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Logo Design and Tagline Competition for Tibetan Digital Library Initiative
Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration invites creative minds to participate in a Logo Designing and Tagline Competition to create a logo and tagline for the department’s Tibetan Digital Library initiative. The Tibetan...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Continues Tibet Advocacy in Vilnius
Vilnius: After a successful advocacy endeavour reaching out to state and non-state audiences in Latvia, the Tibetan delegation headed by Sikyong Penpa Tsering reached Vilnius, Lithuania yesterday. Vytis Vildunas, chair of the Lithuanian Tibet Support Group received the Tibetan...
Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Commences Tibet Advocacy in Indore
Dharamshala: As part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s state advocacy programs, a delegation led by MPs Geshe Ngawa Gangri and Tenzin Choezin commenced their advocacy efforts in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Shri Yash Vardhan and other members of Bharat Tibbat Sahyog...
Youth Leadership and Capacity Building for Over Sixty Tibetan College Students and Young Professionals Held in America
Washington DC: A youth leadership and capacity building workshop was successfully conducted from 25 to 28 January in Minnesota, which has the second largest Tibetan population in the US. The Office of Tibet in collaboration with the Tibetan American...
Myanmar: Military Abuses Against Civilians Intensify
Click to expand Image Destruction at a school in Namsham, Shan State, after Myanmar military airstrikes on January 9, 2024. © 2024 Private (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta has increasingly carried out unlawful airstrikes harming civilians in its military...
China strongly opposes to CTA President’s visit to Estonia
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 30: The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Estonia on Friday voiced strong opposition to the President of the exile Tibetan government Penpa Tsering, for his visit to the Estonian Parliament. The...
China largely satisfied with UN review of its rights record despite mixed outcome
(TibetanReview.net, Jan30’24) – Amid allegations that China “gamed” the process, a top Chinese diplomat has said his government would “earnestly study” the 428 recommendations for addressing the human rights situation in the country submitted by UN members during the...
Department of Information and International Relations Successfully Concludes ‘Tibet Advocacy Training & Youth Capacity Building Program’ for V-TAG Mem...
Dharamshala: Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, successfully concluded the ‘Tibet Advocacy Training and Youth Capacity Building program’ for a group of V-TAG members from North India on 29 January 2024. The training was held from...
Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Deputy CM, Advocated Tibet in Bhopal
Dharamshala: As part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s state advocacy programs, a delegation comprising MPs Geshe Ngawa Gangri and Tenzin Choezin initiated their advocacy efforts in Bhopal. Upon their arrival in Bhopal, the MPs received a warm welcome from members...
TSO Gangtok Observes Handing Over Ceremony
Gangtok: Gangtok Tibetan Settlement Office observed a brief handing over ceremony between new settlement officer Tsering Damdul and outgoing Settlement Officer Lhakpa Tsering on 29 and 30 January 2024. The ceremony was held in the presence of the...
Overzealous China school principal makes dash to home of sick pupil, orders mother to send child to class or risk his future
An indignant school principal in China marched to the home of a student whose mother had called in to school to say he was ill, then berated his parents for not caring about their child’s future job prospects.
Bandara Norgyeling TSO Lodoe Sangpo Calls on Local Officials
Bandara: On 25 January 2024, Bandara Norgyeling Tibetan Settlement Officer Lodoe Sangpo paid courtesy call on local officials including the SHO Pratap Rao Bhosale, Varun Pawar of Forest Department, SDM Varunkumar Sahare, Aniruddha Kamble of Income Tax Department, and...
Sikyong Meets with Members of Latvian Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet to Discuss Issues Concerning Tibet
Riga: Honourable Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration started his day in Riga (Latvia) with two media interviews, including the Latvian State Radio, on 29 January 2024. In the afternoon, Sikyong Penpa Tsering attended a meeting with...
Nepali leaders privately complain about China’s aggressive public diplomacy
(TibetanReview.net, Jan29’24) – In what is seen as an unprecedented move, visiting Chinese leaders have publicly claimed that certain countries were trying to destabilise the good relations between Nepal and China, while some elements were also defaming the Belt...
Office of Tibet, Brussels Participates in Early Losar Celebrations of Domey and Chushi Gangdruk
Brussels: Belgium based Domey Association for the first time organised an advance Losar celebration in Leuven on Saturday 28th January 2024. The event was attended by His Eminence Taklung Matul Rinpoche, Representative Rigzin Genkhang and the Presidents of the Tibetan Community and...
Atheist China Should Have No Say in Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation
-By Tsewang Gyalpo Arya for The Japan Times Since the occupation of Tibet in 1950, the Chinese Communist Party has persistently distorted historical facts to interfere in Tibetan religious matters. This includes the process to select the reincarnation of...
Critics Assert Retraction of Unethical Studies on Chinese Minority Groups Lags Behind
Yves Moreau became suspicious upon encountering a genetics paper on Tibetans in China. Published in PLoS ONE in 2022, the report detailed a research team's collection of blood samples from hundreds of individuals in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, focusing on genetic markers on their X chromosomes. The study suggested the utility of this analysis for forensic identification and paternity testing.
Indian Government Bestows Padma Bhushan on Togdan Rinpoche, an Ally of the Dalai Lama
The posthumous recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Togdan Rinpoche, served as the spiritual and political leader in Ladakh. Belonging to the Drikung Kagyu order of Kagyupa, he played a pivotal role in preserving the Bhoti (Tibetan) language. The honor comes as a recognition of the sect by the Centre, according to officials.
Jigme Jungney Appointed Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Tibet Bureau, New Delhi
Dharamshala: As per the circular issued by the Kashag dated 25 January 2024, Jigme Jungney, a former member of the 15th Tibetan Parliament and Secretary of the CTA was appointed Representative of the New Delhi-based Bureau of His...
Mahatma Gandhi And His Holiness The Dalai Lama On Non-Violence And Compassion
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Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Deputy CM and Minister of Telangana, Speaks at University
Dharamshala: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile delegation, consisting of MPs Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten, Tsaneytsang Dhondup Tashi, and Tsering Yangchen, continued their Tibet advocacy campaign across various states of India. On January 23rd, they initiated their advocacy efforts in Hyderabad by...































