Exile

DHARAMSALA, 9 Dec: Tibetan rights group urges the UN member-states to defend universal human rights by protecting civil society voices ahead of the world human rights day.

DHARAMSALA, 3 Dec: The Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama based in New Delhi has written to the government of India to exempt Tibetan students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s(JNU) “exorbitant fee” hike for foreign students.

DHARAMSALA, 30 Nov: Tibetans and their supporters in Dharamsala carried out a candlelight vigil on 29 Nov evening to express solidarity and support with Yonten who self-immolated in restive Ngaba county in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.

DHARAMSALA, 28 Nov: The 14th Tibetan Religious Conference concluded at the headquarter of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) today with the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai in the chair.

DHARAMSALA, 26 Nov: Padma Shri awardee and former personal physician of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has passed away today during the wee hours of the morning at his residence here.

DHARAMSALA, 26 Nov: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission(TSJC) has ordered the Kashag(Cabinet) of Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) to apologise to former Speaker and Tibetan Representative to North America, Penpa Tsering or face retribution.

DHARAMSALA, 25 Nov: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today launched its first video campaign to end Gender Based Violence(GBV) and called on Tibetan Women to break the silence as it joined the UN’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

DHARAMSALA, Nov 16: Gu-Chu- Sum Movement of Tibet, an organization of former political prisoners of Tibet, marked ‘Day of the Imprisoned Writer’ with a poetry night in the woods in Dharamsala yesterday.

DHARAMSALA, 11 Nov: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today expressed sadness at the loss of life and property caused by cyclone Bulbul in West Bengal and offered his condolences to the families who have lost the loved ones.

DHARAMSALA, 8 Nov: The eighth edition of Dharamsala International Film Festival (DIFF) opened with the critically acclaimed feature ‘Eeb Allay Ooo!’ to a packed house at the auditorium of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in McLeod Ganj, the Upper Dharamshala here on Thursday evening.