2012

Coinciding with the International Human Rights Day, on the10th of december, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Leichtenstein, in a strong show of solidarity, unity and sympathy with the Tibetans inside Tibet and the 95 self immolators, led a peace march in Geneva, the seat of the UN offices in Europe

In his March 10, 2012 statement, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay called on all Tibetans and friends to make 2012 a Tibet Lobby Year. This call has been a success as we have seen Tibet resolutions in parliaments and congress in EU, France, Italy and the United States

Responding to the alarming escalation of critical situation inside Tibet, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein , on the 30th of November, called upon and organized a peace march in the city of Zurich.

In another fiery protest against the Chinese government’s repressive rule in Tibet, an 18 year old Tibetan teenager died yesterday (27 Nov) after setting himself on fire around 11 pm (local time) in Sangkhog, Labrang in north-eastern Tibet

Three more Tibetans have died after setting themselves on fire in north-eastern Tibet in the last two days, taking the total self-immolations to 85 out of which 22 took place in November alone.

Fresh reports coming out of Tibet say a Tibetan man died after setting himself in Luchu (Ch: Luqu) in Kanlho in north-eastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Gansu Province) Thursday night, taking the total self-immolations to 80, including 18 in this month alone.

“The self-immolations are very sad, but the Chinese government is not investigating the real causes of the self-immolations. They are taking the easy way out by simply blaming us for all the problems in Tibet”, His Holiness said.

Gonpo Tsering, 19, set fire to himself on fire around 2 pm in Lushoe village in Tsoe county (China’s Hezou in Gansu province) in north-eastern Tibet on Saturday. As flames consumed his body, he raised slogans demanding freedom for Tibetans and return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his homeland.

6 self-immolations by Tibetans in Two Days across Tibet since Wednesday (7th November). The total self-immolations in Tibet has reached 69, out of which 54 have died.

A Tibetan man set himself on fire in Rebgong (Ch: Tongren) in north-eastern Tibet around 10:00 am (local time) on Sunday. He died on the spot.

„Flame of Truth“- collection of signatures in Zurich, 2nd November 2012

Flame of Truth, the torch relay initiated at Dharamsala on the 6th of July 2012, coinciding with the Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, by the member of parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, reached today, on 1st November 2012, in Switzerland.

Dorjee Rinchen, 58, set himself ablaze near the Chinese Army camp at 3:30 PM (local time) in Sangchu county to protest against China's policies and demand the return of the exile Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Another Tibetan has set himself on fire today (20. Oct. 2012) in protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet in Bora, Sangchu region of Amdo, eastern Tibet.

Tibetans in Geneva gathered to listen to a religious and general talk by His eminence Othok Rinpoche from the monastic institution of shedrup choekhorling at Saléve, France.

Zurich, 23 September: Richard Gere met with local Tibetan leaders this morning to discuss the current situation in Tibet during a short visit to Zurich. The Zurich Film Festival honoured Richard Gere yesterday with this year’s Lifetime Achievement honour at a gala screening of “Arbitrage” – his latest film.

The European Union expressed its concern about the situation in Tibet at the UN Human Rights Council 21st session in Geneva. Under General debate, the governments and NGOs discussed human rights situations that requires the Council’s attention.

Like every year Tibetan Community Wädenswil presented Tibetan culture by selling delicious Momo, Sha-bhakleb, Bhöd-Chang

Member of the TCSL-section Oetwil am See and ex-parliament member Ngawang Gangshontsang was asked to hold a speech on this year’s national day celebration in Oetwil am See.

The flame of truth relay organised by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) reached Dharamsala yesterday.

On the weekend of July 14th/15th, 2012 the Tibetan community section Glarus organized the yearly Geschön Drelam Event in Linthal.

Among other guests, Minister for the Department of Religion and Culture of Central Tibetan Administration, Mr. Pema chhinjor la participated in the festivity. Mr. Balthasar Glatti, Swiss Parliamentarian and Mr Mario Fehr, member of Swiss Regional Government also addressed the celebration.

Milan, 23 June: His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Mirandola in Emilia Romagna tomorrow morning - 24 June and offer prayers for those who have died, injured, their families and thousands who have been made homeless.

Saka Dawa prayer held in Rikon Monastry, organized by TCSL sections Turbenthal and Zürich

Continuing the 2 year project by TCSL of requesting the UN to send an independent fact finding mission to Tibet, the 12th monthly chapter was organized in Geneva on the 21st of may.

During a section meeting the TCSL section Glarus thanked their member Sara Dawa la for his tireless effort for the Tibetan cause. During a whole year,

A solidarity and special prayer session is organised on Sunday, 15th April 2012 by Tibetan Community, Horgen

Press Release: Einsiedeln, 7 April 2012 The Second European Tibetan Youth Parliament has started with an opening ceremonyfollowed by the keynote address by Members of Tibetan Parliament in Exile, Ven. ThubtenWangchen and Chungdak Koren. Over the next 2 days, around 120 participants from 9 European countries will debate ondiverse subjects regarding the Tibetan movement.

