Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 3 pm, International Campaign for Tibet and the Office of Tibet hosted a Reception and a discussion on “The State of Religious Freedom” with Dr. Tenzin Dorjee at International Campaign for Tibet building. Dr. Tenzin Dorjee was recently appointed as a Commissioner of the United …
Read More »Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Mr. Penpa Tsering Bade Farewell to Under Secretary Dr. Sarah Sewall
Office of Tibet, Washington DC, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Mr. Penpa Tsering bade farewell to Dr. Sarah Sewall who currently serves as the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights at the U.S. State Department. She concurrently serves as the Special Coordinator …
Read More »Eat, Pray, Love the Communist Party: A Road Trip Through Tibetan Lands, Guided by China
The article published by Los Angeles Times, January 09, 2017 / Reporting from Aba prefecture, China By Jonathan Kaiman Contact Reporter It was a road trip through one of China’s most tightly controlled regions. We drove uphill and deeper into the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, an area of …
Read More »Larung Gar in Agony
Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959, written by Jianglin Li and translated by Susan Wilf, is the first detailed assessment of the events leading up to the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet into exile in 1959 that draws extensively on Chinese civil and military sources that have become available in …
Read More »Dr. Tenzin Dorjee Appointed Commissioner of US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
DHARAMSHALA: Dr Tenzin Dorjee, a renowned Tibetan professor at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), has been appointed as new Commissioner of US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).The appointment was announced on 8 December 2016. The appointment was made as per a recommendation from Ms Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader in …
Read More »Pushing the Tibet Issue during US President-Elect’s Transition Period
Representative Penpa Tsering with long time Tibet supporter, Senator Diane Feinstein November 30, 2016 Washington, D.C.: Three weeks ago, 2016 US Election resulted in the election of Mr Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. The transition period, leading up to the Presidential inauguration, is a crucial …
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