Missing former Tibetan political prisoner traced, locked in Chinese prison
By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, Feb 7: Former Tibetan political prisoner Lodoe Gyatso, who was reported missing since Jan 28 from Lhasa,
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His Holiness’ visit to Sikkim off on doctor’s advice
By Lobsang Tenchoe DHARAMSALA, Feb 3: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s planned visit to Sikkim next month stands cancelled now
Read moreU.S. lawmakers defy China, nominates ‘Umbrella Movement’ for the Nobel Peace Prize
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Feb 3: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reportedly nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘Umbrella Movement’ for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
Read moreBangladesh terrorist outfit JMB behind Gaya blast: Indian police
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Feb 3: The West Bengal police have arrested two persons suspected of having links with the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with the bomb blast in the holy city of Bodh Gaya earlier in January.
Read moreThe deafening silence on China’s human rights abuses
Sophie Richardson, Aljazeera February 2, 2018
Where is China headed in 2018? President Xi Jinping promised “world peace” for the new year – but his 2017 track record suggests otherwise. Remember the singular stain of the July death of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, surrounded by state security? Many condemned China’s conduct, but such interventions are fewer and further between these days. Increasingly, abusive Chinese authorities are garnering international support for their principles and policies.
Read moreChinese hand suspected in disappearance of former Tibetan political prisoner from Lhasa after peaceful protest
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Feb 2: Former Tibetan political prisoner Lodoe Gyatso has disappeared after staging a peaceful protest in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital on Jan 28, less than two years after his release.
Read moreHimachal Chief Minister meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama to seek blessings
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Feb 1: Jai Ram Thakur, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at the latter’s residence here in Dharamsala.
Read moreTwo bombs found near Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Jan 20: Amidst heightened security in Bodh Gaya where His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been holding discourses since the beginning of January, police have found two bombs near gate number 4 of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, media reports say.
Read moreChina detains rights lawyer critical of President Xi Jinping
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Jan 19: Chinese authorities have detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng while he was taking his child to school, Reuters reported citing his wife.
Read moreCTA launches year-long ‘Thank You India’ campaign
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, Jan 19: Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) will launch a year-long ‘Thank You India’ campaign from Mar 31, 2018 to mark 60 years of Chinese occupation of Tibet and the beginning of the 60th year since His Holiness the Dalai Lama stepped on Indian soil as a refugee.
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