China allows display of the Dalai Lama’s portraits in Gaden monastery: Report

Monks at the Gaden monastery in Tibet’s capital Lhasa have been informed that they can now display picture of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to London based Free Tibet.



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US Ambassador to China Gary Locke visits Tibet

The US Ambassador to China, Gary Locke is currently on a rare official visit to Tibet where he met with local officials and raised concerns over the human rights situation in the region. This is the first visit by an American ambassador to central Tibet since 2010. Nolan Barkhouse, Press Spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, told Phayul that Ambassador Locke will be in Tibet till June 28.



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Tibetans’ determination not diminished by China’s brutality: TCHRD

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, the Dharamshala based rights group, today held a conference here to commemorate International Day in Support of Torture Victims and to remember those who have suffered torture under the Chinese government.



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Body, Mind and Life Conference begins in Dharamshala

A three-day conference on how to better understand oneself and the nature of human beings from the four different perspectives of Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan astrology and astronomy, and modern science began here today.



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Doors to Tibet always open for overseas Tibetans: Choling

Beijing appointed top Tibetan leader Padma Choling has welcomed Tibetans living outside Tibet to return to their homes and settle down, asserting that the doors to Tibet were “always open” for them. His statements follow the first meeting of the ‘Federation of Returned Overseas Compatriots’ in Tibet’s capital Lhasa on June 8.



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‘Disclose whereabouts of missing Tibetan singers,’ OMCT tells China

Days before the world marks International Day in Support of Torture Victims, a major coalition of non-governmental organisations fighting against torture has asked for urgent intervention in the case of disappearance of two Tibetan singers. The Geneva based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has expressed grave concern



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Tibetans in Uttrakhand set up relief camp, Offer prayers

Local Tibetan monasteries and groups have joined ongoing relief efforts in the flood-ravaged state of Uttrakhand in north India. Tibetan groups and monastic institutions near the state capital of Dehradun have set up a camp to aid relief works at the Dehradun Jolly Grant Airport,



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The Dalai Lama arrives back in Dharamshala, Teachings scheduled for Tibetan youths

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today arrived back to his exile home town of Dharamshala from an extended visit to New Zealand and Australia. Hundreds of Tibetans, Indians, and tourists lined up along the streets in McLeod Ganj



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The Dalai Lama offers condolences to north India flood victims, Dharamshala holds prayer service

Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed his deep condolences to families who have been effected by the devastating rain and floods in the northern Indian state of Uttrakhand and offered monetary contributions to the ongoing relief efforts.



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Exile Tibetan administration offers prayers and donation for relief work in Uttrakhand

The exile Tibetan administration has expressed its deep sadness over the devastation caused by torrential rain and floods in the northern Indian state of Uttrakhand in which nearly 800 people have lost their lives. The CTA in a statement on Saturday also announced a donation of Rs 3 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund



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Sikyong Sangay addresses NGX programme workshop for Tibetan teachers

Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the elected head of the Tibetan people, today addressed a workshop for teachers from five different Tibetan schools at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah. The two-day workshop is being organised by the Department of Education, in collaboration with National Geographic Explorer (NGX) Programme



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Nepal urged to respect rights of Tibetan refugees

Coinciding with World Refugee Day, Tibet campaigners in Germany on Thursday called on Nepal to respect the fundamental rights of Tibetan refugees living in the Himalayan country. A 5000 strong petition urging Kathmandu to “respect the right to freedom of expression of Tibetans in Nepal, stop deportation of escaping Tibetans



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CTA calls China’s propaganda delegation ‘futile exercise,’ Rejects allegations

The exile Tibetan administration on Friday dismissed allegations made by a delegation of communist party leaders from the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region during its recent visit to the United States of America. Members of China’s rubberstamp National People’s Congress from TAR, led by Padma Choling



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Lhasa is not a luxury tourist destination, activists tell InterContinental

Tibet campaigners carried out a demonstration outside the InterContinental Hotels Group’s “Future of Local” event in their Times Square hotel in New York on Thursday, demanding the company to ditch its plans of opening a luxury hotel in Lhasa, Tibet’s ancient capital. Calling Tibet “one of the most repressed regions of the world," demonstrators contended



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China again puts Tibetan writer Woeser under house arrest

Award winning Tibetan writer and poet Tsering Woeser has once again been placed under house arrest in Beijing by Chinese authorities ahead of a rare state-sponsored trip to Tibet by foreign journalists. Writing on her blog, Woeser said the latest move is intended to prevent her from speaking the truth about Tibet



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Rights group blasts China’s ‘Benefit the Masses’ campaign in Tibet

One of China’s hallmark campaigns in Tibet, aimed at “benefitting the masses,” is in fact leading “an intrusive surveillance of people, carrying out widespread political re-education, and establishing partisan security units,” a rights group has found out. Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said



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China’s latest monitoring scheme of Tibet Internet, phones now in place

China has completed the implementation of a stringent monitoring system in central Tibet that requires the restive region’s more than 4 million Internet, fixed telephone line, and mobile phone users to register under their real names, state media said on Wednesday.



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Gyalwang Karmapa’s latest offering, The Heart is Noble, released in New Delhi

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s latest book, The Heart is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out, was released in the Indian capital New Delhi on Wednesday. The book was released in the presence of Gyalwang Karmapa by Aruna Roy, renowned social activist, with Rajiv Mehrotra of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility



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Campaigners deplore Tibet’s exclusion from G8 joint communiqué

Tibet advocacy groups have expressed “deep disappointment” at the failure of G8 leaders to make any mention on the situation in Tibet in a joint communiqué at the end of their two day annual summit. In a statement today, Tibet campaigners deplored the exclusion of any commitment by the G8 leaders on “working multilaterally



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CTA holds prayer service for Tibetan self-immolator Wangchen Dolma

A mass prayer service was held today in the exile Tibetan headquarters of Dharamshala in honour of nun Wangchen Dolma, who set herself ablaze in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet on June 11. The prayer service was presided over by Jhador Rinpoche, former abbot of Namgyal Monastery.



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