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Representative Karma Singey Attends 6th Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, Meets Taiwanese Ambassador Douglas Hsu
Canberra: Representative Karma Singey from the Tibet Information Office (aka Office of Tibet) attended the opening screening of the 6th Taiwan Film Festival in Australia on 12 August at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. During the...
Tibetan Parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither to Visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarians Migyur Dorjee and Lobsang Gyatso Sither are scheduled to visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala from 15th to 24th August. The Tibetan MPs will...
Sunni, Shia Muslims of Ladakh host joint-reception for Dalai Lama
(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’23) – The Dalai Lama who has been sojourning in India’s Tibet-border Union Territory of Ladakh since Jul 11 was on Aug 12 hosted a join-reception by the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities at a mosque near his...
Restoring Faith in Tibetan Democracy: A Call to Action
Dr Nawang Phuntsog-la* bemoans the fact that the very institutions and representatives we have elected seem to be the instruments of the potential downfall of Tibetan democracy and calls for a people’s movement to help build a strong foundation...
Dhi Lhaden is Placed Under Heavy Restrictions
Tibet Times has received reliable information that Tibetan writer Dhi Lhaden has been released recently from a Chinese prison in secret; he is in good health after a medical check-up. The source said, “His family members and friends have...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Attends Luncheon Reception Hosted by Ladakhi Muslim Community
Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India, 12 August 2023: This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama took a short drive across the Indus to visit the Imam Bargah, a mosque in nearby Chuchot Yokma. He was received on arrival by representatives...
Tibetan Parliamentary Strategic Meeting Concludes With Launch of Strategic Plan
Delhi: A five-day strategic meeting of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, held in Delhi from 6 to 11 August 2023, successfully concluded in the attendance of Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang, and parliamentarians of the 17th Tibetan...
UN experts demand detailed information on nine Tibetan environment defenders
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 12: The United Nations experts on Thursday issued a demand to the Chinese government, urging them to provide comprehensive information on nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders who were imprisoned between 2010 and 2019...
BJP MP Rajdeep Roy calls out China’s betrayal in parliament
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, Aug 12: In an address during the Indian Parliament’s Lok Sabha on August 10, Member of Parliament Dr Rajdeep Roy from the ruling party shed light on the historical context of the Tibet-China issue, underscoring the...
TIPA Celebrates 64 Years of Cultural Preservation and Promotion
Dharamshala: The Ngonpa house of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) triumphed in this year’s cultural and play contest competed against the Gyalu house, through an aggregate score of the nine judges. The annual summer festival and culture...
Three UN experts ask China to account for detained Tibetan environment activists
(TibetanReview.net, Aug11’23) – Three UN human rights experts have issued a joint statement on Aug 10, asking the Chinese government to provide information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for their peaceful efforts to protect Tibet’s fragile environment. The experts—the Special...
DIIR Welcomes UN Experts Demand for Release of Nine Tibetan Political Prisoners
Dharamshala: Three independent UN experts demanded the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to provide credible information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders who were detained and sentenced to lengthy prison terms and called for their...
London Representative Formally Invited to Seto Kingdom Festival in Estonia
London: Representative Sonam Frasi of the Office of the Tibet, London, visited Baltic Countries from 4 – 9 August 2023 to continue Tibet advocacy building up on his previous visit last January. Visit to Estonia this time was at...
Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Makes Assessment Visit to Peteon School
Dharamshala: Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra of the Department of Education (CTA), accompanied by Jamyang Wangyal (Counsellor), Ngodup Tenpa (Education officer) and Dorjee Wangdue (Education Officer) made an assessment visited to Peteon school on 10 August 2023. During their visit,...
UN Human Rights Experts Question China’s ‘Deliberate Attempt” To Forget Tibetan Human Rights Defenders
Repression and Environmental Damage Renew Tibetan Calls for Occupied Tibet to Become a “No Extraction Zone” UN human rights experts have raised urgent concern and pressed the Chinese government to provide information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Expresses Condolences to People of Hawaii Over Recent Wildfire
–dalailama.com Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India – His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Governor Josh Green to offer his heartfelt condolences to the people of Hawaii, particularly those from Maui, on the tragic loss of life and destruction...
UN experts seek info on Tibet’s detained environment defenders
IANS for Investing.com New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) UN human rights experts have called on the Chinese government to provide information about nine Tibetans imprisoned for their peaceful efforts to protect Tibet’s environment, which is crucial to the entire...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Meets Members of SEE Learning Team in Ladakh
–dalailama.com Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, India, 10 August 2023: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met 30 core members of the SEE Learning team in Ladakh. They told him that since the launch of the program in Ladakh just over a...
Birth certificate to be all-important document for people living in India
(TibetanReview.net, Aug10’23) – Birth certificate is set to become a requirement for availing public services and social benefits in India after the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of parliament, passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2023,...
Tibetan Former Political Prisoner Lobsang Tenpa Passes Away
As per the information received to the Tibet Times, A Tibetan monk and a former political prisoner Lobsang Tenpa passed away at 52 succumbed to his stomach ulcer illness in Lhasa, Tibet around 10 am of August 5, 2023....
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Issues Statement Regarding Recent Natural Disasters
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama today issued a statement offering prayers to those affected by a series of natural disasters that were reported from different parts of the world. His Holiness writes, “This year we have seen a...
Well-being of writer Dhi Lhaden a ‘concern’ despite release from prison, says TCHRD
Tibetan writer Dhi Lhaden’s recent release from prison after completing his four years sentence, though a joyous occasion - “raises concerns over the uncertainty surrounding his physical and psychological well-being” says the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy...
MPs Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup to visit Odisha, West Bengal, and Sikkim
Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup are scheduled to visit Odisha, West Bengal, and Sikkim from 12th to 30th August 2023....
MPs Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo to visit Rajasthan and Gujarat
Dharamshala: As a part of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibet advocacy campaign in various Indian states, parliamentarians Dorjee Tseten and Tsering Lhamo are scheduled to visit Rajasthan and Gujarat from 12th to 25th August. The parliamentary delegation led by Dorjee Tseten will...
Accountant Required at Dekyiling Primary Health Centre
The Department of Health announces a vacancy for an accountant at the primary health centre at Dekyiling Tibetan settlement. Click here to read the announcement. The post Accountant Required at Dekyiling Primary Health Centre appeared first on Central Tibetan...






























