DHARAMSALA, 21 May: The U.S. Ambassador to China has embarked on a rare visit to Tibet, listed as the least free place on earth after Syria by Freedom House in its 2019 annual review for the fourth year in a row.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 May: For the first time in the 16-year run of the Miss Tibet Pageant, there were no applicants at all for this year’s Miss Tibet competition.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 May: In yet another significant blow to Chinese tech giant Huawei, it stands to lose access to some Google apps in its new designs of smartphones.
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DHARAMSALA, 20 May: Both the spiritual and political head of the Tibetan people have extended their congratulations to the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on his Liberal Coalition party’s remarkable victory in the general elections.
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DHARAMSALA, 18 May: Russian President has said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not prohibited from entering Russia.
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Lily Kuo, The Guardian | 17 May 2019.
Taiwan has legalised same-sex marriage, the first of any Asian state, with the passage of legislation giving gay couples the right to marry.
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DHARAMSALA, 18 May: The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala along with Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Student’s for a Free Tibet (SFT), India marked the 24th anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima’s arbitrary detention by the Chinese government.
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DHARAMSALA, 17 May: The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama attended a long-life prayer offering (tenshug) offered to him by the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) on behalf of Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile and Tibetan spiritual traditions (cholsum choegyud).
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DHARAMSALA, 16 May: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group, in its annual report said human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate with the introduction of China’s new policies and regulations.
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DHARAMSALA, 16 May: A two-day Task Force meeting on Negotiation began 15 May in Dharamsala to discuss and review the prospects of dialogue process in the light of prevailing situation inside Tibet and China.
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