PRESS RELEASE 14 February 2013 “Dignity is the spirit of a nationality…,” wrote the 42-year-old monk Sopa Rinpoche before his self-immolation on January 8, 2012. Since the first such action by Tapey on February 8, 2009, 100 Tibetans have burnt…
DHARAMSHALA: A prominent human rights organisation has criticised the Chinese government for carrying out widespread secret arrests and torture of Tibetans in custody and authoritarian control over all judicial institutions. The Human Rights Watch (HRW), in its World Report 2013…
Press Statement The Kashag and the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile of the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, India is organising the Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign from 30 January – 2 February 2013 in Delhi. The objective of the campaign is to…
For Immediate Press Release 24 January 2013 With profound grief, I report that the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest against repression in Tibet is now reaching 100. In 2012 alone, 83 Tibetans self-immolated, and…
_ DHARAMSHALA: Kunchok Kyab, a 26-year-old Tibetan burned himself protesting against the repressive policies of China at Bora, Ladang in eastern Tibet’s Amdo region. He died on thespot. He set himself on fire within the premises of Bora monastery at…