New York — Students for a Free Tibet presented the 2024 Lhakar Award for Resistance to the peaceful Tibetan protesters of Dege, for their resistance to the Chinese authorities' construction of a mega-dam in their place, the 2024 Lhakar Award for Dedication, awarded to Tibetan activist Thupten Chonyi for his long-standing efforts in support of Tibetan freedom, and the 2024 Lhakar Award to Tsela Zoksang, for her brave activism in support of Tibet, particularly during Chinese President Xi's visit to the United States and France this year.

Zurich — The Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein offered a long life prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday and His Holiness said, "We have found this precious human life, and we should cultivate kindness and a good heart to make our lives meaningful. The awakening mind of bodhichitta brings us peace of mind and subdues our destructive emotions. It creates a restful state of mind."

New York — The Tibetan, Mongolian and Himalayan communities of North America offered a long life prayer to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Thursday, in New York and His Holiness addressed a strong crowd of 17,000, saying," Here we have Tibetans from all three regions of Tibet demonstrating how we are united. Tibetan culture can be of benefit to the whole of humanity. The Buddha, Shakyamuni, became enlightened and gave teachings that have been preserved in Tibet and the Himalayan region. These teachings are profound and deeply valuable."

New York — US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights Kelly Razzouk, travelled to New York to meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and discussed China's human rights abuses in Tibet and reaffirmed the United States' commitment to promoting the human rights of Tibetans in Tibet.

New York — His Holiness the Dalai Lama will attend a long life prayer offered to him by the Tibetan, Mogoli and Himalayan communities in New York tomorrow, and then will travel to Zurich, Switzerland, where His Holiness will also attend a long life prayer offered to him by the Tibetan community there on August 25, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama is expected to return to Dharamsala, India, on August 28, 2024.

Dharamshala — Former Indian Ambassador Dilip Sinha, author of Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty, while talking about the reason for writing the book, said that he wanted to know why a historically peaceful border (Tibet) with India has now become a security threat to India and how Russia, Britain and China influenced or led to the occupation of Tibet in the 1950s.