Speaking at French Senate, or the upper house, Jean Francois Humbert passionately spoke about the grave situation inside Tibet, urging France and EU members to take a stronger stance on Tibet and Human Rights while dealing with China. “France and the European Union must speak clearly on the issue of Tibet, and what they consider [...]

Angered by the indiscriminate police firings on unarmed Tibetans in eastern Tibet over the last two days, the US government on Tuesday renewed its call for an end to the critical situation inside Tibet. US Special Coordinator for Tibet, Under Secretary Maria Otero said US was “gravely concerned by reports of violence and continuing heightened [...]

Le forze cinesi di sicurezza hanno sparato su manifestanti che gridavano libertà per il Tibet e per il ritorno del Dalai Lama. A Serthar imposta la legge marziale. Critiche di Pechino alle notizie sulle uccisioni a Draggo, due giorni fa. Il premier tibetano in esilio critica il silenzio della comunità internazionale. Le “preoccupazioni” degli Stati [...]

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. “To demonstrate our solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet, I urge Tibetans and our friends around the world, [...]

Tibetans in Dharamshala held a candle light protest yesterday evening calling for international help to end the bloodshed in Tibet, even as reports of additional military build up in Tibetan areas are coming in. As many as a dozen Tibetans are feared dead after Chinese security personnel opened fire on unarmed Tibetans demonstrating in Drango [...]

Security personnel in Drango, eastern Tibet celebrated the Chinese new year firing at a crowd of unarmed protesting Tibetans earlier today. Reports coming out of Drango region confirm the death of at least one Tibetan with many suffering serious injuries. “One Tibetan layman, identified as Yonten, has died of gunshot after security officials clamped down [...]

The three Tibetan school students, with a mission to pedal through India demanding an international monitoring team to be allowed inside Tibet, are expected to reach Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka state in south India later today. Coinciding with their winter vacations, Tselo Gyal, Lugoen Thar and Gyaltsen, all students of the Tibetan Children’s [...]

I fatti sono avvenuti a Draggo, nella provincia settentrionale del Sichuan: migliaia di persone hanno marciato per chiedere libertà religiosa e il ritorno del Dalai Lama fino agli uffici governativi, dove i soldati hanno sparato a vista. La polizia cinese ha aperto il fuoco contro una manifestazione pacifica che chiedeva il ritorno del Dalai Lama [...]

Torture and indiscriminate beatings by Chinese prison guards has maimed the body of a Tibetan monk, causing waist-down paralysis. Lobsang Khedup, 39, a monk from the Kirti monastery was arrested last year and given a three-year prison term. He was released from the Mein-Yang prison after the prison guards ascertained that Lobsang Khedup had minimal [...]

Hundreds of Tibetans carried out day-long protests and candle light vigils in Ngaba yesterday calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and demanding freedom in Tibet. Scores of Tibetans suffered indiscriminate beatings and arrests. Yesterday’s protests had greater significance as for many Tibetans in the region, January 23 was the [...]