Pictured above: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the swearing-in ceremony, May 27, 2016 DHARAMSHALA: Dr Lobsang Sangay was sworn-in for a second term as Sikyong in front of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the oath-taking ceremony today at Tsuglagkhang. The ceremony was attended …
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The Office of Tibet is pleased to announce that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will be visiting the United States from June 12-27, 2016. The upcoming visit will take His Holiness to Washington, DC, Southern California, Salt Lake City, Boulder and Indianapolis. Here are the confirmed public events during …
Read More »DHARAMSHALA: Speaker of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Mr Penpa Tsering has been appointed as the new Representative for the Office of Tibet, Washington, DC. He will take charge either from 1 July 2016 or when the necessary documents are issued by the US government, a release from the Kashag secretariat …
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Photo/RFA China’s pervasive use of torture was the subject of a hearing convened by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) on April 14, 2016 in the U.S. Congress. The witnesses who testified and made policy recommendations to the U.S. Government were: Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch; Margaret K. …
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April 14, 2016 The US Department of State Released its 2015 Annual Human Rights Report on April 13, 2015. In his remarks to the press, Secretary of State John Kerry stated that “ government that fails to respect human rights, no matter how lofty its pretentions, has very little to …
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April 1, 2016: “We write today to express our deep concern about three Tibetan political prisoners, while noting that there are hundreds of other documented Tibetan political prisoners currently being held in Chinese prisons similarly worthy of our concern and attention. We urge you and others at State Department, the …
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