By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 26 Dec: The Delek Hospital and the Association for Ophthalmic Cooperation in Asia (AOCA) based in Japan has jointly organised the 22nd free cataract surgery camp at the Delek Hospital near the Central Tibetan Administration entrance.
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DHARAMSALA, 26 Dec: Canada has “condemned China” and “expressed solidarity” with members of the Canada Tibet Committee and the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, after the Chinese government sanctioned them on Sunday for speaking out about human rights.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 25 Dec: Hong Kong’s Deputy Commissioner of Police(National Security) announced a bounty worth HK$ 1 million each for information leading to the arrest of six pro-democracy overseas Hongkongers in the UK and Canada on Tuesday, reported the rthl.hk.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA, 24 Dec: The British museum in London has been subject to growing criticism from Tibetan activists and rights groups after their repeated appeals to the museum to reinstate the name Tibet instead of the term “Xizang ” in its Silk Route exhibition fell on deaf ears.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 23 Dec: The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has imposed sanctions as a “countermeasure against” the Canada Tibet Committee(CTC) and associated individuals for spreading misinformation about the human rights situation in Tibet under the “Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law” in a statement it issued on Saturday. The sanctions took effect on the same day of the announcement.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 19 Dec: India and China have signed a 6-point consensus agreement to mend border disputes between the two countries as India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, both of whom serve as Special Representatives (SRs) of their respective countries held talks at the 23rd SRs meeting after an interval of 5 years in Beijing on Wednesday.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA, 18 Dec: The Chinese-backed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, did not arrive on the chartered flight carrying 220 Chinese Buddhist monks and practitioners that landed in Lumbini, Nepal, on 14th December, despite the tip-off that he might be travelling in disguise among these passengers, according to a report by The Kathmandu Post.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 17 Dec: Tapir Gao, an Indian Parliamentarian from Arunachal Pradesh, urged the Indian government to recognise the institution of the Dalai Lama during a zero hour in parliament yesterday.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 16 Dec: Students for a Free Tibet France is set to stage a protest against the Guimet Museum on Wednesday, 18 December, in front of the museum, SFT France announced on its Instagram page on Thursday.
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However, security sources told the post that they had information that the Panchen lama is likely to visit Lumbini in disguise by hiding among the 227 Chinese monks who are arriving in Lumbini on chartered Airbus A330 flight later this week. Showed their concerns over potential Diplomatic and geopolitical tensions, if it unfolds.
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