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Tibetans mark Birthday of His Eminence Gyalwang Karmapa

Gyalwang Karmapa at 24th Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya Thursday 26 June: Tibetan Buddhists living in Dharamshala celebrated the 23rd birthday of His Eminence the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, head of the Karma Kagyud tradition. Karma Kagyud is one…


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Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 25 Jun 2008

23 June 2008: Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese province of Sichuan) – Villages people are being intimidated against staging any protest. “Work teams” from the county government office have been visiting the villages, including Me-nyenda…


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Aussie Filmmaker Presents Her Documentary to His Holiness

Lara Damiani with Tibetans at Drigung Tel Monastery in July 2007 Australian filmmaker Lara Damiani recently presented her documentary about the Tibetan freedom struggle, “Tibet’s Cry for Freedom,” to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Damiani, who used her own funds…


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Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 24 Jun 2008

21 June 2008: Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into Chinese province of Sichuan) – Protests carried out in Karze when Olympic torch reached Lhasa Many protests seemed to have carried out in Karze county when the Olympic…


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No Confirmation of Release of Tibetan Prisoners

“We are yet to receive independent confirmation of the release of these [Tibetan] prisoners,” said Thubten Samphel, information secretary of the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, while reacting to a Xinhua news agency’s report that the Chinese government has…