July 12th, 2017 Washington, D.C. The US Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission organized a hearing on Religious Freedom in Tibet today coinciding with the 2nd anniversary of the death of Trulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. The Co-Chairs of the Commission Congressman Jim McGovern and Congressman Randy Hultgren chaired the hearing. Prof. …
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Washington, D.C. July 7th, 2017. On Wednesday, July 5th, Gyalwang Karmapa Rinpoche visited the Office of Tibet during his three-day visit to Washington, D.C. This trip to Washington follows his one-month visit to Canada. The afternoon visit to the Office of Tibet was informational. Representative Penpa Tsering updated him on …
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by Ming Xia, June 25th, 2017 In response to Haitong Du’s “Opinion: The Dalai Lama’s Commencement Speech Is Problematic for UC San Diego” (The Times of San Diego), I would like to offer my experiences with and views about the Dalai Lama. I am an educator in the City of …
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Washington DC, June 28, 2017: The delegation led by Richard Gere, Chairman of the ICT board, lobbied at the Capitol on June 27 to 28, 2017 to request the US senators and representatives particularly to reinstate the budget cut proposed by the US administration for the Tibetan programs in Tibet …
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Washington DC, June 27, 2017: The Office of Tibet and International Campaign for Tibet jointly hosted a reception at the US Capitol Building to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 82nd Birthday. The reception was addressed by Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, Congressman Jim McGovern, Congresswoman Ros Lehtinen and …
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