By Calum Macleod| Religion News Service, The Washington Post Monday, November 7,4:12 PM SERTHAR— Breathless but beaming, Sheng Zisu sounds confident after five months in a maze-like Buddhist encampment high on the eastern Tibetan plateau, nearly 400 miles from the nearest city. “Look around. They could never find me …
Read More »By Lobsang Sangay The Washington Post |Post Opinions Published on November 3, 2011 Eleven Tibetans have set fire to themselves in eastern Tibet since March. Six have died. The Chinese government describes them as “terrorists in disguise.” The reality is that their desperate acts were a scathing indictment of …
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November 03, 2011 Chairman McGovern, Chairman Wolf, Commission Members, thank for giving me the opportunity to testify before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. This is my first visit to Washington, D.C., since assuming the office of Kalon Tripa of Tibet following the historic transfer of political authority by …
Read More »Dharamsala, November 3, 2011 The Kashag is deeply saddened by the latest case of self-immolation by Palden Choetso (Choesang), a nun from Tawu Gaden Choeling nunnery, near Nyitso monastery in easternTibet. She was 35 years old. On behalf of the Tibetans-in-exile, the Kashag would like to offer it’s heartfelt …
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Thursday, November 3, 2011 Washington, DC. November 2, 2011–Day three of the Kalon Tripa’s visit to Washington, DC saw Dr. Sangay meeting with Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, speaking at the National Press Club, meeting with Senator Patrick Leahy and his aide, Tim Rieser, and Representatives Andre Crenshaw and Jared Polis. …
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November 3, 2011 This morning when I sat down to write this piece, I read about another case of self-immolation in Tibet today. This time, a 35-year-old nun named Palden Choetso from Tawu town in eastern part of Tibet set herself on fire to protest against the on going Chinese …
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