Dharamshala: - Trinley, a 25-year-old Tibetan political prisoner, died on Wednesday, (10th August) due to a serious illness as a result of severe torture during his imprisonment in Karze county, eastern Tibet and three young Tibetans also arrested in the same region of Tibet earlier July, accoding to a Tibetan Human Right group based in-Exile.
Dharamshala: - The Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, arrived today in the town of Sangchu county of Amdho, eastern Tibet (Ch: Xiahe in the Gansu province). Labrang Monastery, an important site in Tibetan Buddhism, is located in Sangchu. According to a report by the New York Times, the "skeptical crowd" of residents was forced to cheerfully welcome him with prayer flags and senior lamas made to welcome him at a reception hall.
Dharamshala: On 2 August, Kunsang Choegyal, a 25-year old Tibetan man from Jordha County in East Tibet, was arrested. His father's name is Norgyal and his mother's name is Kunsang Palmo. Kunsang Choegyal had a shop where he sold CDs.
Dharamshala: - US based NGO, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has denounced authorities' indifference and attempts to cover up serious water pollution in the area of Kumbum monastery and a nearby village in Rushar County in Amdo (Ch: Qinghai), eastern Tibet.
Dharamshala: A visit to Tibet's Amdo region by the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama has been postponed due to widespread opposition from both the lay and monastic communities in the area.
Dharamshala: - A Buddhist prayer festival, the 10-day Jang Gonchoe Chenmo, the fourth in a series of annual regional meetings, took place at Kham Lithang Gonchen Monastery (Lithang, Kham, Eastern Tibet) Tibet beginning 15 July. More than 5000 participants came from across the Kham region.
Dharamshala: - A young Tibetan monk from the Kirti Monastery, Ngaba region of eastern Tibet has been sentenced to three years in jail after tensions run deep at the monastery from April this year, where many Tibetan monks and local Tibetans accuse the Chinese government of trying to threaten their traditional way of life, and taking strong measures to dilute expressions of the religious, linguistic and cultural identity of the Tibetan people.
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