Tag: Tibet
Tibetan leader visits US, says Biden would meet Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama fled to India during the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising against rule by China, which had invaded Tibet in 1950
Human rights group estimates that up to 220,000 Tibetans will die...
According to China’s 2020 census data, there are nearly 693,000 Tibetans age 60 and older living in the autonomous region
Indian Buddhist organization says no to Beijing-appointed Dalai Lama successor
The Himalayan people will reject any move by China to replace the Tibetan spiritual leader, it says.
Tibetan-American mayor meets with Tibet’s Dalai Lama
Karma Aftab Pureval is the first Tibetan to be elected to high office in the United States
Dalai Lama calls for courage amid harsh COVID lockdown in Tibet
The Dalai Lama said the Tibetan people are now suffering under measures imposed by China to slow the spread of COVID-19
Tibetan festival allowed by China to resume after 20-year ban
The annual event held in Nyagchuka (in Chinese, Yajiang) features horse races and picnics
Dalai Lama urges compassion ‘despite what China has done’
"Despite what China has done to Tibetans we should not lose compassion," the Dalai Lama said at the end of a two-hour long sermon
Tibetan woman arrested for Dalai Lama photo
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists around the world
Tibetans skirt tight Chinese surveillance to mark the Dalai Lama’s 87th...
Previous years have seen arrests in the weeks around the July 6 birthday
Tibetan monks sent to labor camps for spreading news of Buddhist...
The 11 were arrested on suspicion of sending news and photos of the statue’s destruction to contacts outside the region