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Press Release 13 March 2012 The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply saddened by the death of another young Tibetan due to self-immolation in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet. The incident occurred on 10 March, the day which marked the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against the repression of the invading forces of People’s Republic [...]

(Watch Kalon Tripa’s statement on tibetonline.tv) Today, on the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and the fourth anniversary of the 2008 mass protests in Tibet, I offer tribute to the brave people who have sacrificed so much for Tibet. Despite fifty-three years of occupation by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the [...]

GENEVA, 6 March: The UN Special Rapporteur right to food Mr. Olivier De Schutter this afternoon challenged China’s forced resettlement policy in Tibet during the interactive debate at the UN Human Rights Council 19th Session in Geneva. “I believe there are many serious problems in China and not least the situation of herders in Tibet,” [...]

5 March 2012 DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply concerned and saddened by the latest development in Tibet involving a 32-year-old mother and a student setting themselves on fire to protest against the continuing occupation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China. Both of them have died. Rinchen, a mother of four children, [...]

Lobsang Sangay LONDON, 29 February: Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay will receive the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse from the College Historical Society (CHS) of Trinity College, Dublin. Trinity College is the most prestigious university in Ireland and regarded as a sister college of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK. The Gold [...]