5 killed, 54 injured in 6.3-magnitude quake in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Nov 24: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted a heavily Tibetan populated region in Kardze Prefecture in Sichuan Province on Nov
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 24: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted a heavily Tibetan populated region in Kardze Prefecture in Sichuan Province on Nov
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 19: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) and PEN Tibetan Writers Abroad commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer in Dharamsala on Nov 15 by organizing an event to highlight the fate of Tibetan writers inside Tibet, who are currently imprisoned for exercising their conscience through writing.
Read more[IANS] Dharamsala, Nov 17 : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Italy next month to attend the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace laureates, which was earlier scheduled in South Africa but cancelled in protest over denial of visa to him, his aide said Monday.
Read moreManoj Anand, The Asian Age | November 17, 2014
Following the frequent reports of incursions by the Peoples Liberation Army of China in Indian territory, the Central government has decided to set up at least 54 new border out-posts of the Indo-Tibetan border police along the International Border with China in Arunachal Pradesh.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 17: Around 26 nuns have been kicked out from a more than 500 years old nunnery for not agreeing to denigrate the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 14: A day ahead of the 9th G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, where leaders across the world are set to discuss global economy, a group of Tibetans released an airborne banner using two black balloons reading, “China fails human rights, G-20 unite for Tibet”.
Read moreFrancesca Chambers, MailOnline | November 12, 2014
President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday the United States’ position that Tibet is ‘part of the People’s Republic of China.’
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 13: The US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and also the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues, Ms Sarah Sewall who is currently in Nepal as part of her eight-day visit to India and Nepal beginning Nov 9 is scheduled to visit Tibetan communities in both the countries.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Nov 11: Lobsang Tenpa and Lobsang Gyatso, both monks of Kirti monastery in Amdo Province’s Ngaba area, who carried out lone protests on separate dates, have been sentenced to two and three years in prison respectively.
Read more[AP] BEIJING, Nov 10: As he hosts President Barack Obama and other world leaders, China’s President Xi Jinping appears firmly in charge of a vast but stable communist state boasting the world’s second-largest economy. Look closer, though, and things aren’t so tidy: Growth is slowing, ethnic and political unrest persist — including an unprecedented protest movement in Hong Kong. And relations with China’s neighbors are dogged by conflicts over territory and history.
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