Yachen Gar

Dharamshala: Nearly half of Yachen Gar Buddhist complex situated in Tibet's Karze region which is now incorporated into China's Sichuan province has been demolished by Chinese authorities. More

Dharamshala: Yachen Gar, a major Tibetan Buddhist center in Tibet's Karze region is facing eviction once again. Chinese authorities in Palyul County in the so-called Karze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture have resumed expulsion of Tibetan nuns and monks at Yachen Gar which is said to have housed about 10,000 nuns, monks, and lay practitioners until recent years. More

  Geneva: At the on-going 34th session of UN Human Rights Council that opened on February 27 this year, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein today expressed concern over ‘cultural and religious restrictions’ in Tibet and demonstrated commitment to engage with China for an ‘effective dialogue on important human rights issues. More

UN Special Rapporteurs Question China on Larung Gar and Yarchen Gar, Seeks Response to Eight Areas of Concern in Tibet Geneva: On the eve of the 34th session of UN Human Rights Council, the Special Procedures of United Nations Human Rights Council made public a joint intervention communication made to the Chinese Government on the case of Larung Gar and Yarchen Gar, both Buddhist learning cent More

DHARAMSHALA: The 15th Kashag led by Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay and Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, held a joint press conference today to urge UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for an immediate intervention to save Larung Gar, one of the world's largest centres of Buddhist learning in Tibet and to raise critical human rights situation in Tibet in its opening sta More