By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 25 April: As the exiled Tibetans commemorated the 36th birthday anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima in absentia, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), commonly known as the Tibetan government in exile, has asked China, “Where is Tibet’s Panchen Lama?” The Tibetan spiritual leader has been held incommunicado by Beijing for 30 years.
DHARAMSALA, 22 April: The Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Central Tibetan Administration’s President Penpa Tsering, and the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, have all expressed heartfelt condolences to the Roman Catholic Church and its followers upon the demise of His Holiness Pope Francis.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 22 April: In a first, the government of India has organised a two-day international Buddhist conclave in Arunachal Pradesh(AP), its bordering state with China-occupied Tibet, to highlight the spread and impact of Buddhism in India’s northeastern region(NE) and to promote cultural exchange and dialogue.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 21 April: A coalition of five Tibetan Political NGOs today condemned the Chinese government for the cremation of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee without his family’s consent and reiterated demands for an international investigation into the suspicious death of the Tulku while in Chinese custody in Vietnam.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 17 April: Almost a year after its forced closure, Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School, a prominent Tibetan educational institute in Golok, occupied Tibet, has been granted permission to reopen by the Chinese government to run only its vocational courses.
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Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science: 25 Years of “Science for Monks and Nuns
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 14 April: Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) Toronto and SFT-India staged protests outside the Chinese consulate in Toronto and the Vietnamese embassy in Delhi respectively today, demanding an investigation into the suspicious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorjee while in Chinese custody in Vietnam.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 10 April: A coalition of global Cybersecurity agencies has issued a joint advisory warning against Two Chinese spyware variants aimed at monitoring and intimidating individuals connected to topics including occupied Tibet, East Turkestan, Taiwan, democracy movement and Falun Gong communities.
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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.