UNREST IN TIBETAN VILLAGES IN GANZE PREFECTURE (SICHUAN): SEVERAL INJURED, 5 SHOT DEAD
24 January,2012 On January 23rd, 2012, a large number of Tibetan civilians from several villages are reported to have demonstrated in Drakgo county in Karze prefecture (Sichuan province). According to local sources, the police opened fire on the demonstrators, at…
Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Condemns Police Firing on Tibetans in Eastern Tibet
Press Statement According to a reliable source inside Tibet, the Chinese police fired on peaceful Tibetan demonstrators in Kham Dag-go District and killed a layman by name Yonten today around noon Chinese time.Some other sources claim that 6 people…
Ngaba falls into deeper turmoil; Another self-immolation and shootouts reported
DHARAMSHALA, January 14: In reports coming out of Tibet, a self-immolation by a Tibetan layman earlier today in Ngaba, eastern Tibet, has triggered a mass demonstration resulting in the death of one woman due to bullet wounds. The self-immolation, the…
People disperse as the 32nd Kalachakra in Bodh Gaya concludes
BODH GAYA, January 11: “Take my teachings as a ‘root’- go ahead and read books, analyze and practice the Buddha Dharma,” were the parting words as the Dalai Lama His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks at a public felicitation ceremony…