DHARAMSALA, 4 Dec: In a significant development for the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the two main claimants to the title of the 17th Karmapa, the head of Tibetan Buddhism’s Kagyu lineage, Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, and Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, have issued a joint statement outlining their shared responsibility for the recognition and education of the reincarnation of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche.
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By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 2 Dec: Amidst a rise in respiratory illnesses and a cluster of pneumonia cases in China, with children as the main victims, five US Republican senators, led by Marco Rubio, wrote a letter on Friday asking President Joe Biden to impose a travel ban between the US and China, as reported by Hindustan Times today.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 1 Dec: The 4th Tibet Environment Conference, focusing on the theme “Tibet: The Water Tower of Asia (Towards a Global Common Good),” convened in Bangkok, Thailand, from 27-28 November. The two-day event was jointly organised by the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) and Chulalongkorn University, as reported by TPI.
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: The Resolve Tibet Act, a bill addressing the Tibet-China dispute, received unanimous bipartisan support from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) during a markup hearing on 29 November. It is now poised to proceed to the House floor, reinforcing US efforts to compel China into negotiations with the Dalai Lama’s envoys to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute.
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By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 28 Nov: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibet is confirmed to visit Gangtok, Sikkim, on 11 December 2023, according to the circular issued by the Government of Sikkim’s Home Department and as per the Dalai Lama’s schedule announced on his official website.
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By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 28 Nov: Golok Palden, a Tibetan singer from Golok in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo, was sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the Chinese authorities on the accusation of singing a Tibetan ‘patriotic song,’ as reported by Tibet Times on 27 November.
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By, Tsering Choephel DHARAMSALA, 21 November: The Kalon (minister) of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) for the
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DHARAMSALA, 17 November: The Chinese Communist Party’s latest ‘White Paper’ on Tibet claimed a flourishing publishing sector in Tibetan languages, which in reality, has been undergoing heightened restrictions and is bound to limited themes under the scrutiny of Chinese authorities. China’s restrictions on the Tibetan language and its publications inside Tibet apply across all three traditional provinces of Tibet: Kham, Amdo, and U-Tsang.
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By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 17 November: Four Tibetans from Serta County have been given a two-year prison sentence each on alleged charges of conducting religious activities. They are currently imprisoned in Yak-Nga jail, reported Tibet Times on 15 November.
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DHARAMSALA, 17 Nov: The remaining business of the 6th Session of the 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPIE) will reconvene for five days at the end of December, as announced by the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat on Thursday.
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