The Dalai Lama’s upcoming appearance in Middlebury is a rare and special event, but it’s particularly special for Vermont’s Tibetan community, about 150 people who regard him as their spiritual leader. “I couldn’t believe it when I heard he would be coming to Vermont,” said Tenzin Chophel, president of the Vermont Tibetan Association. “I [...]
Leaked photos show Chinese brutality in Tibet Phayul[Sunday, December 04, 2011 21:21] DHARAMSHALA December 4: Photos depicting China’s brutality in Tibet and the Chinese security official’s high-handed and vulgar display of power over Tibetan monks and commoners have been leaked out of Tibet. A Chinese website based in US – boxun.com, on Friday released eight [...]
Gaurav Bisht, Hindustan Times September 08, 2010 While Tibet’s exiled spiritual the Dalai Lama’s security remains the centre of concern, the Tibetan-government-in-exile fears “infiltration” of Chinese undercover agents in the hill town that has been nerve centre of Tibetan movement. Fearing China could unleash its band of army trained undercover agents in the town, the [...]
Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche Talks to Tibetans in New York
High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser that was originally written for Radio Free Asia on February 24, 2010 and posted on her blog on March 4, 2010. This is the second blogpost that Woeser has written from Lhasa and she vividly describes, in a poetic way, everyday life there with a lot [...]
“The President met this morning at the White House with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. The President stated his strong support for the preservation of Tibet’s unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity and the protection of human rights for Tibetans in the People’s Republic of China. The President commended the Dalai Lama’s “Middle Way” [...]
BEIJING — The founder of a Tibetan literary Web site was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday. Kunchok Tsephel, 39, was convicted and sentenced Nov. 12 after a closed-door trial at the Intermediate People’s Court of Gannan prefecture in southwestern Gansu province, according [...]
Shimla, Oct 29 (ANI): Young Tibetans held a meeting here to discuss independence of Tibet and ways to achieve it. At least 30 Tibetan scholars in-exile assembled for the two-day meet regarding the Mc Mohan Line dividing India, Tibet and China. These scholars standing for freedom of Tibet said they believed that they were re-visiting [...]
The Senate of the State of Vermont in the United States has passed a resolution today, 03 April 2009, condemning the repression of the Tibetan people and urging Congress to take forceful action to end this denial of human rights and to extend diplomatic recognition to Tibet. The following is the full text of the [...]
