By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 30: Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed concern over poor health of China’s Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo who was released from prison last week on medical parole after he was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 29: Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have staged a protest ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to mark 20 years of Hong Kong’s handover to China by Britain.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 29: The founder of Vancouver International Soccer Festival (VISF) has cut ties with Canada Soccer and B.C. Soccer Association to support Tibetan women’s soccer team in its tournament.
Read moreSutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times | Beijing |June 27, 2017
Beijing indicated that Kailash Mansarovar yatra, one of the major confidence-building measures between India and China, will be used as a lever in the incident.
Read morePTI | June 27, 2017
WASHINGTON: A guided White House tour by President Donald Trump, a few laughs and a working dinner – the first for a foreign dignitary at the White House under the current administration – was how Prime Minister Narendra Modi rounded off his US visit.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA June 26: Gu-Chu- Sum Movement of Tibet, an organization of former Tibetan political prisoners, marked the International Day for the Victims of Torture by organizing an art competition for the Tibetan students at TCV day school at Mcleod Ganj.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 26: Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) Department of Health in collaboration with Tibetan Settlement Office of Dharamsala and Kunphen Center for substance dependence and HIV/Aids organized an open marathon today to observe the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Read moreChris Buckley and Austin Ramzy, The New York Times | June 26, 2017
BEIJING — Liu Xiaobo, the jailed Chinese dissident who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his writings promoting democracy, has been moved from prison to be treated for late-stage cancer, one of his lawyers said on Monday.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 23: A senior US senator has condemned a Chinese state-run tabloid for threatening University of California, San Diego and its chancellor for hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, June 23: Tibetans applying for Indian Passport will have to forego their homes at Tibetan Refugee Settlements and do away with Central Tibetan Administration’s benefits, according to a report on Tibet Sun that cited new rules issued by the Indian Government’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
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