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Tibet: Climate Action for the Roof of the World
Tibet needs to be on the agenda at the upcoming United Nations Climate talks (COP21) according to the Central Tibetan Administration. In the lead up to COP21, the Central Tibetan Administration is calling on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change starting with a strong global climate agreement in Paris.
Tibetan Political Prisoners and Deaths in Custody
The Society for Threatened People and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, NGO-ECOSOC status for the UN, yesterday, jointly sponsored and organised a side event on “Tibetan Political Prisoners and Deaths in Custody” with three panelists.
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CTA refutes Chinese claims on Tibet
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has flayed the claims of the Chinese government that Tibet has entered its "golden age." In press release issued here today, the CTA has maintained that on September 6, the People’s Republic of China
China is going after the Dalai Lama’s supporters around the world—and the first casualty appears to be Bon Jovi
China vowed to fight the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, at a grand ceremony on Tuesday (Sept. 8) celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibetans in Switzerland Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day
05.09.2015:Over 500 Tibetans and friends gathered at the Rikon School Hall to mark the 55th anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy Day. On this occasion 55 years ago, first elected Tibetan people’s representatives took their oath of office, forming for the first time Tibetan democratic government in exile
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Tibetan Woman Self-Immolates in Protest Burning in China’s Gansu
A Tibetan woman died early Friday, a day after she set herself ablaze in northwest China’s Gansu province in an apparent protest against the demolition of her home by police and officials, sources inside and outside the region said.
Immolations are just one sign of tension over Communist rule
In few places are the tensions so palpable, or the resistance so stubborn, as in Aba, known as Ngaba in Tibetan. With only 65,000 people, Aba has been an outsized source of trouble for the Chinese Communist Party for almost as long as the party has