Tibet Information Office Australia

March 25, 2012 2:59 pm 23 March, 2012 Dear Friends: I am writing as ICT Executive Chairman, at this critical time for Tibet, to share some personal reflections on our ICT Board discussions today, March 23, and to ask for your continued commitment to the Tibetan struggle. As you would expect, the ICT Board focused [...]

March 22, 2012 5:41 pm GENEVA: 30 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in Tibet since February 2009, said Amnesty International on 19 March during the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. These self-immolations are “protest against these restrictions, and the heavy presence of security forces since 2008 when protests swept across the region. [...]

March 22, 2012 2:47 pm DHARAMSHALA: A new video from Tibet shows a large group of monks holding a peaceful protest in Ba Thunte or Gepa Sumdo in Tsolho in Tibet’s Amdo Province, demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and respect for Tibetan language. (Watch) Holding Tibetan national flags the monks from [...]

March 18, 2012 3:31 pm Press Release 18 March 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply worried about reports of looming tensions in Rebgong in north-eastern Tibet. A stand-off between armed security forces Tibetan monks offer prayer in front of the charred body of Sonam Dhargyal who died of self-immolation in Rongbo town in [...]

March 17, 2012 12:17 pm For immediate release 17 March 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration is seriously concerned about the latest developments in Tibet involving a self-immolation of a young Tibetan monk in Ngaba in Losang Tsultrim of Kirti Monastery self-immolated on 16 March 2012 north-eastern Tibet. The region has been under undeclared martial [...]