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 …
Read More »Why are Tibetans burning In Tibet and starving in New York?
By Matteo Pistono | The Washington Post March 21, 2012 China is on high alert in Tibet every March due to sensitive political anniversaries. Tibetans commemorate the March 1959 uprising against Chinese rule and the flight into exile of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Beijing annually deploys a …
Read More »Parliament Session Begins, Deliberation onTibet’s Critical Situation Among Top Agenda
tibet.net DHARAMSHALA, 14 March: The 3rd session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began today with extensive deliberation on the critical situation inTibetas one of the main agenda in view of the series of tragic self-immolations of Tibetans. In his opening address, Speaker Penpa Tsering said the critical situation prevailing …
Read More »The Art of Nonviolence: Winning China Over to Tibet’s Story
Thubten Samphel, Tibet Policy Institute March 13, 2012 With the possible exception of the island nation of Taiwan, never in its more than 5,000 years of history has China’s imperial throne met a match like that of Tibet. The Mongols, on whose mighty imperial enterprise communist China lays its …
Read More »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 »Losing Tibet Forever
Beijing has only a narrow window of opportunity to convince Tibetans they have a stake in China. By Thupten Jinpa The Wall Street Journal | Opinion Asia March 8, 2012 This year’s anniversary of the Mar. 10, 1959 uprising in Tibet and the escape into exile of the Dalai Lama …
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