Wednesday, 2 November,2011 Washington, DC.: “Mr. Kalon Tripa, the Senator is now ready to receive you” called out the staff of Senator Joseph Lieberman as the Kalon Tripa, Dr. Lobsang Sangay and his team along with Senator John McCain waited at the reception area of Senator Lieberman’s office. …

  GENEVA (1 November 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts voiced grave concern over reports of heavy security measures, in and around the area of the Tibetan Buddhist Kirti monastery – which houses some 2,500 monks- and other monasteries in Aba County, an area of Sichuan province …

[Sunday,30 October 2011,9:30 p.m.] OSAKA,Japan: Over 5,000 Japanese and nearly 400 Koreans flocked to Mainishi arena inOsakato hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who started his public teaching today. “I am very happy to be here in Japan and meet spiritual friends,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama, after he …

  DHARAMSALA, INDIA October 29, 2011—According to information released by the India based Tibetan Center for Democracy and Human Rights (TCHRD), a Chinese authorities in Sichuan province have sentenced a Tibetan school teacher and writer, Jolep Dawa, to a three-year jail term on unknown charges. The TCHRD release says Jolep …

October 29, 2011 As the early bright and shining sun rays light up Japan this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama landed at Narita Airport in Tokyo for a 10-day visit. On his arrival at the airport at 6:21 am (local time), His Holiness the Dalai Lama was received by …

  DHARAMSHALA,India: In light of the recent and devastating wave of self immolation protests in Tibet, the European Parliament on 27 October 2011 adopted a resolution on Tibet in which it expressed its deep concern on the recent self-immolations of Tibetan Buddhist monks and one nun in Ngaba, Tibet and …