Dharamshala: The spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama met the Indian Foreign Secretary, Ranjan Mathai, for closed door talks at his home on McLeod Ganj on Thursday last, the 7th of May.

Dharsamshala: Following the brutal security measures in Lhasa, a Canadian Parliamentarian, Peggy Nash has brought up the current tense situiation of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet in the Canadian parliament. On June 1st, Peggy Nash highlighted the issue of the three self immolations that took place in May and the brutal security crackdown which followed.

A peaceful protest outside La Bourse in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: TPI/Dennis Barbion

Brussels — The Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Society, the Tibetan Youth Congress, and Chushi Gangdruk jointly organized a peaceful protest outside La Bourse in Brussels, Belgium on June 4, from 3 pm to 5 pm.

The protest aimed to highlight the current situation in Tibet as well as commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre 23 years ago, when Chinese students protested in Beijing, demanding reform in China. Shortly afterward, they were joined by 500,000 people from all strata of society. The government responded by sending in tanks and troops and killing several thousand protesters.

Last week, two Tibetan pilgrims self-immolated outside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa to protest against Chinese oppression in Tibet. A few days later, a young Tibetan mother of three, Rikyo, also self-immolated in the Ngaba region.

The Brussels protest was well attended by Tibetans living in Belgium and some Belgian supporters. A member of the Chinese-Tibetan Friendship Society made a speech explaining the current situation in Tibet.

There were also speeches from the Tibetan Youth Congress and Chushi Gangdruk. Flyers about the dire situation in Tibet were distributed, and the protest ended with the singing of the Tibetan national anthem.

Dharamshala: - Special envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen have resigned citing frustration and a lack of positive response from their Chinese counterparts in a series of talks and discussions reaching back to 2002. Their resignations were effective as of June 1.

Dharamshala: - On the morning of June 1, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama started his three-day teaching to introduce Tibetan Buddhism to young Tibetans and students in Dharamsala. He taught primarily from two texts - Nagarjuna's Drops for Nurturing Beings and Tsongkhapa's In Praise of Dependent Origination.