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Dharamshala: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay who returned yesterday to Dharamshala after successfully lobbying for the Tibetan Policy and Support Act has thanked the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Senator James Risch for the official statement on the TPSA. US Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla. More

Washington DC: Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican Senator for Missouri, introduced a Senate resolution, “Condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor and other coercive measures to destroy religious freedom in Tibet.” The resolution condemns CCP interference of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly in the case of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. More

Washington DC: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will discuss any markups of the Tibet Policy and Support Act of 2020 (the former title for the act was "Tibet Policy and Support Act of 2019") on Thursday, 14 May 2020. "It is a great show of support by the US Senate to convene and discuss our bill while the nation grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic and other overriding priorities. More

Washington DC: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay met with Congressman Ted Yoho, a longtime Tibet supporting Republican congressman, this morning. The two met to discuss the possibility of a video conference between congress members and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. More

Press Release: The world in recent times has witnessed China's attempts to derail democracy or even a semblance of it across its empire. Even the lip-service to words like 'liberty' and 'freedom' is out the window with the Communist Party of China's obsession for absolute control. More

Washington DC : This Wednesday afternoon, Sikyong Sangay met with Senator Dianne Feinstein, the senator for California. Sikyong had first met the senator with Kasur Lodi Gyari a few years ago. Senator Feinstein agreed to co-sponsor the new Tibet Policy Act. Earlier in the day, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay was interviewed by Voice of America (Tibetan section) at the Office of Tibet, Washington DC. More