By Josh Rogin – Washington Post (Read Original Story Here) While Washington wasn’t looking, democracy won a major battle over authoritarianism in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority nation that just voted out its crooked, illiberal leader and has embarked on a peaceful … (...)
Dharamshala: CTA President Dr Lobsang Sangay today attended the annual summer festival of Yarkyi at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA). The festival is an internal competition between two houses: Gyalu and Ngonpa. It is held every year to … (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Chophel Thupten, Chief Representative of Southern Tibetan Settlements based in Bangalore, called on Chief Minister Shri H D Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, on 7 June 2018. Chief Representative Chophel Thupten is accompanied by the five … (...)
Sao Paulo—On the afternoon of June 6, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Latin American region, Tsewang Phuntso, gave a presentation on Tibet and its culture at the Anhembi Morumbi University, one of the prestigious private university, located … (...)
By Edward Wong, June 7, 2018, New York Times United Nations human rights experts have formally condemned the punishment of a Tibetan education advocate who was sentenced to five years in prison after giving interviews to The New York Times. Since … (...)
Press Release The Social and Resources Development Fund, SARD under the Department of Finance, CTA has launched the second Tibetan Refugee Livelihood Support Program (TRLSP). In addition to the existing support for Tibetan sweater sellers, three additional livelihood support programs … (...)
By Brendan Kennedy Investigative Reporter, The Star, 8 June 2018 Bhutila Karpoche made history Thursday night, becoming the first Tibetan ever elected to public office in North America. The rookie NDP candidate looked destined to win the Parkdale-High Park riding by … (...)
Dana McCauley, The Australian, 8 June 2018 A Chinese-Canadian human- rights advocate has spoken out after the ABC cancelled her live television interview, citing concerns about her “affiliations”. Anastasia Lin, who is in Australia to promote two new documentaries criticising … (...)