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 …
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Statement of Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay on the 53rd Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day
March 10, 2012 Today, on the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and the fourth anniversary of the 2008 mass protests inTibet, I offer tribute to the brave people who have sacrificed so much forTibet. Despite fifty-three years of occupation by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), …
Read More »Memorandum on the Call for an EU Special Coordinator for Tibetan Affairs
by Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of H. H. the Dalai Lama, February 2012 The Tibetan struggle: A case of exemplary non-violent struggle for freedom For over five decades, under the leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan freedom struggle has remained strictly non-violent. After the devolution of his political …
Read More »Press statement of Chidrel Kalon Dicki Chhoyang regarding the critical situation in Tibet
Press Statement |6 Feb, 2012 The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply concerned and alarmed over the recent news of three more self-immolations in Serthar (Sichuan) onFriday, February 3, 2012. Unconfirmed reports state that three Tibetans were involved, two of them aged in the 60s and 30s respectively. All three …
Read More »Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s statement on the recent killings of Tibetans by the PRC government
As Chinese everywhere were celebrating the first couple of days of the Year of Dragon on January 23rd and 24th, 2012. Chinese police fired indiscriminately on hundreds of Tibetans who had gathered peacefully to claim their basic rights in Drakgo, Serthar, Ngaba, Gyarong, and other neighboring Tibetan areas. Six …
Read More »International silence over the recent crackdowns in Tibet sends a wrong signal to Beijing, says CTA release
PRESS RELEASE 24 January,2012 On January 23rd, 2012, a large number of Tibetan civilians from several villages are reported to have demonstrated in Drakgo county in Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. According to local sources, the police opened fire on the demonstrators, at least 32 people have …
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