Tuesday, April 4, 2017 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on democracy, human rights, and global women’s issues, have written to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in advance of …
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April 6, 2017 Pelosi Letter to President Trump: Raise Human Rights in China During President Xi’s U.S. Visit Washington, D.C. – Ahead of a U.S. visit by President Xi Jinping of China, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to President Trump, urging him to raise the issue of …
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Tibetan community of North Carolina choses Geshe Palden Sangpo as their new president. Above is the picture taken during the representative Mr. Penpa Tsering visit to South Carolina. Others in the picture are Karma Tashi, Ngawang Choechen and Thupten Norbu. Office of Tibet wishes Geshe la and other members all the …
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Photo: Outgoing President Mr. Lhakpa Gyaltsen (right), and incoming President Kalsang Drakgo (left) New executive members of Tibetan Alliance of Chicago takes charge on April 1, 2017. The members are Kalsang Drakgo, President; Penpa Bhuti, Vice President; Tenzin Jamyang, Secretary; Dawa Choedak, Treasurer. The Office of Tibet, Washington DC would …
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The University of Rochester invites students to submit to the 2017 Tibetan Innovation Challenge, an intercollegiate business plan contest to improve the lives of Tibetans living in refugee camps through self-sustaining business ideas. Students will compete for a $5K first-place prize and the chance for their idea to be put …
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Dharamshala: A 24-year old Tibetan man named Pema Gyaltsen (also known as Pegyal) self-immolated at around 4pm local time, on March 18, 2017, near Tsoga monastery in Nyagrong, Kham, eastern Tibet. Sources have said “he called for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and for freedom in …
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