2011

22nd Celebration of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

7th action Women’s rights in Tibet (including freedom of religion and freedom of speech) Organized by section:   Oetwil am See, Rüti and Volketswil. Date Monday 28th November 2011 Time: 11.00 a.m. till 16.00 p.m. 

6. Aktion: Dialog, jetzt! In context of the 2 year campaign the sections of Flawil/Uzwil and Münchwilen/Wil went ahead with the sixth event in front of the UNO-building on the Place des Nations. On that sunny Monday (31st of October 2011) 45 people took part in a peaceful demonstration.

SENDAI, November 4: “Speaking as an ordinary Tibetan and a Buddhist monk, these incidents of self-immolation are very very sad,” said His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at a press conference in the northern Japanese city of Sendai.

For Immediate Release (3 November,2011) The Kashag is deeply saddened by the latest case of self-immolation by Palden Choetso (Choesang), a nun from Tawu Gaden Choeling nunnery, near Nyitso monastery in eastern Tibet. She was 35 years old.

BEIJING — A Buddhist nun in southwest Sichuan Province died Thursday after setting herself on fire, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule and at least the sixth to die doing so.

(Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on China on Tuesday to halt repression of Tibetan Buddhist monks and voiced concern that many had been arrested or had disappeared during a recent crackdown on religious freedom.

Geneva: The three chairpersons of the Tibet Discussion Group in the German Parliament urged German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel in an open letter “to advocate for an immediate end to the Chinese violence towards the Tibetan people, in talks with the Chinese leadership during the upcoming G20-Summit in Cannes.”

Geneva: Over a thousand Tibetans gathered in front of the United Nations in Geneva on 23 October to express their solidarity with Tibetans who recently self-immolated in Ngaba and Tawo in Eastern Tibet. Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile called upon the UN to send a fact-finding mission to Kirti Monastery to investigate the situation there.

Dharamshala: - The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) and its 56 chapters worldwide are today holding solidarity actions in commemoration of Tenzin Wangmo, who died after a seven-minute self-immolation protest on October 17.

DHARAMSHALA, India: A Tibetan nun killed herself by self-immolation in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet on Monday, while two peaceful Tibetan protesters were shot and wounded by security forces in Karze in eastern Tibet on Sunday.

Dharamshala, October 15: A 19 year old Tibetan man from Ngaba County in today’s Sichuan Province on Saturday attempted immolation in yet another protest apparently expressing discontent with Beijing’s rule of Tibet, taking the number of immolation protests to 8 this year.

October 3: In reports coming out of Tibet, over 200 Tibetans in eastern Tibet took out a peaceful protest demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom for Tibet on October 1 – the 62nd founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

GENEVA: ECOSOC NGOs called upon the UN Human Rights Council for the protection and promotion of basic human rights as guaranteed in international laws on 23 September during the Council's 18th Session in Geneva. The NGOs said UN must condemn perpetrators in the strongest terms wherever and whoever involved be it member state.

Dharamshala, September 26: In reports coming out of Tibet, two more monks in eastern Tibet set themselves ablaze in an apparent anti-China protest today at around 10 am local time.

DHARAMSHALA September 21: Exile rights groups -- International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Students for Free Tibet (SFT) -- have urged the Nepal government to release 23 Tibetans detained earlier for “illegally crossing” into the country.

DHARAMSHALA, India: The second session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament in exile has begun today. In his opening speech, Mr Penpa Tsering, the Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile, welcomed Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay to the Tibetan Parliament in Exile since it is the 1st session of the Tibetan Parliament in exile being held after the swearing in of Dr Lobsang Sangay as the new Kalon Tripa on 8th August 2011.

Tibetan Community at section Lucerne held a prayers on 4th Sep. 2011, in memorial of matyr who put an abrupt end to their life for the cause of Tibetan people. The flames their self immolation of Pawo Thupten Ngodup la, Pawo Phuntsok la and most recently Pawo Tsewang la

On the occasion of our two-year campaign „UN send fact-finding mission to Tibet now “the Tibetan Community sections Rapperswil/Jona and Uznach/Wattwil held on Monday 29.08.2011 the fourth event in front of Palais Wilson.