On Thursday, 05th April 2012 a prayer session was held in Luzern.

March 30, 2012 3:09 pmHis Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader whose long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science and with people far beyond his own religious traditions has made him an incomparable global voice for universal ethics, nonviolence, and harmony among world religions, has won the 2012 Templeton Prize.

New Delhi, March 26: A Tibetan protester lit himself on fire at a demonstration Monday in the Indian capital ahead of a visit by China's president.

DHARAMSHALA: Australia’s Ambassador to China is seeking Beijing’s permission to visit Tibet to investigate why a growing number of Tibetans are setting themselves on fire, Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported.

Sen. Rubio Discusses Human Rights on the Senate Floor

The Tibet Express: Beijing, March 17: A 20-year-old Tibetan monk in western China has become the latest to set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule, Tibetan exiles said.

Around 2500 Tibetans and supporters of Tibet from Switzerland and Liechtenstein gathered in the Swiss city of Bern to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of Tibetan uprising day. Starting from Helvetia Platz in Bern

Today, on the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day and the fourth anniversary of the 2008 mass protests in Tibet, I offer tribute to the brave people who have sacrificed so much for Tibet. Despite fifty-three years of occupation by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Tibetan spirit and identity inside Tibet remains unbroken.

DHARAMSHALA, March 7: Chinese authorities in Machu, eastern Tibet have set a precondition for the release of Tsering Kyi’s body to her family according to sources in exile.Tsering Kyi‘s body has been lying in the custody of local police after she passed away

DUBLIN, 1 March: Kalon Tripa Dr. Lobsang Sangay, was awarded the Gold Medal of the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse by the Auditor of the Society, Ms Ursula Ni Choill.

2 March, Geneva: Ms. Maria Otero, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights addressed the 19th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva this morning.Expressing US Government’s grave concern at the current situation in Tibet, Ms. Otero said,

BEIJING: An influential Communist Party leader in China is asking for completely erasing the legal identity and minority status for Tibetans as a means to deal with escalating protests and do some damage-control for the country's image, dented by a spate of self-immolations by Tibetan activists and monks

tibetswiss.ch, 23.02.2012 - Solidarity peaceful march on the first day of the Tibetan New Year on 22nd February, 2012, organized by the Tibetan New Generation Association, led by its President Ngimotsang Thupten Pawo and his Patriotic Association members.

Statement of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) on the occasion of the day-long Hunger Strike by its Members and the public on the first day of the Water-Dragon Tibetan New Year on 22nd February, 2012 at the Theckchen Choling, Main Temple, Dharamsala Amongst the patriotic Tibetan men and women who have been committing the heroic act of self-immolations in Tibet under the two main slogans demanding “the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet” and “freedom and human rights for the Tibetan people”, Venerable Tapey of Kirti Monastery set the trend on 27th of February, 2009. Since then, between the 16th of March, 2011 and 19th of February, 2012, some 23 Tibetans both lay and ordained, have committed self-immolation in Tibet for the sake of Tibet and its people. Two Tibetans have done the same outside of Tibet totaling 25 so far. Fifteen of them including three nuns have lost their precious lives in the process and we have not been able to ascertain the condition and whereabouts of the rest.

A Tibetan monk burned himself to death on Friday after protesting Chinese security intrusions at his monastery in China’s western Qinghai province, adding to tensions in protest-hit Tibetan-populated areas, sources said.

DHARAMSHALA, February 15: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay formally inaugurated the Tibet Policy Institute, a new policy and research think tank under the Central Tibetan Administration, earlier today at a small ceremony held at the Kashag Secretariat, Dharamshala.

Tibetans in Switzerland, under the auspice of Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein gathered at the Swiss city of Zurich to commemorate a candle vigil and peace march in a show of solidarity with the recent spate of self immolations in Tibet.

DHARAMSHALA, February 2: Speaking at a candle light vigil yesterday in Dharamshala, a member of the Tibetan parliament called for massive protests in the exile community in solidarity with the ongoing critical situation inside Tibet.

DHARAMSHALA, January 31: In a clear sign of China’s fear and weakness in maintaining its iron grip over Tibet, a top party official in Lhasa has asked for stringent security measures aimed at containing the spread of popular protests that has engulfed eastern Tibet.

A screen shot of the video clip released by CNN DHARAMSHALA, January 31: With reports coming in of heightening tension and growing security clampdown in eastern Tibet, media crew from the US based Cable News Channel (CNN) on Tuesday were detained and thrown out of the troubled region by Chinese authorities

DHARAMSHALA, January 26: In his first official statement on the recent killings of Tibetans in Tibet, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay urged Tibetans and Tibet supporters all over the world to take part in a global vigil on Wednesday, February 8.

DHARAMSHALA, January 27: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will return back to his exile home of Dharamshala in north India at the end of this month.

Three Tibetans were killed and several injured when police opened fire on Tibetans who gathered to protest in Drango, Kardze (the Tibetan area of Kham) today, the first day of Chinese New Year.