DHARAMSALA, 21 June: Disappointed by the political stalemate of the Tibetan parliament that has divided the Tibetan lawmakers coupled with the resumption to the office by the removed justices and Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s failure to find a middle ground for the impasse, a Tibetan man has self-immolated on Sunday.
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DHARAMSALA, 18 June: The Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) today said that the Election Commission can not go beyond Article 47 of the Charter of the Tibetans-in-Exile when it comes to the oath-taking ceremony of the 7th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile (TPIE) while stressing on the need and the importance of upholding the rule of law in a democratic setup.
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DHARAMSALA, 18 June: The COVID- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration reported 149 new cases and 2 deaths among exiled Tibetans in India and Nepal in the past week.
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DHARAMSALA, 17 June: Former US ambassador to United Nations, Nikki Haley has stated that “the US must take stronger action against China” as she warned that Beijing is hell-bent on world domination — and that Taiwan is ground zero.
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DHARAMSALA, 16 June: UN human rights experts were extremely alarmed by reports of alleged organ harvesting’ targeting minorities, including Falun
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DHARAMSALA, 13 June: Almost a week after the members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile (TPIE) took their oath of office in two separate ways, the political limbo looks likely to continue.
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DHARAMSALA, 11 June: The COVID- 19 Task Force of the Central Tibetan Administration reported 121 new cases and 2 deaths among exiled Tibetans in India and Nepal in the past week.
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DHARAMSALA, 9 June: The US Senate has passed a bill to reinvigorate the US technological footprint to counter China with a bipartisan vote which included several significant provisions on Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, 8 June: Members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile (TPIE) took their oath of office today in an unprecedented manner but couldn’t elect a new Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the house.
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NEW DELHI-5 June: Insatiable greed of China for resources and its desperation to exploit these resources from a delicately placed Tibet to feed its mammoth industry and trade has damaged Tibet’s environment tremendously. So much so that loss of environmental equilibrium in Tibet has become a serious and potential threat to almost entire Asia and the world. China’s tinkering with Tibetan rivers by building massive dams to extract electricity and water for its deficient mainland is capable of causing earthquakes and sinking of mountains which can lead to catastrophes that no Chinese technology or political machinery would be able to handle. This is one of the common messages which emerged in an international webinar focused on “Environmental Destruction in Tibet by China and its Implications for Asia” on the World Environment Day.
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