Exile

DHARAMSALA, Feb 25: A new Office of Tibet will be established in Brazil for South America with Mr Tsewang Phuntso, the current Liaison officer for Latin America as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the new office, announced the Central Tibetan Administration on Feb 24 on its website Tibet.net citing a notification from the Kashag Secretariat.

DHARAMSALA, Feb 24: Amnye Machen Institute, a Dharamsala-based institute renowned for its work in the field of Tibetan studies launched its new publication “Trails Of The Tibetan Tradition: Papers for Elliot Sperling” on Feb 23 to honor Elliot Sperling, a noted Tibetologist and a Tibet supporter.

DHARAMSALA, Feb 16: Tibetans and Tibet supporters in Dharamsala marked the 102nd anniversary of the declaration of Tibetan Independence by highlighting the Tibetan national flag as a symbol of Tibet’s independent past and national identity.

DHARAMSALA, Feb 12: Russia, China and Turkey are the top violators of freedom of expression for musicians in the year 2014, according to Free Muse, a Denmark-based group that advocates and defends freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide.

DHARAMSALA, Feb 9: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group, in its annual report said human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate despite promised reforms.

DHARAMSALA, Feb 4: After concluding teachings in Sankisa in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Feb 3 after making an overnight stop at Frankfurt.

Dharamsala, Jan 30: Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group in its recently released annual report says China remains an authoritarian state and maintains that under Xi Jinping’s rule, China has been violating human rights at an intensity that is unprecedented in its recent history.

DHARAMSALA, Jan 22: Dhongthog Trulku Tenpai Gyaltsen also known as Dhongthog Rinpoche, a widely respected Tibetan scholar who was also a reincarnated lama has passed away earlier this month in the American city of Seattle.