Saturday, November 23 2024

Desperation in Tibet – NYT Editorial

  By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The New YOrk Times November 29, 2013 On Nov. 11, Tsering Gyal, a 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk, set himself on fire in China’s Qinghai Province. Mr. Gyal’s death brings the number of Tibetans who have self-immolated since 2009 to 123. Letters some have left and …

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Iceland parliamentarians urge Beijing to resume dialogues with the Dalai Lama’s representatives

  DHARAMSHALA: Denouncing the atrocities perpetrated against Tibetans in Tibet, a group of MPs from all Icelandic political parties except Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson’s Progressive Party have submitted a parliamentary resolution encouraging the Chinese government to resume peace talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s representatives, ruv.is and Iceland …

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With the Third Plenum Xi Jinping Says He Is His Own Man

  On Tibet, Will Xi Leave the Last Word on Tibet to a Dead Man? By Thubten Samphel* tibet.net November 19, 2013 The international verdict on the outcome of the third plenum of the 18th congress of the Chinese communist party held from 9 to 12 November is out.   The …

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We aspire for your autonomy status

  Bolzano, 18 November: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of the Tibetan people on his arrival in Bolzano today, had a lunch meeting with Dr. Arno Kompatscher, the President designate of South Tyrol. He said he was visiting long time friends in the autonomous provinces of South Tyrol …

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