Interviews & Statements

New York: A memorial exhibition dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square was opened in New York on Friday, 2 June 2023 ahead of the 34th anniversary of the clampdown. On the inaugural occasion, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to the organisers extending them …

Washington DC: Representative Dr Namgyal Choedup and Tibetan Liaison Officer Kunga Tashi from the Office of Tibet (OoT), Washington DC, made a four-day maiden official visit to the Tibetan community in Minnesota recently to meet and interact with the Tibetan residents there. The two addressed the gathering at Tibetan Cultural …

Washington DC: A joint press conference on the bipartisan and bicameral Tibet bill: Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict was organised at the US Capitol House Triangle following the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) hearing on Tibet, Preserving Tibet: Cultural Erasure, Forced Assimilation and Transnational Repression, on 28 March …

Sikyong Penpa Tsering on Thursday met with the heads of the PRM and USAID, two of the largest sources of funding received by CTA for the implementation of political and welfare programs in exile. An in-depth discussion was held between Sikyong and the two to strategise future course of actions. …

Sikyong-led Tibetan delegation with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Jim McGovern. Washington: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) met with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Jim McGovern at the Capitol building on 8 February. Richard Gere, the Chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), …

Dharamshala: Saddened by reports of the devastating earthquakes that have struck Turkey and Syria leading to extensive loss of life and many injuries, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to the Executive Director of the World Food Programme offering condolences to those affected by the tragedy. His Holiness writes, …