DHARAMSALA, 9 March: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile(TPIE) has said that China must end its harsh and repressive policies in Tibet and pay heed to the aspirations of Tibetans who have self-immolated after the latest self-immolation protest in Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, 8 March: The Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) today held a prayer service to recall and pay tribute to the peaceful Tibetan demonstrators of the 1989 Uprising in Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA 3 Feb: Tenpa Dhargayal, a former Tibetan political prisoner today demanded the immediate release of two Tibetan intellectuals and writers, Go Sherab and Di Lhaden as he launched a bicycle rally on losar, the Tibetan New Year.
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DHARAMSALA, 28 Feb: Tsuglagkhang, the main temple of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama which was closed nearly two years ago due to the raging COCVID-19 pandemic, is set to reopen for devotees from the first day of the Tibetan lunar calendar.
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DHARAMSALA, 28 Feb: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as the political head of the Tibetan people, Penpa Tsering has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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DHARAMSALA, 25 Feb: The Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Information and International Relations(DIIR) Minister has met with the meets US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Under-Secretary Uzra Zeya.
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By N.S.Venkataraman
A few decades back, the Soviet Union and China claimed that they were the torch bearers of communist philosophy in the world. Both of them declared that they were comrades in arms.
By: Phuntsog Wangyal
The story is about a slogan, “America is a Paper Tiger”. We students had to march often in streets waving red flags and shouting slogans like “We support the people of Chaoxian, Imperialist America is a paper tiger, Victory to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)” and so on. At that time, we had no idea what ‘Chaoxian’ (Korea in Chinese) meant and where America was in the world either. But we knew the tiger, a symbol of power we often see in Tibetan prayer flags. What the Chinese meant was that America is like a Tiger drawn on a piece of paper that looks fearful – but it is just an image that has no real strength.
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DHARAMSALA, 24 Feb: NBA veteran Enes Kanter Freedom, an outspoken critic of the Chinese government’s human rights abuses has said that he is honoured following his virtual meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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DHARAMSALA, 24 Feb: Following the demolition of two giant Buddha statues in Drango in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, the Chinese authorities have now reportedly launched a sweeping crackdown on both lay and monastic communities in an attempt to stop any information about the crackdown from being shared online, reports Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based Tibetan advocacy group.
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