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MPs Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo Conclude Tibet Advocacy Tour in Gujarat
Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo successfully concluded their official Tibet advocacy tour in Gujarat from 18th to 24th August 2023. On 17th August, the MPs were received by Dr. Amit Jyotikar, Regional Convener...
Core Group for Tibetan Cause – India Demands G-20 Leaders Call for Resumption of Dialogue with Representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Core Group for Tibetan Cause – India (CGTC-I) held a press conference at the Press Club of India in New Delhi on August 24, 2023. The conference featured addresses by CGTC-I National Convener Shri R. K. Khrimey, National...
Washington-based V-TAG Members Brief Katherine Gillespie on Tibet’s Current Situation; Urge US-Tibet Bill Support from Congresswoman Marie Perez
Seattle, Washington: During a virtual meeting on 17 August at 12 noon, members of Washington State Voluntary Tibet Advocacy Group (V-TAG), namely Pema Choephel, Dechen Bartso, and Lobsang Tsering, met with Katherine Gillespie, the staffer of Representative Marie Gluesenkamp...
Call for Europe-based Tibetan Youth to Attend Geneva Forum 2023
Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes Tibetan Youth based in Europe who are interested in attending the Geneva Forum 2023 to apply online by 1 September 2023. Through this opportunity, the CTA seeks to empower Tibetan youth through the...
15 Schools from Dharamshala and Mussorie Participate in Week-Long Dialectic Meet
Dharamshala: The Department of Education is organising a week-long dialectic meeting of Dharamshala and Mussorie from 23-30 August at the Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) in Mussorie. Around 8 schools from Dharamshala and 7 schools from Mussorie are participating in...
Tibetan Parliament’s Delegation Attends Democratic Peer Exchange Conference in Europe
Dharamshala: A delegation of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile consisting of parliamentarians Geshe Ngaba Gangri and Dr. Rigzin Lhundup and staff of the parliamentary secretariat Tenzin Choeying and Tenzin Sherap took part in a global democratic peer exchange conference from 19th...
Angered China demands US withdrawal of visa sanctions over its forced assimilation boarding school system in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’23) – Having either failed or refused to respond to repeated UN experts’ queries on the issue previously, China now claims that the allegations that it has been carrying out a policy of forcible assimilation of Tibetan children...
Dalai Lama congratulates Indian PM Modi on India’s historic landing on the moon
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, August 24: Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has extended his warm congratulations to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the momentous achievement of Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the moon. In a...
Veteran Tibetan political prisoner Sonam Gyalpo passes away at 68 in Lhasa
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 24: Former Tibetan political prisoner Sonam Gyalpo, who has spent an aggregate of 16 years in Chinese prison on vague political charges has reportedly passed away. The veteran political prisoner passed away aged 68...
China condemns visa restrictions by US over boarding schools in Tibet
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 24: China voiced its strong opposition to the U.S. government’s decision to impose visa restrictions on senior Chinese officials involved in the “forcible assimilation” of Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools in Tibet. The move...
Tibetan Former Political Prisoner Sonam Gyalpo passes away
Tibetan Former Political prisoner Sonam Gyalpo passes away in Lhasa on 16 of this month succumbed to his illness. “The Venerable has died as succumbed to his illness” Said by one of the executive members at the Central U-tsang...
Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither Call on Chief Minister and Speaker of Kerala State
Kerala: Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither, who are in the Kerala city of Thiruvananthapuram for Tibet advocacy, met with Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala on 23 August 2023. At the meeting, the parliamentarian briefed the...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Farewell Luncheon Hosted by Ladakh Buddhist Association
Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India, 23 August 2023: His Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited to lunch in the Abispang garden of Spituk monastery by the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) and the All-Ladakh Gonpa Association (LGA). The road along which...
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Congratulates Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Chandrayaan-3’s Success
Dharamshala: In a letter congratulating Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel on behalf of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, said, “It is with great joy that I write to you to congratulate on India’s Chandrayaan-3 successfully...
Parliamentarians Tenpa Yarphel, Dawa Tsering and Yeshi Dolma to visit Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh
Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarians Tenpa Yarphel, Dawa Tsering and Yeshi Dolma are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh from 26th August to 12th September. The Tibetan...
Regional Education Advisory Committee of Doeguling Settlement in Mundgod Conducts Inter-School Handwriting Competition
Mundgod: The Regional Education Advisory Committee of Doeguling Settlement in Mundgod have undertaken their first initiative since the body’s renewal to conduct a handwriting competition between students of the three Sambhota schools and four monastic schools from class 1-12...
Exile Tibetans Mourn Demise of Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Sonam Gyalpo Who Served 16 Years in Chinese Prison
Dharamshala: Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Sonam Gyalpo, who has served an aggregate of 16 years in Chinese prisons, sadly passed away on 16 August 2023. Late Sonam Gyalpo was first sentenced to three years in Drapchi Prison on 27...
Sonam Wangdue Assumes Charge of Kamrao Settlement Office
Kamrao: At a brief handing-over ceremony held on Wednesday, Sonam Wangdue assumed the charge of the settlement office of Kamrao from the outgoing settlement officer Rabten Tsering. Settlement officer Gelek Jamyang of Poanta Cholsum was appointed by the Department...
China must stop persecuting Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk
Since his release from unjust imprisonment, Tashi Wangchuk has faced persistent restrictions and limitations on his movement and activities even as he continued to advocate for the promotion and protection of the Tibetan language. The latest persecution faced by...
His Holiness Congratulates Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India’s Historic Chandrayaan-3 Landing on the Moon
–dalailama.com Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India: In a message of offering hearty congratulations to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said “the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a tribute to the people of India who...
Visa restrictions on Chinese officials over forced assimilation policy in Tibet
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 23: The United States Department of State, led by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, has announced its decision to enforce visa restrictions on officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the authority...
US sanctioning China officials in forced Tibetan child assimilation drive
(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’23) – Initiating substantive action to address China’s much-criticized repressive policy, including in the UN, of the forced assimilation of Tibet through the establishment of a Sinicization boarding school system for its children, the US State Department has...
Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel Addresses the 9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference
Dharamshala: Around 30 young Tibetan research scholars including some from the Himalayan region gathered at Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies this morning to participate in the 9th Young Tibetan Research Scholars’ Conference organised by the Tibet Policy Institute....
Tibet Advocacy in Kerala: Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither Call on Governor of Kerala
Kerala: Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither, who are in the Kerala city of Thiruvananthapuram for Tibet advocacy, met with Shri. A. K. Balan, CPM Central Committee member, a former Lok Sabha member on 21 August 2023. At...
Health Department Announces a Vacancy of Accountant for Tibetan Primary Health Centre in Miao
Dharamshala: The Tibetan Primary Health Centre of Miao Choephelliing, affiliated under the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration, announces a job vacancy of accountant. The interested candidates are requested to submit their application, along with requisite documents, to the...