Dalai Lama concedes he may be the last
[BBC] DHARAMSALA, Dec 17: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he realises that he may be the last to hold the title.
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Tibetan father of two dies after self-immolation protest
DHARAMSALA, Dec 17: A Tibetan father of two has died after he set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet on Dec 16 in Amchok Township in former Amdo Province in eastern Tibet.
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Tibetan village leader killed in detention in Driru County
DHARAMSALA, Dec 16: A popular and respected village leader has been killed in detention by local Chinese Communist Party authorities in restive Driru County in Nagchu Prefecture in eastern Tibet’s Kham Province, indicating continued repression and crackdown on Tibetans, including extrajudicial killings in the region.
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Advocacy against worship of Dorjee Shugden lands elderly Tibetan man in jail for one and half years in Chamdo
DHARAMSALA, Dec 16: An elderly Tibetan man has been sentenced to one and half years in prison in early December
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Second Day of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
[Published by dalailama.com on December 14,2014] Rome, Italy, 13 December 2014 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s third day in Rome began with a cordial meeting with a group of Italian parliamentarians, including the Chair of the Human Rights Committee and a Vice President of the Senate. He thanked them for coming to see him and informed them of what he sees as positive signs in relations with China.
Read morePeace – Living It. The 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
[dalailama.com] Rome, Italy, 12 December, 2014 – When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived early at the venue of the
Read morePope Francis denies Dalai Lama an audience because of China concerns
[Reuters] ROME, Dec 12: Pope Francis has denied a private audience to the Dalai Lama because it could harm the Holy See’s already fraught relations with China, the Vatican said on Friday.
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Tibetans in Dharamsala commemorate 25th anniversary of conferment of Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness
DHARAMSALA, Dec 12: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters today gathered at the courtyard of Tsug-lag-Khang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj to commemorate 25th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Read moreBrand Tibet China’s and Tibetan Exiles’ Contrasting Narratives on Tibet
Thupten Samphel, The Huffington Post|December 8, 2014
No struggle in the world is as unequal as the one between Tibet and China. Beijing’s position in Tibet is unassailable, reinforced by a network of all-weather roads, airports and an expanding railway line that are integrating the world’s highest, largest and remotest plateau more closely to the mainland.
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Tibetan monk-writer released after completing faour and half years’ prison term
DHARAMSALA, Dec 9: A 33-yr-old Tibetan monk-writer was released on Dec 5 after completing four and half years’ prison term.
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