Staff Reporter March 10, 2022 Subscribe Sixty-three years ago, on this day in 1959, Tibetans in Lhasa rose in peaceful protest against the Chinese government’s occupation of Tibet. Today also marks the fourteenth anniversary of non-violent protests by Tibetans, which swept across Tibet from March 2008. We pay tribute to …
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U.S State Department holds its Annual Losar 2022 Reception Virtually
Sikyong greets Tibetans on Losar, Tibetan New Year 2149
Staff Reporter March 2, 2022 Subscribe Sikyong Penpa Tsering greets Tibetans on Losar, Tibetan New Year 2149. Image: Tenzin Jigme/CTA Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration extends Losar greetings to Tibetans inside and outside Tibet on the occasion of traditional Tibetan New Year- Losar 2149 – the …
Read More »OOT Washington holds meeting of six Tibetan Associations in Canada
Staff Reporter February 1, 2022 Virtual meeting of Tibetan Associations in Canada. L-R Top Row: Representative Namgyal Choedup, Chinese Liaison Officer Tsultrim Gyatso, Ottawa TA President Tsechu Lhamo, BC Vancouver Cultural Coordinator Sonam Choezom L-R Middle Row: Alberta Green Book Coordinator Tsetan Yeshe, CTC Executive Director Sherab Tharchin, Victoria TA President …
Read More »Prayer Recitation Notice from Department of Religion and Culture
Staff Reporter January 3, 2022 Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture, CTA issued the following announcement from Ganden Phodrang for Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and Tibetans around the world to observe the prescribed prayers for a speedy resolution to the crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and now the gradual …
Read More »The Pandemic and the Tibetans in North America
Tibetans in the US and Canada offer lunches to the first responders, nurses, doctors, and also to those who are quarantined. Washington DC: The coronavirus (COVID-19) originated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which is established beyond doubt. The virus’s initial outbreak was severely censored and obscured by the Chinese …
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