Organized by the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, on 25.08.2011 there was a commemoration to the 29 years old monk Tsewang Norbu, who burned himself as a sign of protest against the chinese politics and government.

The Central Tibetan Administration is deeply saddened by the death of Tsewang Norbu who died because he had set himself on fire to draw the international community's attention to the worsening crisis in Tibet. This act of desperation is another indication of the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet.

On Saturday, 13 August 2011, the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL) organised the annual Kalachakra Memorial Event at the Tibet Institute in Rikon. The abbot, monks of the Tibet Institute, guests of honour and approximately 80 people attended the event.

DHARAMSHALA: Tibetans in Karze in eastern Tibet celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 76th birthday with prayer ceremonies on 6 July, despite heavy deployment of security forces and harsh imprisonment given to thirteen Tibetans a day before.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been in Washington since last week, celebrating his birthday and guiding followers of Tibetan Buddhism in a multi-day prayer and meditation ritual. He sat down with VOA to discuss his first visit to the nation's capital since stepping down as the exiled Tibetan government's political leader.

Organized by the TCSL on 09.07.2011 there was held a festivity for the 76th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

The Tibetan Community Glarus organized last weekend the yearly "Geschön Drelam" event in Linthal which takes place every year in July

Dharamshala, June 3 – A candle-light vigil was carried out by Tibetans in the exile seat of Dharamshala, this evening, condemning the death of Jampa Pelsang, who died shortly after serving a 15-year prison term.

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council begun its 17th regular session on 30 May and will continue till 17 June to discuss and address human rights situation around the globe. The UN human rights chief, Ms. Navi Pillay presented an annual report updating her office’s activities and then held general debate.

DHARAMSHALA: The 14th Tibetan Parliament-Exile, after three days of intense deliberation during its additional session, gave its stamp of approval for the devolution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s administrative and political powers to the democratically elected Tibetan leaders.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has ratified the amendment to the charter of Tibetans delegating his administrative and political authorities to the democratically elected leaders of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today turned down the role of head of state for the Tibetan administration-in- exile. Although Tibetan leaders urged him to remain as ceremonial head of state, His Holiness firmly maintained his decision to step back from the political scene and focus on his role as spiritual leader.

DHARMSALA, India — Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader.

NEW DELHI: China has violated terms of an agreement it signed on 23 May 1951 with Tibet by denying the promised “national regional autonomy” to the Tibetan people in running their affairs apart from international relations and defence, concluded the speakers at a panel discussion titled 17-Point Agreement: Liberation or Occupation of Tibet held yesterday at the India International Center in New Delhi.

DHARMSALA, India — Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader.

Tokyo: Around eighty Tibetans and Japanese gathered at Jingudori Park in Tokyo for a peace rally against the siege of Kirti Monastery in Amdo province of Tibet by the Chinese security forces and the injustice that is going on in the region.

New Delhi, May 19 - The indefinite hunger strike by 3 executive members of the largest pro-independence group of the Tibetan Diaspora has been called off today. The 3 executive members, Dhondup Lhadar, Tenzin Norsang and Konchok Yangphel, have been admitted to a hospital here after 25 days without food.

Set in the foothills of the Himalayas, Dharamsala is the seat of the Dalai Lama and the headquarters of the eight Tibetan exile settlements in India. To establish their refugee status in India, each of the 180,000 Tibetans is given a personal audience with the Tibetan spiritual Leader.

Dharamsala, May 18 – Tibet Justice Center Tuesday released Legal Issues Implicated by the Dalai Lama’s Devolution of Power, a legal memorandum that sets out issues of constitutional and international law related to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s historic decision

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Tuesday urged China to bolster its international image by upholding human rights and the rule of law.

On 17th May 2011, the Women’s Association in Switzerland organized a special prayer service at the monastery of Rikon for the well-being of His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun choekyi Nyima and his family.

Losang Khedrup, a 39 year-old monk of Kirti monastery was arrested on 6 May without any valid reason and his whereabouts remain unknown, said monks of Kirti Monastery in exile.

DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama successfully concluded his 14-day visit to the US and returned to Dharamsala today.

