-by Radio Free Asia  Chinese authorities have arrested four Tibetans from Ngaba county in Sichuan province, accusing one monk from Kirti Monastery of making dedication prayer offerings outside Tibet and two laypersons of maintaining contact with Tibetans outside the region, two sources told Radio Free Asia. The arrests in early …

Dharamshala: A delegation from ICT Germany’s board of directors visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, meeting with Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang on 25 October 2024. The delegation was received with ceremonial Tibetan scarves by the Deputy Speaker and taken on a tour of the parliament hall, …

On 22 October 2024, James Matin Larsen, Australia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, delivered a joint statement on behalf of a coalition of 15 countries, expressing serious concern over grave human rights violations in East Turkistan and Tibet, and calling for urgent action from China. The statement …

Dharamshala: In early March this year, Gonpo Kyi, the sister of Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese government, sued the Lhasa Chengguan District Public Security Bureau for 10 days of administrative detention in December last year while she was holding a peaceful petition in Lhasa, …

Prague: On the third day of the 28th Forum 2000, which coincided with the final day of Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s official visit to Europe, an important meeting was held with His Excellency Milan Vašina, Head of the Office of the President of the Czech Republic, at the Prague Congress Centre. …

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Omar Abdullah to congratulate him on his coalition’s success in the recent Legislative Assembly elections and his appointment as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. “As I have mentioned before,” he wrote, “I have had the privilege …