17-yr-old Tibetan monk detained in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Feb 10: A young Tibetan Buddhist monk was brutally beaten and detained for staging a peaceful protest against the Chinese government in eastern Tibet.
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Avalokiteshvara Empowerment and Talk on Secular Ethics in Basel
Published on February 9th, 2015 by dalailama.com
Basel, Switzerland, 8 February 2015 – It was cold, dark and the streets were empty when His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from his hotel to the teaching venue this morning.
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TCHRD releases annual report, says human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate
DHARAMSALA, Feb 9: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group, in its annual report said human rights situation in Tibet continues to deteriorate despite promised reforms.
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Obama’s Prayer Breakfast Words to Dalai Lama Ruffle China and India
ANDREW JACOBS, The New York Times | February 6, 2015
BEIJING — Prayer breakfast speeches in Washington are rarely, if ever, the source of bruised feelings overseas. Not so this year.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Participates as a Special Guest in the National Prayer Breakfast
[dalailama.com] Washington DC, USA, 5 February 2015 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama today participated as a special guest in the National Prayer Breakfast, an event that takes place annually on the first Thursday in February in Washington DC.
Read moreSelf-Immolations. Threats From Beijing. Playing Politics With the Dalai Lama
Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Policy | February 4, 2015
All in a day’s work for Lobsang Sangay, the Harvard-educated prime minister of the quixotic Tibetan movement in exile.
DHARAMSALA, India — These days, the Dalai Lama seems to make news mostly when world leaders decide whether or not to meet with him.
Read moreDalai, Shah meet cancelled
[Hindustan Times] DHARAMSALA, May 2: The meeting between Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah slated for Saturday was cancelled owing to the latter’s busy schedule.
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His Holiness arrives in Washington for annual National Prayer Breakfast
DHARAMSALA, Feb 4: After concluding teachings in Sankisa in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Feb 3 after making an overnight stop at Frankfurt.
Read moreChina Sharpens Its Censorship Blade
Helen Gao, The New York Times | February 3, 2015
BEIJING — In early November, when Beijing played host to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, city officials closed hundreds of factories and forced millions of vehicles off the roads to clear the soupy gray smog that normally blankets the sky.
Read moreChina Takes a Predictably Harsh Line on Obama’s Meeting With the Dalai Lama
Hannah Beech, TIME | February 2, 2015
To Beijing, a breakfast isn’t simply a breakfast. It’s tantamount to backing Tibetan independence
It took three days for China’s official media to react to the news that the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, will join U.S. President Barack Obama at a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. But Beijing’s response, now that it has finally come, is not joyous.
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