News Brief Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration will be visiting the United States from 31st October to November 7, 2011. Included in his itinerary are speaking engagements in Washington DC at the National Press Club and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission …
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Statement of Kalon Tripa on the Occasion of the Special Prayer Service in Solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet
Dharmsala,October 19, 2011 For over the last sixty years since the Communist China’s occupation of Tibet, the Tibetan people have been undergoing untold suffering. Through its propaganda Beijing shows a different image, but in reality China practices colonialism and systematic destruction of the unique Tibetan culture, religion, language and …
Read More »China is fuelling the fires of Tibetan resistance
A wave of self-immolation by young men in Tibet is a warning to China that per-emptive oppression can lead to desperate acts Ed Douglas guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 October 2011 In 1951, Phuntsok Wangyal was a young Tibetan communist determined to bring much-needed social and political reform to his homeland. He …
Read More »Kashag to Hold Grand Prayer Service to Mourn Tragic Self-immolations inTibet
(Press Release) The Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration will organize a day-long grand prayer service at the Tsuglagkhang, the main temple, in Dharamsala on 19 October 2011, for all those Tibetans who have self-immolated and those suffering incarceration for their courage to speak up for the rights of …
Read More »Kalon Tripa reiterates his commitment in finding a mutually acceptable solution to the issue of Tibet
Press Release 12 October 2011 The recent changes in the political leadership of the Tibetan people have been historic. But the central task of the Tibetan movement to restore basic freedoms and dignity of the Tibetan people remains unchanged. As a result I have consistently stated that one of …
Read More »The Kashag and Tibetan Parliament Urge International Community to send fact-finding delegations to Tibet to ascertain the situation on the ground
The Joint Press Statement from the Kashag and Tibetan Parliament-In-Exile October 12, 2011 Source: tibet dot net Since the 2008 uprising in Tibet, the situation inTibethas been deteriorating. Particularly, as of March this year, it has become ever more tense and urgent with the increasing cases of self-immolation by …
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