Daimler Issues Second Apology For Dalai Lama Post
Executives from Mercedes parent company Daimler have issued a second apology for an Instagram post...
Feb 9, 2018
Executives from Mercedes parent company Daimler have issued a second apology for an Instagram post...
Dec 16, 2016
The fatal self-immolation last week of Tashi Rabten, a 33-year-old Tibetan father of three, was...
Feb 4, 2015
The Washington Post’s David Nakamura reports on the “awkward Washington-Beijing two-step”...
Aug 8, 2014
In a two-part interview at The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson talks to Tibetan writer...
Jul 21, 2014
At the New York Times, Ellen Barry spoke with Lobsang Sangay, head of the exiled Tibetan...
Jun 6, 2014
Frank Jack Daniel at Reuters reports that Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibet’s...
May 16, 2013
Harvard educated Dr. Lobsang Sangay was elected as the Tibetan government-in-exile’s equivalent of prime minister in 2011 — he was the second to be directly elected to this position, and the first to be head of the Central...
Feb 13, 2013
After a Tibetan man set himself on fire in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, exile and activist groups reported that the 100th self-immolation protest within Tibet had taken place in Ngaba on February 3rd. From...
Feb 3, 2013
As eight Tibetans have been sentenced for inciting self-immolations, The New York Times reports Tibetans are questioning the effect of these self-immolations. The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest...
Jan 31, 2013
Following the sentencing in Sichuan of monk Lorang Konchok and his nephew for inciting eight people to commit self-immolation, a court in Gansu handed out punishments to six others accused of involvement in one of the protests....
Dec 4, 2012
Dharamsala-based Phayul.com reports that a 92nd self-immolation protest took place on Monday evening. Lobsang Gendun, a 29-year-old Tibetan monk self-immolated in Golog Pema Dzong at around 7:45 pm (local time). He succumbed to...
Mar 19, 2012
In the wake of rising tensions between Tibetans and Han Chinese in Qinghai and Gansu provinces, and a string of self-immolations by protesting Tibetans, AP profiles Lobsang Sangay, the new Prime Minister of the Tibetan...
Sep 12, 2011
Indian Express interviews Lobsang Sangay, who was sworn in as Prime Minister of Tibet’s Government-in-Exile, succeeding the Dalai Lama who maintains his role as spiritual leader for Tibetan Buddhists: C Raja Mohan: At a...
Aug 23, 2011
Nepal continues its support the idea of a “one-China” policy and furthers is restrictions on Tibetan refugees living in its nation. Bloomberg reports: The Himalayan nation of Nepal is tightening restrictions against...
Aug 8, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports the inauguration of the new Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, who was elected in April. A 43-year-old Harvard law scholar and son of a guerrilla fighter was sworn in as head of...
Aug 7, 2011
The new Tibetan Prime Minister will assume office on Monday and Lobsang Sangay has given more indication on his position versus the Chinese government. From Voice of America: The newly-elected Tibetan prime minister-in-exile,...
Apr 27, 2011
Harvard academic Lobsang Sangay has been elected to become the new Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile. From the Atlantic: Exiled Tibetans elected a 43-year-old Harvard academic to replace the Dalai Lama in his role as...
Apr 25, 2011
Last month, the Dalai Lama made a surprise announcement that he would be giving up his position as political leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile and make way for a democratically-elected leader. That leader has now been...