Berlin: - On March 25th more than 100 people accepted the invitation of Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V. (TID) and came to the Hessische Landesvertretung (Permanent Representation of the Federal State of Hessen) in Berlin to learn more about the ongoing environmental destruction inside Tibet. The reckless extraction of natural resources, China's water policies and the situation of Tibetan nomads are only a few of the many topics that environmental experts like Tenzin Norbu, Claude Arpi and Gabriel Lafitte included in their presentations.
Dharamshala: Feeling grave danger to both human lives and animals because of the toxic waste from the mining work in Meldro Gungkar located near Tibet's capital Lhasa, the local Tibetan residents from Gyami township have filed a petition urging the Chinese authorities to put an immediate halt to the mining project.
The Founding Assembly of the ‘Asia Democracy Network’ and the ‘3rd Seoul Democracy Forum’ were held in Seoul, Korea, from 21st to 24th October 2013. Photo: TPI