Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 19: In a development to strengthen grassroots democracy in the Tibetan exile setup, the Chief Justice Commissioner Yeshi Wangmo of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), the highest judicial body of the Central Tibetan Administration...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 18: Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party on Monday joined as a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Tibet Atrocities Determination Act, legislation that seeks a formal U.S. assessment of whether China’s treatment...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 17: Prominent Buddhist scholar, co-founder of Tibet House US, and a long-time friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Robert A.F. Thurman passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 84 in Woodstock, New...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 16: Nepal has reaffirmed its commitment to the “One China” policy and pledged not to allow its territory to be used for activities deemed harmful to China’s interests during high-level talks between Chinese Foreign Minister...

By Jamyang Norbu Lhasang Tsering was born in Tradun, in Western Tibet, in the Water Dragon year (1952). His father was a Nyingma ngakpa, or tantric master, from the Taklung Kagyu monastery in Riwoche near Chamdo. On his way...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 15: India’s Ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, has made an official visit to Tibet, a move that analysts say reflects a gradual warming of relations between New Delhi and Beijing. Doraiswami arrived in Lhasa on...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 12: Veteran Tibetan independence activist, writer, and poet Lhasang Tsering passed away at the age of 74 at Jampa Ling Old Age Home in Dharamshala, India at 2:22 p.m. on Thursday. His mortal remains are...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 12: The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission (TSJC), the apex court of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Friday rejected the writ petition challenging the Central Election Commission’s decision that allegedly disenfranchised two monasteries in Nepal,...

By Christophe Besuchet I first met Lhasang Tsering in October 1987, while I was on my way to Tibet — or so I thought. The Chinese authorities had just closed the country after the pro-independence demonstrations that had shaken...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, June 11: The Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has condemned what it describes as the militarization and political indoctrination of Tibetan kindergarten children after analyzing images released by Chinese authorities from Tsona (Ch:...