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Australian Senate passes Tibet motion

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown’s motion on Tibet passed through the Senate today without dissent. “The Tibetans have a right to self-determination,” Senator Brown said. “I call on the Rudd government to take some reasonable action against the repression by…


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Urgent Appeal from Central Tibetan Administration

Dharamsala, 17th March 2008 – Since 10th March 2008 there has been successive peaceful demonstrations in various parts of Tibet (inside and outside TAR), which were brutally suppressed. The current situation in Tibet is extremely serious. The Chinese government’s ultimatum…



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Tibetan Uprising Day, Sydney, Australia.

Sydney, Australia: 10 March 2008 — Today commemorates this day forty nine years ago, when Tibetans in Lhasa, Tibet, demonstrated en masse against their brutal oppression under the leadership of the Chinese Communist party. Forty nine years later, Tibetans still…


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Press Release: H.H. the Dalai Lama

Dharamsala: March 14, 2008 — I am deeply concerned over the situation that has been developing in Tibet following peaceful protests in many parts of Tibet, including Lhasa, in recent days. These protests are a manifestation of the deep-rooted resentment…