China appears to have ruled out talks with the Tibetan government-in-exile's new prime minister, Lobsang Sangay. A top Chinese official dealing with Tibetan contacts said Beijing would only meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama.

Dharamsala, May 13 - Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister elect of the Tibetan government-in-exile, met Thursday with three executive members of the Tibetan Youth Congress who are on an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi to protest against a clampdown by Chinese authorities at the Kirti monastery in Tibet's Ngaba County.

Dharamshala, May 11: Students for a Free Tibet, a global network of young students working for the independence of Tibet from China’s rule, formally launched a new Chapter in Poland and held its first ever Tibet awareness campaign on Monday.

AIPEI: A group of Tibetans headed by Mr Dachompa, the president of Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association, have submitted an urgent appeal letter to the Taiwanese government and other foreign representative offices based in Taipei about the crisis in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet on 9 May.

Gangtok, May 9: The border trade between India and China that is being carried out since 2006 has been stalled from 4th May after the goods taken by the Indian traders were not cleared by the Chinese authorities at Nathu La border gate. The Chinese authorities allegedly told the Sikkimese traders that they do not recognize the list of items approved by the Indian government.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama joined a group of around 200 Chinese scholars and students in a panel discussion on the ‘State of Buddhism Today’ held in the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul in Minnesota.

WASHINGTON — China on Tuesday warned the United States to show caution in its handling of restive Tibet as the world's two largest economies met for wide-ranging talks.

Dharamsala, May 7 - A Chinese court in Tibet's Ngaba County, where tension still runs high with Chinese security forces and government officials subjecting Tibetan monks to "patriotic reeducation" in the region's prominent monastery, has sentenced 2 Tibetan monks to 3 years in prison.

Dhondup Lhadar (R) and Konchok Yangphel at Jantar Mantar, where they sat on fast since April 25. The third person on fast, Tenzin Norsang, is not seen in the picture, Jantar Mantar, May 4, 2011.

The Amnesty International yesterday presented its first-ever “Shine a Light Award” to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a ceremony held at Carpenter Performing Arts Center of California State University in Long Beach.

Dharamsala - His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be honored with a special human rights award from Amnesty International in Long Beach, California on Wednesday as the international rights group celebrates its 50th anniversary. "Shine a Light on Human Rights" award will be bestowed upon the Tibetan leader who arrived Monday in California, two days after his scheduled arrival due to “sore throat”.

Glimpses of the History of Tibet, an exhibition depicting the millenia-old Tibet as a distinct nation with its own unique culture, language, religion and history is being showcased at the Tibet Museum in Dharamsala.

Lobsang Sangay is the first Kalon Tripa, or prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, to come to power since the Dalai Lama announced he would relinquish his political responsibilities last month. As such, Mr. Sangay will have an unprecedented role to play in the future of the Tibetan movement.

Dharamsala, May 2 - The search operation is still on to trace the helicopter in which Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others took off from Tawang on Saturday, and went missing after 20 minutes of take off.

Dharamshala: - Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered a special prayer during a Buddhist ceremony Friday for the victims of the March 11 earthquake

On Tuesday, 26 April 2011, the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL) organised a solidarity rally for the Tibetan monks in Ngaba

Brussels, April 19: In response to an appeal from the Office of Tibet Brussels, Mr Edward McMillan-Scott, Vice-President of the

Dharamshala: - The United States on Thursday (14th April) criticized China after violent incidents at the Kirti Monastery in Ngaba region of eastern Tibet and called on Beijing government to respect religious freedom and Human Rights of people in Tibet.

Dharamsala: Nepal Officials agreed to curb anti-Chinese Government activities in Nepal, this comes just days after the European Parliament and US criticised Nepal authorities for their treatment of Tibetan refugees in the country.

Dharamshala: China's human rights record is on a "negative trend" with growing restrictions on freedom of speech and "severe repression" in the Tibet, Xinjiang and China, according to a US State Department annual report published Friday (8th April). The report also criticized China for its worsening human rights record and urged Beijing to release dozens of

Dharamshala: - On April 2nd in the Indian capital New Delhi during his lecture on "Non-Violence and Spiritual Values of Secular India" in honour of former Indian President R. Venkataraman, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama urged the young Indians to "play a more active role in preserving their centuries old tradition of non-violence and propagating it to the outside world".

DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Tsering Phuntsok, of the Department of Religion and Culture, today launched Ven Bagdro's eighth book named A Difficult Road.

BEIJING: China has arrested another dissident on subversion charges, the third in a deepening security crackdown , his family said on Wednesday, while a Chinese-Australian writer who had disappeared in China contacted friends and said he was sick.

India should seriously consider the melting glaciers in the Tibetan plateau, as millions of Indians rely on the water that comes from this region, says the Dalai Lama.

Dharamshala, March 31: Tibetan Youth Congress, single largest NGO based here on Thursday, slammed China over accusation in a recent article that described the organization as a “terrorist” group.  

DHARAMSHALA: Despite the Chinese government's massive economic investments in Tibet, “influx of Chinese population, growing income inequalities and restrictions on religious practices are fueling discontent and unhappiness among the Tibetans,” a US Senate delegation which visited Tibet in September last year said in its report issued yesterday. (Read full report)

Young Tibetans have grappled for years with the radical idea of a Tibet without the Dalai Lama. Now, as His Holiness steps down, Tenzin Tsundue traces their difficult moment of change

DHARAMSHALA: Lhaden, a Tibetan monk has launched a book on 2008 Tibetan people's peaceful protests against the misrule of the Chinese government this month in Tibet. The book was launched at the third anniversary of the protest, and on the occasion of the ongoing 16th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Dharamshala: A rally was attended by several hundred people on Sunday (26 March) in Brooklyn, New York, in support of the over 90 million Chinese who have quite the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 2004.

DHARAMSHALA, INDIA--In the 17th century, the Fifth Dalai Lama assumed both religious and political authority. This year, the 14th Dalai Lama voluntarily relinquished it. Tibetans praise him for his humility, but they also have trepidations about the future they are facing.

DHARAMSHALA: A new book authored by a Chinese writer, Zhu Rui which gives a comprehensive description of old Tibet's social structure before the Chinese Communist takeover was launched here in Dharamsala by Kalon Kesang Yangkyi Takla of the Department of Information and International Relations on Friday, 25th March 2011.

Dharamsala, March 25 – Nepal has reassured China of its support and commitment to ‘One China Policy’ during a meeting between Nepalese leaders and a 15-member Chinese delegation led by Chen Bingde, the Chief of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Dharamsala, March 24 – 3 Tibetan youth and several others have been arrested from their homes in the last two days in Tibet's Ngaba County as Chinese authorities have gone on a drive to arrest Tibetans during night since Monday, a Tibetan source with contacts in the region said.

The Tibetan Community Horgen celebrated Losar on the 19 and 20 March 2011 in Waldegg School Hall. The 2 day celebration started on Saturday morning at 10:00 with prayers for His Holliness the Dalai Lama, the tragic deaths of

Dharamsala, 19: Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama rejected the resolution of the Tibetan parliament appealing the 75 year old exiled Tibetan leader to reconsider his decision. The Tibetan leader, in a letter sent to the ongoing Tibetan parliament session, said he can not accept the parliament's resolution and that he stands firm on his decision made clear in his statement of March 14, 2011.

TOKYO: The Tibetan community in Japan organised a prayer gathering at Gokokuji Temple in Tokyo in which some 60 people participated despite the radiation fear lurking in the city. The prayer gathering was in tandem with the one held in Dharamsala and other monasteries in India for the people affected by the massive earthquake in Japan.

A member of the US Congress has pledged her support for efforts to address the plight of the Tibetan people, saying the United States has an obligation to stand up for human rights and the rule of law.

Finding itself in a catch-22 situation, the Tibetan–parliament–in exile, known as the Assembly of Tibetan Peoples Deputies (ATPD) on Friday passed a resolution with a voice vote, pleading Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama to reconsider his decision to devolve his political powers.

An appeal letter to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile from Tibetan Youth Congress. Today as His Holiness the Dalai Lama makes a very positive move in the development of Tibetan democracy and ensure the survival and sustainability of the Tibetan cause in the long run, we make this appeal to the members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile.

