Tibet Express | October 31, 2015
Tibetans across the globe voted on Oct 18 in the preliminary round of Tibetan elections for Sikyong (Tibetan political leader) and members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile.
Read moreClaude Arpi, The Statesman| 29 October, 2015
Sometimes, though it is rare, one reads some good news in the national press. One of these refreshing items, for me at least, was the visit of the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posts in Gunji and Kalapani of Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
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DHARAMSALA, 28: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has been awarded 2015 Liberty Medal by the Philadelphia-based National Constitution Center in recognition of his efforts in promoting freedom, dialogue and tolerance.
Read more[AP] PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day’s earthquake rose to 339.
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DHARAMSALA, Oct 26: The incumbent political leader of the Tibetan people Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay has secured a huge lead in the preliminary elections for the highest political post among Tibetans.
Read more[PTI] DHARAMSALA, Oct 24: Spiritual leader the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorge today asked Tibetans across the globe to reflect on the circumstances that led them into exile as he reminded them about their responsibility as refugees.
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DHARAMSALA, Oct 23: Popular Tibetan folk singer and music producer Pema Rigzin was released from prison today after completing two and half years of imprisonment.
Read moreDanny Lee, South China Morning Post | October 22, 2015 A Tiananmen Square crackdown survivor and two British Tibetan protesters
Read moreDeepa Philip, Tehelka | October 20, 2015
Tibet has lost over 50 percent of its glaciers in 82 years due to rise in temperature.
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) launched the Climate Action Plan here today. “It is not a question of one or two nations, it is the question of humanity,” said Dalai Lama,
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DHARAMSALA, Oct 22: Three network based organizations, Asia Democracy Network (ADN), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) today addressed a press conference in Dharamsala to present preliminary findings of their report on the preliminary elections for the Sikyong (‘Tibetan political leader’) and members of the 16th Tibetan Parliament held on Oct 18, 2015.
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