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Geneva, 16 March: “As people (Tibetan nomads) are moved to urban areas, there is very little primary source of employment resulting in urban poverty,” said Prof. Andrew Fisher, a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague. He is a specialist on issues of population, poverty and …

New York, March 11, 2011—The 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day was marked with a series of events in Latin America. In Morelia, Mexico, the anniversary was marked with the screening of a series of films on Tibet from March 8th to 10th.  The films include Dreaming of …

The 11th North American Tibetan Associations conference concluded successfully on February 27th. The two-day conference took place at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing, NY, on Saturday, February 26th and Sunday, February 27. The conference organized by the Office of Tibet was attended by the delegates from 25 Tibetan …

Berlin, 17 Feb: The Tibetan people have to manage themselves without His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s patronage said Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche today during a round table discussion with journalist in Berlin. “Better to face the reality now. Tibetans will have to face it sooner or later,” he said. …

A three-day workshop of Mexican Tibet Support Groups [Pensando en Tibet] concluded successfully on Sunday, February 13, 2011, in Morelia, the State capital of Michoacan. The workshop held from February 11 to 13 was conducted by the ITSN’s International Coordinator, Tenzin Jigme, and Latin American Regional Coordinator, Exa Mendez, and …

[Ajay Parmar, The Times of India, Feb 10, 2011] JODHPUR : Terming China as a communist nation without communist ideology, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that China urgently needs political liberalisation. Reiterating his demand for autonomy for Tibet, he, however, expressed concern that the Tibetan culture, values, lifestyle, …