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Dharamshala: In an interview with NHK, one of Japan’s largest TV broadcasters this Tuesday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said the question of his reincarnation was not an urgent concern, indicating by gesture that he's in robust health. More

New Delhi: Jack Dorsey, co-founder and Chief Executive officer of Twitter, on his maiden visit to India, prioritized a meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi. More

Dharamshala: Hundreds of well-wishers and devotees in Japan celebrated the arrival of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the country after exactly two years. His Holiness had last visited Japan in November 2016. The Tibetan leader will conduct a series of teachings and talks over the next ten days. More

Dharamshala: Speaker of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile Ven. Khenpo Sonam Tenphel is scheduled to visit Latvia, Belgium and France from 13 to 23 November for a ten-day official program which includes meeting the members of Tibet support groups in respective countries. More

Freiburg, Germany: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Dr Lobsang Sangay spoke at a public-talk event organized by the Tibet Forderkreis eV, a non-profit organization known for its support for humanitarian and refugee aid for the Tibetan community in exile, at the Tibet Kailash House yesterday. More

Chauntra: Kalon Karma Gelek Yuthok of Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration attended the inauguration ceremony of Zabsang Choekhorling Monastery’s Shedra (Monastic Education Center) and Zabsang Choekhorling Makerspace, new era of Artificial Intelligence as a guest of honour at Chauntra, yesterday. More

11th November, Copenhagen, Denmark: The three-member Tibetan parliamentary delegation of Tsering Youdon, Dhondup Tashi and Lobsang Choejor concluded their official trip to Denmark this morning, thereby bringing their two-nation Scandinavia visit to a close. More

Delhi: His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday offered India as a model of religious harmony and asked the country to actively promote and share it with the world. He was speaking alongside former Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh at a function organised by National Institute of Panjab Studies in marking of yearlong celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. More

  The Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Information and International Relations and Office of Tibet, Geneva, jointly organized the Geneva Human Rights Forum 2018 titled “Forum on Human Rights Situation in Regions under the People’s Republic of China,” on 2 November 2018, four days ahead of China’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at Geneva, Switzerland. More

By Kunchok Dolma Yaklha, Special Appointee for Human Rights, the Tibet Bureau, Geneva As the third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of People's Republic of China at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva concluded, the large group of Chinese delegation, headed by Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng, took center-stage with a blatant boastful attitude, and posed for perfect group photos with great More

Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration organised a prayer service today to mourn the demise of 23-year-old Dopo, who set himself ablaze to protest Chinese repressive policies on 4 November.  The protest took place in Ngaba County of Tibet’s Amdo region. More

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamshala today for a brief Delhi visit and a ten-day teaching tour to Japan from 10 – 22 November. Tomorrow in Delhi, His Holiness will inaugurate the yearlong celebration of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan. More

Dharamshala: Dopo, a Tibetan man barely of 23 years old, set himself on fire on 4 November, this year in Ngaba County of Tibet’s Amdo region. More

Bangalore: As per the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s program to meet the Governors, Chief Ministers, Speakers and members of State Legislative Assemblies in the various states of India to advocate for the Tibetan cause, a Tibetan parliamentary delegation comprised of Parliamentarians Pema Delek, Migyur Dorjee and Namgyal Dolkar Lhagyari led a weeklong Tibet advocacy campaign in Bangalore fr More

Geneva: President Dr Lobsang Sangay, Central Tibetan Administration gave the keynote address at the Geneva Forum - 2018: Forum on Human Rights Situation in Regions under the PRC. More

Geneva: On the eve of China’s third cycle of Universal Periodic Review, Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) organized a side event at the United Nations Council titled “Promises Unfulfilled: Human Rights in China-the case of Tibet and Xinjiang. More

Oslo, 7 November 2018: A three-member Tibetan Parliamentary delegation led by Tsering Youdon, and comprising Dhondup Tashi and Lobsang Choejor today completed their short visit to Norway – first on their two-nation official visit to Scandinavia. More

Almost a month back, I attended a workshop on gender sensitisation organised by the Women Empowerment Desk under the Department of Finance, Central Tibetan Administration. Until then, my understanding of gender was very rudimentary, limited only to the distinction between male and female and so was the understanding of most of my fellow participants. More

Geneva: At the 31st session of UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group (5-16 November 2018), China was reviewed for its human rights record. This is China’s 3rd review. UN Member states took part in the review. The President of UN HRC H.E. Mr Vojslav Suc chaired the session that lasted for three and a half hours. More

Geneva: Four days ahead of China’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a day-long forum titled “Forum on Human Rights Situation in Regions under the PRC,” jointly organized by Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA and Office of Tibet, Geneva took place in Geneva. More