His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Vancouver for Peace Summit
Vancouver, Canada: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Vancouver airport Saturday afternoon and was received by Mr. Victor Chan of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, and by Mr. Ngawang Garie of the Tibetan Association of British…
Dalai Lama Visits USA to Accept Freedom Award
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (left) says a prayer after placing a white scarf over the wreath at the Lorraine Motel. The wreath is where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by an assassin's bullet on April 4,…
Tibetan Plateau under the Mercy of Climate Change and Modernisation
We (at the Environment and Development Desk at DIIR, CTA) would like to alert all our readers about the impacts of Climate Change and Unplanned Urbanization on the Tibetan Plateau in series of short articles Permafrost Degradation and Glacial Meltdown…
UN Human Rights Chief Urges China to Respect Human Rights in Tibet
Navi Pillay addresses the 12th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva/© UN photo/Gilles Sereni Dharamshala: Expressing concern over the recent events in Tibet and East Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang), Ms Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…