By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 9 April: India is preparing to introduce its first-ever school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries in the contested Himalayan region bordering China-occupied Tibet to unify education programs and foster patriotism to insulate religious learning from China’s influence, as reported by various Indian media outlets.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 8 April: The first ever Tibetan-language anthology film “State of Stateless: Tales from the Tibetan Diaspora” presented by Drung Tibetan Filmmakers’ collective, will be screening at Gold Cinema, Dharamsala on 18 and 19th April at 6:00 pm, according to a post by Drungfilms’ on its official Instagram account.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 4 April: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) declared that Kham Driru in occupied Tibet has “turned into one of the most tightly-controlled regions in Tibet” with harsh security clampdown, amounting to crimes against humanity, The TCHRD declared in its latest special report on Kham Driru.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 3 April: After disappearing without a trace for 8 months, Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, has been announced dead without further details by the Chinese authorities.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 1 April: “Freedom Trail,” a six-day trekking programme retracing the historic route taken by the Dalai Lama during his escape to India on March 31 1959, following the Chinese occupation of Tibet, commenced in Tawang on 31 March.
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DHARAMSALA, 29 March: In a historic first, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) elected Yeshi Wangmo as the new Chief Justice Commissioner(CJC) of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), making her the first woman to hold the post of the highest of the judicial organ of the Tibetan government-in-exile, officially known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
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DHARAMSALA, 29 March: China has made sweeping claims in its latest white paper on Tibet, declaring that “all-round and historic progress” has been made in human rights in Tibet, accusing the West of “misunderstandings” and “prejudices” about human rights conditions in Tibet.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 28 March: After a series of protests against the Guimet Museum for erasing the name “Tibet” in favour of colonial denominations such as the “Himalayan World” failed to elicit any meaningful response from the museum, Students for a Free Tibet-France(SFT) has served a legal notice to the Museum and the French Minister of Culture, demanding the museum reinstate Tibet in its rightful place in their collections of Tibetan art.
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DHARAMSALA, 26 March: Tibetan Youth from around the world will collectively offer a long-life prayer offering (Tenshug) to His Holiness the Dalai Lama later this year in September, Tibetan Youth Tenshug(TYT) has announced.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 25 March: From operating at a loss to generating surplus revenue, Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astro. Institute, has substantially reduced its outstanding payment from 330 million Indian rupees to 70 million Indian rupees.
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