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A pro-Tibetan protester holds a picure of Gendun Cheokyi Nyima (The Panchen Lama) during a demonstration outside the Chinese consulate in Barcelona on May 17, 2013 in Barcelona, to demand human rights freedom in Tibet and dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Beijing.
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We have organised a prayer session at Rajghat (the memorial of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi) to express our solidarity and pay homage to 117 people who have self-immolated since 2009 for the cause of Tibet. It was also held to create awareness about the missing 11th Panchen Lama
For that we are working every single day. My parents came from Tibet, following the footsteps of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1959 and ever since, they couldn't go back.
But most Tibetans don't agree in terms of his politics. Tibetans consider the Dalai Lama as a religious leader. After peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, people don't agree with the political ideas of the Dalai LamaMore quotes »
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China finds 1 body; 82 still buried in mudslide
-- Rescuers in Tibet have found one body after 83 workers were buried in a massive landslide at a gold mining site. The fate of the other victims is unknown.State media say the workers were buried early Friday when about 2.6 million cubic yards of mud, rock Read more »
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Alud sepulta a 83 personas en mina de China
y su posicion estrategica, ademas de que pone en riesgo el delicado ecosistema del lugar, asi como la cultura budista de los tibetanos y su forma tradicional de vida.Los reportes dijeron que al menos dos de los trabajadores sepultados eran tibetanos mientras Read more »
Around the web
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Explore Tibet Announces Nomadic Trekking Adventure
“This is one of the best trekking tours in Tibet, balancing both cultural and wilderness experiences,” Explore Tibet have said. Travellers will spend two days visiting prominent religious and historical sites in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, followed by four d 40 m ago from PRWeb Read more »
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Exiled Tibetans protest in Delhi, demand release of 11th Panchen Lama
Delhi/Shimla, May 18 (ANI): Pressing for the demand of release of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Cheoki Nyima, scores of exiled Tibetans and activists held protests in New Delhi and Shimla on Friday. The Panchen Lama is the second highest religious leader 12:08 AM from TruthDive Read more »
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Special security concerns for the Dalai Lama’s 1st visit to Louisville since ‘94
of the Dalai Lama can be displayed freely. In his own country, where the Chinese population is nearly outnumbering the native Tibetans, it is a crime; so while the Dalai Lama spreads a message of interfaith compassion, his visit will also serve to remind people 5/17/13 from WHAS11.com Read more »
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The number
amount the Tibet autonomous region has, covering a total land area of 410,000 square meters, or 33.69 percent of the land within the jurisdiction of the regional government - the highest ratio in China, according to Zongga, director of the Wildlife Protection 5/17/13 from China Daily Read more »
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Lhasa's ‘Old Town’ Rebuild Sparks Outrage
a traditional gathering place for Lhasa residents and Tibetan pilgrims for hundreds of years, a local resident told RFA’s Tibetan Service last week. “On the pretext of modernizing the Barkhor, Chinese authorities have relocated Tibetan traders to the area 5/17/13 from Radio Free Asia Read more »
