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Tibetan monk tortured for sharing information on self-immolation
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Aug 10: The Dharamshala-based research group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) on Wednesday revealed new findings in a 2013 self-immolation case of Tenzin Sherab, 33, who died in Chumarleb County in Kyegu Tibetan...
The Office of Tibet Pretoria celebrates the 87th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Office of Tibet Pretoria organized a luncheon reception on the 16th of July at the Office of Tibet’s premises to celebrate the 87th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It was graced by more than sixty guests with some members of diplomatic corps including a...
Opinion Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan
Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives. Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed — and President Jimmy Carter signed into law — the Taiwan Relations Act, one of the most important pillars of U.S....
India: Dalai Lama’s Ladakh visit irks China
Given the tense relations between India and China, anything the Dalai Lama says or does in the region gains significance, say experts. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Ladakh, India, on July 15 for a month long visit The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan...
Document reveals China’s attempt to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report
By Emma Farge Reuters Posted July 19, 2022 8:24 pm U.S. President Joe Biden said Sunday, following the end of the G7 Leader's Summit in southwest England, that the countries had agreed to call out China for human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. He added that...
Human Rights Situation in Tibet Monthly Newsletter: July 2022
China warns Tibetans not to post birthday wishes online for exiled abbot
Sangyal Kunchok for Radio Free Asia. The Chinese government has ramped up restrictions ahead of the birthday of a preeminent Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, calling on local leaders in two Tibetan regions to prevent people from posting his photo or well wishes...
Presentation of the Ladakh dPal rNgam Dusdon Award 2022
Senator Janet Rice’s Speech in the Australian Parliament on 2 August 2022 on Recently Held 8th WPCT
Senator Janet Rice spoke in the Australian Parliament on 2 August 2022 on the recently held 8th World Parliamentary Convention on Tibet and called upon the Parliament members to meet with Tibetans when they visit Parliament in September for the Tibet Lobby Day and...
Pelosi talks to wide range of China repression targets in Taiwan meeting
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wound up her visit to Taiwan in a symbolic meeting with rights activists, from former political prisoners from Taiwan’s authoritarian past to Chinese pro-democracy leaders and members of the beleaguered Uyghur and Tibetan ethnic...
Second European Sakya Monlam for Universal Peace & Happiness Concludes in Paris
Paris: As was announced at the conclusion of the first European Sakya Monlam for Universal Peace and Happiness in Antwerp in 2019, the second European Sakya Monlam took place in Paris from 30 July to 1 August 2022. The Monlam commenced on the premises of Kagyu Dzong...
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Parliamentarian Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong to Visit Ladakh
Dharamshala: As part of the program of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile to strengthen democracy at the grass root level, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel accompanied by Parliamentarian Phurpa Dorjee Gyaldhong will be visiting the Union Territory of Ladakh from the 6th to...