Daimler Issues Second Apology For Dalai Lama Post
Executives from Mercedes parent company Daimler have issued a second apology for an Instagram post...
Lobsang Sangay
Detentions, Abuse Reported After Tibet Self-immolation
The fatal self-immolation last week of Tashi Rabten, a 33-year-old Tibetan father of three, was...
Decoding the Dalai Lama Diplomacy Dance
The Washington Post’s David Nakamura reports on the “awkward Washington-Beijing two-step”...
Beyond the Dalai Lama: Woeser and Wang Lixiong
In a two-part interview at The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson talks to Tibetan writer...
Tibetan Leader Knows Value of Taking the Long View
At the New York Times, Ellen Barry spoke with Lobsang Sangay, head of the exiled Tibetan...
Tibetan Leader On Back-Channel Talks With China
Frank Jack Daniel at Reuters reports that Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibet’s...
Conversations with Tibet’s Exiled Prime Minister
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...
100th Self-Immolation Within Tibet; Another in Nepal
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...
As Self-Immolations Near 100, Tibetans Reflect
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...
Six More Tibetans Jailed Over Self-Immolations
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....
92nd Tibetan Self-Immolation Reported
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...
Tibet Exiles See Rise of American-style Politician
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...
‘The World is Scared of this Unknown Entity Called China that Has Come Up. But We Know Them Very Well’
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...
Tibetan Exile Leader Says Nepal Curbs Refugees At China’s Behest
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...
Tibetan Exiles Swear In New Leader
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...
New Tibetan PM Vows to Continue Pressing China on Autonomy
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,...
Meet the Dalai Lama’s Harvard-Educated Replacement
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...
Lobsang Sangay Set to Become Tibet’s Political Leader
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...
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