Pema Lhazom, a 20 year old Tibetan student who lives in Montville, Connecticut, wins $90,000 “Day of Pride” scholarship from the University of Connecticut, according to news report published in Montville Patch on March 27, 2012. The report commented that clarity and a sharp intelligence are the attributes that helped …
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How many Tibetans must burn to death before we wake up?
Shobhan Saxena | The Times ofIndia 26 March 2012 Today at12.25 pm, a young Tibetan set himself on fire at a protest rally organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the Capital. The Tibetans were protesting against the forthcoming visit of Chinese President …
Read More »At Least Seven Reasons Why Beijing is Responsible for the Self-Immolations in Tibet
For Immediate Release | 26 March 2012 1. Continuing occupation of Tibet 2. Political repression 3. Patriotic re-education and demonization of H.H. the Dalai Lama 4. Shooting and killing of peaceful Tibetan protesters 5. Economic marginalization and making of Tibetans as second-class citizens in their homeland 6. Cultural assimilation …
Read More »Why are Tibetans burning In Tibet and starving in New York?
By Matteo Pistono | The Washington Post March 21, 2012 China is on high alert in Tibet every March due to sensitive political anniversaries. Tibetans commemorate the March 1959 uprising against Chinese rule and the flight into exile of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Beijing annually deploys a …
Read More »Parliament Session Begins, Deliberation onTibet’s Critical Situation Among Top Agenda
tibet.net DHARAMSHALA, 14 March: The 3rd session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began today with extensive deliberation on the critical situation inTibetas one of the main agenda in view of the series of tragic self-immolations of Tibetans. In his opening address, Speaker Penpa Tsering said the critical situation prevailing …
Read More »The Art of Nonviolence: Winning China Over to Tibet’s Story
Thubten Samphel, Tibet Policy Institute March 13, 2012 With the possible exception of the island nation of Taiwan, never in its more than 5,000 years of history has China’s imperial throne met a match like that of Tibet. The Mongols, on whose mighty imperial enterprise communist China lays its …
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