Friday, December 20 2024

Office of Tibet

Desperation in Tibet – NYT Editorial

  By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The New YOrk Times November 29, 2013 On Nov. 11, Tsering Gyal, a 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk, set himself on fire in China’s Qinghai Province. Mr. Gyal’s death brings the number of Tibetans who have self-immolated since 2009 to 123. Letters some have left and …

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Iceland parliamentarians urge Beijing to resume dialogues with the Dalai Lama’s representatives

  DHARAMSHALA: Denouncing the atrocities perpetrated against Tibetans in Tibet, a group of MPs from all Icelandic political parties except Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson’s Progressive Party have submitted a parliamentary resolution encouraging the Chinese government to resume peace talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representatives, ruv.is and Iceland …

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With the Third Plenum Xi Jinping Says He Is His Own Man

  On Tibet, Will Xi Leave the Last Word on Tibet to a Dead Man? By Thubten Samphel* tibet.net November 19, 2013 The international verdict on the outcome of the third plenum of the 18th congress of the Chinese communist party held from 9 to 12 November is out.   The …

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We aspire for your autonomy status

  Bolzano, 18 November: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of the Tibetan people on his arrival in Bolzano today, had a lunch meeting with Dr. Arno Kompatscher, the President designate of South Tyrol. He said he was visiting long time friends in the autonomous provinces of South Tyrol …

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Sikyong Meets with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

  WASHINGTON, DC (Nov 15) – Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay met with US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this afternoon at the Senator’s office in the U.S. Capitol Building. The two leaders discussed the current situation in Tibet and the next visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Washington. …

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