Wednesday, November 13 2024

China is fuelling the fires of Tibetan resistance

A wave of self-immolation by young men in Tibet is a warning to China that per-emptive oppression can lead to desperate acts Ed Douglas guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 October 2011 In 1951, Phuntsok Wangyal was a young Tibetan communist determined to bring much-needed social and political reform to his homeland. He …

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The Kashag and Tibetan Parliament Urge International Community to send fact-finding delegations to Tibet to ascertain the situation on the ground

  The Joint Press Statement from the Kashag and Tibetan Parliament-In-Exile October 12, 2011 Source: tibet dot net Since the 2008 uprising in Tibet, the situation inTibethas been deteriorating. Particularly, as of March this year, it has become ever more tense and urgent with the increasing cases of self-immolation by …

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Parkdale Gallery hosts first Art for Tibet event

  InsideToronto dot com |Oct 06, 2011 Tenzin Nawang Tekan of Etobicoke was inspired to organize an Art forTibetauction here inTorontoby a similar event she attended while visitingNew York. “It was great. There were lots of people there, they had live painting demonstrations and live music and wine,” Tekan said. …

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama calls off visit to South Africa

  Dharamsala, HP, India, 4 October 2011 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama had been invited to South Africa by a number of universities and organizations including Stellenbosch University, the Tutu Centre and the Mahatma Gandhi Trust to give public talks, deliver Bishop Tutu’s 80th Birth Anniversary Inaugural Lecture and …

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