[Outlook] WASHINGTON, June 13: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives seeking an open and accessible Tibet to objectively assess the human rights situation in the restive Himalayan region of China.
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By Jonathan Watts, The Guardian|June 12, 2014
Protesters in São Paulo try to block the road to the stadium while in Rio de Janeiro 1000 people march with ‘Fifa go home’ banners
Read moreDHARAMSALA, June 12: The 14th Shamar Rinpoche, an influential spiritual leader from Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the “four heart sons” (four principle disciples) of the late 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorjee suddenly passed away in Germany on June 11, announced the International Bodhi Path Organization.
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[NDTV] Dharamsala: The 17th Karmapa, the third most important Tibetan religious head, on Tuesday reached Delhi after a fortnight-long religious tour of Germany, one his aides said.
Read moreBy Rajeev Sharma, First Post | Jun 10, 2014
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi successfully navigated Sino-India relations at his official meetings with top Indian interlocutors on Sunday and Monday. He had three-hour substantive talks with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan on Sunday, which is an unusually long meeting.
[PTI] WASHINGTON,June 7: The US has asked China to start “unconditional” talks with Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and address policies that have created tensions in Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, June 9: Several hundred Tibetans and supporters protested in the Indian capital and urged the new Indian Prime Minister, Narender Modi to raise the issue of Tibet on Sunday as Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi visited India in a bid to improve bilateral ties between the two countries.
Read more[TNN] DHARAMSHALA, June 7: Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), an organization of Tibetans united for the restoration of complete independence for Tibet, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue of Tibet with China. According to them, Modi’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections
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By Victor Mallet, Financial Times | June 5, 2014
Tibet’s leaders in exile have warned Beijing not to assume that Tibetan protests against brutal Chinese rule will always be non-violent – even if a spate of self-immolations by demonstrators has so far not harmed “even a Chinese bicycle”.
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DHARAMSALA, June 6: Dhondup Wangchen, the self-taught Tibetan filmmaker-activist who made the documentary film “Leaving Fear Behind” was released on June 5 after serving a six-year sentence, a statement by Filming for Tibet (FFT), the Switzerland-based production house that produced the documentary said.
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