki Chhoyang (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The English version of ‘Hidden Tibet: History of Independence and Occupation’, a book penned by Russian writer Dr S.L. Kuzmin, has been made available online. (Click here to read) The book was released by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay at a function organised by the publisher, Library of (...)
From 6 to 15 October, the flame of truth relay has covered 34 different places inside Delhi, where thousands of signatures were collected to be submitted to the UN on 10 December for its action on the issue of Tibet. All the Tibetan organisations and offices based in Delhi participated in the (...)
Providence, RI, USA, 17 October 2012 – It was a brisk and bright morning as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove along the Charles River out of Boston on the way to Providence, Rhode Island today. All along the route the trees wore an array of autumn colours. His first engagement on arrival in (...)
[Forum 2000] The Forum 2000 Foundation is delighted to announce that Aung San Suu Kyi and His Holiness the Dalai Lama have joined its International Advisory Board. Both of them will now join the existing members of the committee, namely the former President of South Africa Frederik Willem de (...)
BOSTON: The Central Tibetan Administration has placed a special emphasis on recruiting and supporting more Tibetan students to top universities and graduate schools, in hopes of increasing the number of experts of Tibetan origin across many academic and professional fields. As part of this (...)
The Flame of Truth Torch was flown down to Hobart on 19th September with Tenzin Lobsang, Vice President, Melbourne Tibetan Community. The Tasmanian Tibetan Community welcomed the Torch from Hobart Airport with the offering of traditional Tibetan scarves. The formal signature campaign was (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today organised a prayer service at the main temple here, to mourn and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, including 52-year-old Tamdin Dorjee. Tamdin Dorjee, grandfather of the 7th Gungthang (...)