Dharamshala, India — His Holiness the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, expressed his condolences on the demise of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former President of the Soviet Union, and said: "He lived a meaningful life. We must keep his spirit alive by emulating the enthusiasm and determination with which he promoted freedom and worked to create a demilitarised world."
World community and UN should take urgent steps to stop disappearance and cultural genocide in china’s colonies
New Delhi — In addition to thousands of citizens of Tibet, East Turkistan and Southern Mongolia who disappear every year under the Chinese colonial rule, millions of children in the 6 - 18 year age group have also disappeared into the brainwashing schools established by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in these colonies. Experts from these three countries called upon the world community, especially the United Nations, to take urgent and effective steps to stop this process of disappearance and ‘cultural genocide’ in these Chinese colonies.
China's Ministry of Education reinforces the teaching of Xi's thought in schools, colleges and universities
Dharamshala — The Ministry of Education of China and other 10 departments jointly issued a document to comprehensively promote the construction of "big ideology class" of President Xi Jinping's thoughts on politics, military, foreign affairs, economy, social and education in schools, colleges and universities. They said that education centres were not doing enough to promote Xi Jinping's ideas and that they would strengthen these ideas more strictly.
H H the Dalai Lama expresses concern over death and destruction caused by the monsoon in HP
Leh, UT, India— His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, on Monday expressed deep condolences to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and his people for the deaths and damage to property and infrastructure in several parts of HP caused by heavy monsoon rains in the state.
Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet seeks Bharat Ratna for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
New Delhi, India — The All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet urges the Indian government to award the Bharat Ratna to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and invite him to address a joint session of the Indian Parliament. It also proposes the adoption of a policy along the lines of the US Tibet Policy and Support Act.
UN expert identifies forced labour arrangement in Tibet, will report to next session of UNHRC
Geneva — The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tomoya Obokata, identified forced labour arrangements in Tibet similar to those in East Turkestan, noted that “the vocational skills education and training centre system, under which minorities are detained and subjected to work placements,”. He will present his latest report at the 51st session of the Human Rights Council from 12 September to 7 October 2022.
Tibetan activist launches bicycle rally for Free Tibet across Canada with five demands
Vancouver — A Tibetan activist in Canada has launched a Free Tibet bicycle rally across Canada with five demands to the international community and the Canadian government, including support for the release of the 11th Panchen Lama and other political prisoners in Tibet and an end to reckless development policies that are devastating the Tibetan environment and putting the entire planet at risk.