May 2011

DHARAMSHALA: The Chief Election Commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration declared Mr Penpa Tsering as the Speaker and Khenpo Sonam Tenphel as the deputy speaker of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.

On the 30th May 2011, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein held a demonstration in front of the U.N Office in Geneva appealing the United Nations to send an independent fact finding mission with full unhindered access to Tibet as soon as possible.

DHARAMSHALA: Ashikaga Lions Club (ALC), a Japanese charity organisation, had donated Opthalmic Yag Laser System and Auto Refract-Keratometer, two eye surgical equipments to the Tibetan Delek hospital in Dharamsala in January this year.

A year ago an earthquake devastated the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu, in Qinghai province, south-west China, claiming 3,000 lives. Now, it is in the throes of reconstruction. The tremor struck an area not previously affected by Chinese influence,

DHARAMSHALA: The landmark Tibetan National General Meeting which was successfully concluded today unanimously approved a proposal to beseech His Holiness the Dalai Lama to assume the role of ceremonial head of state.

Sydney, May 23: Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday that she did not yet plan to meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits Australia next month, but acknowledged that the nation expected her to receive the revered Tibetan spiritual leader.

Clashes broke out between Tibet support groups and Grand Hotel staff in the lobby yesterday after the management canceled a room reservation made by the groups in preparation for the arrival of a delegation headed by Sichuan Province Governor Jiang Jufeng (蔣巨峰).

Dharamsala, May 23 – The Tibetan Prime Minister elect Lobsang Sangay has appealed the Indian government to make Tibet “a core issue” in its dealings with China which he warned has India encircled by its interests in South Asia.

DHARAMSHALA: Hundreds of Tibetan delegates representing Tibetan community from across the globe have begun discussing amendments to the Charter on the devolution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's administrative and political powers and responsibilities to the elected leaders of the Central Tibetan Administration.

BEIJING: The Dalai Lama’s decision to give up political power won’t boost or diminish the likelihood of his being able to return to Tibet, the Chinese government-appointed governor of the remote Himalayan region said Thursday.

BEIJING, May 16 (UPI) -- China has little interest in meeting with the new leader of Tibet's government-in-exile, saying the former leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, remains a saboteur.

DHARAMSALA: Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche released a new comprehensive Tibetan dictionary written by Lobsang Tendar, a lexicographer and editor, at a function in Gangchen Kyishong here. Explaining about features of the dictionary, Lobsang Tendar said it has taken almost 13 years of rigorous research in publishing the dictionary.

BRUSSELS: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Lady Ashton, has expressed concern over the situation at Kirti Monastery in Ngaba region of Tibet in her letter to MEP Provera who had called on her last month urging to promptly condemn the crackdown in order to prevent further human rights violations in Tibet.

DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Tripa Prof Samdhong Rinpoche on Sunday met with three Tibetans who are on an indefinite fast in Delhi to demand the Chinese government to stop repression in Ngaba region in northeastern Tibet's Amdo Province.

DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen has urged the EU Council head Mr Herman Van Rompuy to speak out on the repression in Tibet during his visit to China.

On 23 May 1951, China annexed Tibet. The 60th anniversary is likely to see the "roof of the world" closed to foreign visitors, headlines from Beijing about benefits China has bestowed in 60 years on what it calls the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and a possible change in the political leadership of the Tibetan government-in-exile. It could also be an occasion for more "Free Tibet" demonstrations at the gates of Chinese embassies around the world.

Newark, New Jersey, USA, 14 May 2011 - On the last day of his current trip to the United States, May 14, 2011, His Holiness participated in two sessions at the Newark Peace Education Summit, made a keynote address and found agreement and support of the co-panelists on his call for incorporating teaching of secular ethics in the education system.

DHARAMSHALA: Lobsang Rinchen, a 21-year-old monk of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba has been arrested from his residential quarter on 9 May. He is a native of Tsamring Tsang house in pastoral division no.2 of Me’uruma township in Ngaba.

The Dalai Lama is urging participants at a peace summit to work on finding inner peace as a key to making positive change in the world.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama began his day on 10 May with a meeting with former US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Paula Dobriansky. Therefore, he left for the residence of President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush for a meeting with them. His Holiness spent around an hour with them.

DHARAMSHALA: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told top Chinese officials that the US government continue to be concerned about the human rights situation in China.

Dharamsala, May 8 – As Chinese authorities continue to tighten their stranglehold on the monks of Kirti monastery in Tibet’s Ngaba a Tibetan man belonging to the Chogyam Tsang family has been missing since April 15, 2011, a Tibetan source with contacts in Ngaba told Phayul.

DALLAS: His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded with an honorary degree by the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, for his lifelong leadership in promoting peace, compassion and inter-religious understanding. He was greeted by the university president, Gerald Turner, Provost Paul Ludden, and other officials.

PARIS: Supporting His Holiness the Dalai Lama's appeal to the international community over the Chinese government's repression on Kirti monastery in Tibet, the Tibet Working Group in the French Parliament had lodged an urgent representation to the French foreign minister and the Chinese ambassador in Paris.

Dharamsala, May 5: China Thursday said of the 3 million people residing in the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” (TAR), at least 90 percent of them are native Tibetans.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged to raise the issue of Chinese government repression on Kirti Monastery in Tibet during her visit to China from 25 – 27 April 2011.

The Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration today organised a special prayer service for Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Dorjee Khandu,

As the tension in Ngaba region of Tibet continues, the delegation from the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile headed by Deputy Speaker Dolma Gyari have approached the foreign embassies in New Delhi for their help to diffuse the crisis.

Dharamshala: - Media sources from inside China have decried Tibet's recent elections as inconsequential and illegitimate. But outside China there are at least two Chinese organizations singing praise about Tibet's new political leader,

(TibetanReview.net, May02, 2011) Six monks have been arrested from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba County of Sichuan Province on or some days before Apr 28, said exile Tibetan online media reports and others on Apr 30, citing a monk named Kanyag Tsering of Kirti Monastery at Dharamsala with contacts in Tibet.