Yeshi Tsomo is 74-years-old. When asked about His Holiness the Dalai Lama's retirement from Tibetan politics her face melts into a pool of tears. This is the fundamental problem. Emotions of the Tibetan people, both in and outside Tibet, become so elevated on this issue that the possibility of any logical analysis and factual decision dies. We must, as Bob Dylan sang, “take the rag away from [y]our face/Now ain't the time for [y]our tears.”

Dharamsala, March 16 - A Tibetan monk of Kirti monastery in Amdo Ngaba is reportedly dead after he set himself ablaze at a market near his monastery, according to a reliable source with contacts in the region.

DHARAMSHALA: The ongoing UN Human Rights Council's 16th plenary session has been apprised on the grave challenges faced by the Tibetan people inside Tibet under the wrong policies of the Chinese government.

Section volketswil organized losar celebration with special prayer service for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for late Jigme Norbu,son of Taktse Rinpoche, who passed away in 2008.

DHARAMSHALA: In a message to the members of the 14th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has formally proposed to devolve his political authority to the elected leadership.

The Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein organized on 13th March 2011 in Tibet

In a letter sent on 12 March to H.E. Naoto Kan, the Prime Minister of Japan, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his shock and sadness on hearing the news of yesterday’s earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan.

BEIJING: Ahead of the third anniversary of the bloody riots in Lhasa next week, China today enforced restrictions on the entry of foreign tourists, citing the bitterly cold winter weather in the Himalayan region.

Jammu, Mar 9 (PTI) Maintaining that necessary steps have been initiated for addressing national security concerns, Army has said China is undertaking infrastructure development programme in the Tibet Autonomous Region which includes construction of roads, railways and airfields.

Dharamsala, India: Indian Police Wednesday detained several Tibetan exiles protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi to mark the anniversary of the failed uprising against Chinese rule, media reports said.

Dharamshala: The presence of police officers in Beijing is set to be amped up following recent calls to protest in the nation's capital. The communist regime also appears to be rolling back some press freedoms it introduced ahead of the 2008 Olympics,

Organized by Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein on 26th February 2011 there was a debate with Katri candidate Dr. Lobsang Sangay in the Volkshaus in Zurich.

Berlin, 17 Feb: The Tibetan people have to manage themselves without His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s patronage said Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche today during a round table discussion with journalist in Berlin.

Dharamsala, Feb 22: US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer, who is on a two-day visit here, held a closed-door talks with the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama here this morning.

Dharamsala, Feb 23: US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer will arrive in Dharamsala later today on a two-day visit during which, among other things, will meet the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Beijing: Chinese security officials have questioned or detained scores of activists and warned others against staging protests after an online call was made for demonstrations in 13 cities, campaigners said.

Organized by the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein there was a political event in the Kulturhalle in Wädenswil. The first part of the event was a speech by Katri Samdhong Rinpoche, followed by a Q & A with Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche and the audience.

The Tibet Post International .Dharamshala: In Mumbai last Friday, the political and spiritual leader of Tibet His Holiness the Dalai Lama didn't show a shadow of a doubt concerning

The scene on State Road A1A in the Hammock moments after Jigme Norbu's body was readied for transport to St. Augustine. Jigme Norbu, nephew to the Dalai Lama,

JAIPUR: Reaffirming his responsibility towards the issue of Tibet as one of his three commitments, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said as a Tibetan he cannot forsake his people and responsibility towards finding a lasting solution to the issue of Tibet. His Holiness assures Tibetans not to worry

Today, the five European top-Chitue candidates took part at a relevant political debate, organized by the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) in Rikon. It was an interesting and successful event with about 250 attendees.

DHARAMSHALA: The Karmapa Office has categorically refuted the allegations levelled against the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje and his administration following the police investigation at Gyuto monastery in Dharamsala.

Dharamsala, Jan 19: The Central Election Commission on Wednesday announced the final lists of candidates for the final rounds of the 2011 Tibetan General Elections to be held worldwide later this year.

His Holiness has a light moment during the video-conference with two prominent Chinese activists.