After the Nobel Peace Prize win in 1989, the Tibetan struggle for freedom and justice got another major shot in the arm on this day in 2007 with the conferment of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award of…
DHARAMSHALA: The State Department says the US ambassador to China last month visited Ngaba in north-eastern Tibet where most of the self-immolations by Tibetans in protest against the Chinese government’s repressive policies have taken place. Ambassador Gary Locke met with…
DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration today organised a prayer service at the main temple here, to mourn and express solidarity with all those Tibetans who have self-immolated for the cause of Tibet, including Sangay Gyatso. 27-year-old Sangay Gyatso, a father…
October 6, 2012 1:49 pm LEH, Ladakh: The director and deputy director of the Tibet Policy Institute gave talks to the senior students and teaching staff of the Tibetan Children’s Village here at Choglamsar in Leh, the remote and hauntingly…
October 4, 2012 6:46 pm DHARAMSHALA: Reports coming out of Tibet say a Tibetan writer today set himself on fire and dies in Driru county in Nagchu in eastern Tibet. The incident has raised the total number of self-immolations in…