Exile

DHARAMSHALA, Jan 7: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has expressed deep sorrow over the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Tingri (Chinese: Dingri) region in Tibet this morning.

DHARAMSALA, 7 Jan: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed deep sadness at the extensive loss of life and many injuries caused by the devastating earthquake that struck Tingri County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang earlier this morning.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 3 Dec: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with his entourage, has temporarily departed from his residence in Dharamsala for a month-long sojourn in the Tibetan refugee settlement of Bylakuppe in Karnataka around 9:30 am today.

DHARAMSALA, 27 Dec: Canada Tibet Committee’s (CTC) Executive Director Sherap Therchin expressed disappointment and felt let down by the lack of support he and his colleagues received from the Tibetan community and the administration in exile after they were sanctioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Communist Government on Sunday, though they received overwhelming support from the Canadian Government and Parliament.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DHARAMSALA 7 Nov:  To date, 159 Tibetans have self-immolated inside Tibet in protest against Chinese occupation, yet there is only one book instead of 159, Dr. Gyal Lo cautioned at the launch of the Tibetan translation of Barbara Demick’s book, “Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town.”

By Yangchen Lhamu

DHARAMSALA, 4 Nov: “Unsettled,” a group art exhibition featuring contemporary Tibetan artists from across the world curated by Khadhok, a Tibetan artists’ collective, is underway at Buddha’s Abode in McLeodGanj, the exile headquarters of the Tibetan people.