Japan Parliamentarians Appeal to China to End Repression in Tibet (Updated)
TOKYO: On the final day of Kalon Tripa’s visit to Japan yesterday, sixty Japanese Parliamentarians from five political parties of Japan expressing their grave concern over tragic self-immolations of Tibetans in Tibet, made an unanimous appeal to the Chinese government…
Tenpa Dargey Dies, Kirti monastery under military occupation
April 9, 2012 3:04 pm Tenpa Dargay, a monk of Kirti monastery, who set himself on fire protesting the Chinese government’s repression in Tibet died on 7 April. Tenpa Dargay and Chemi Palden set themselves on fire on 30 March…
Nobel Laureates Urge President Hu for Dialogue on Tibet
April 3, 2012 6:21 pm DHARAMSHALA: A group of 12 Nobel Peace Laureates — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, and President Jose Ramos Horta — today sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao urging him to “respect…
His Holiness the Dalai Lama awarded 2012 Templeton Prize
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader whose long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science and with people far beyond his own religious traditions has made him an incomparable global voice for universal ethics, nonviolence, and harmony…