Dalai Lama concedes he may be the last
[BBC] DHARAMSALA, Dec 17: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he realises that he may be the last to hold the title.
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Second Day of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
[Published by dalailama.com on December 14,2014] Rome, Italy, 13 December 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s third day in Rome began with a cordial meeting with a group of Italian parliamentarians, including the Chair of the Human Rights Committee and a Vice President of the Senate. He thanked them for coming to see him and informed them of what he sees as positive signs in relations with China.
Read morePeace – Living It. The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
[dalailama.com] Rome, Italy, 12 December, 2014 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived early at the venue of the
Read morePope Francis denies Dalai Lama an audience because of China concerns
[Reuters] ROME, Dec 12: Pope Francis has denied a private audience to the Dalai Lama because it could harm the Holy See’s already fraught relations with China, the Vatican said on Friday.
Read moreBrand Tibet China’s and Tibetan Exiles’ Contrasting Narratives on Tibet
Thupten Samphel, The Huffington Post|December 8, 2014
No struggle in the world is as unequal as the one between Tibet and China. Beijing’s position in Tibet is unassailable, reinforced by a network of all-weather roads, airports and an expanding railway line that are integrating the world’s highest, largest and remotest plateau more closely to the mainland.
Read moreChina disturbing peaceful Tibet
Claude Arpi, Niticentral | December 6, 2014
Last week, a strange piece of news appeared in The Economic Times (ET), “While transgressions by Chinese soldiers in Ladakh in September and the resultant standoff were widely reported, an incursion of another kind shrouded in mystery is said to have taken place in Tibet at around the same time.”
Read moreLife without a Dalai Lama? Disbelief at spiritual leader’s suggestion
South China Morning Post|December 7, 2014
The incumbent’s recent suggestion that he could be the last incarnation of the spiritual leader has sparked disbelief and outrage inside and outside Tibet. Dinah Gardner reflects on life without Tenzin Gyatso
Read moreChina jails Tibetan singer for political lyrics
Agence France-Presse|December 1, 2014
Kalsang Yarphel convicted in Sichuan after taking part in concerts encouraging people to speak and learn Tibetan
Read moreHong Kong needs to have realistic approach for democracy: Dalai Lama
[Hindustan Times] DHARAMSALA, Nov 30: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has applauded the spirit of Hong Kong democracy movement, but has stressed upon adopting a ‘realistic approach’ to achieve the goal.
Read moreNo policy to ban Dalai Lama from SA – govt
CAPE TOWN, Nov 29: South Africa has no policy barring the Dalai Lama from entering the country, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.
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