December 2017
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10,000 Killed in Tiananmen Square Crackdown Not 3000
A recently declassified British diplomatic cable put Tiananmen Square massacre toll at 10,000, much higher than the previous estimation of 3000. According to recently released British diplomatic cable, more than 10,000 people were killed during the June 4 crackdown on the pro-democracy protester in Tiananmen Square in 1989 by The Chinese Army.
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Tibetans In Exile Source Of Hope To Brothers And Sisters In Tibet: Dalai Lama
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama while speaking to the Tibetans and people from Himalayan regions in Bengaluru told that the Tibetans living freely in exile are the source of hope to the brothers and sisters in Tibet. The crowd of more than 2500 people gathered to the talk were mostly young…
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Wildlife Groups Rescue Nepal’s Last Dancing Bears
The “cruel” tradition of dancing bears in Nepal finally seems to have come to a dramatic end after wildlife groups rescued the last two bears. The World Animal Protection said on the development that these were the last two known illegal dancing bears in the Himalayan kingdom.
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A Tibetan Burns Self To Protest Chinese Invasion in Tibet
Yet again Tibetan is reported to have burnt self in protest against the Chinese invasion in Ngaba northeastern Tibet in the evening of Saturday. The incident came out in the social media where a video of the self immolation was recorded while local witnesses also confirmed the news according to Radio Free Asia.
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It Is Important That All Three Provinces of Tibet Remain United: Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama while addressing Tibetan pilgrims recently arrived from Tibet and Tibetan teachers gathered for a workshop on Secular Ethics in the Sera Lachi Assembly Hall, Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement declared that Tibetans in Tibet are the real masters of the country on Friday morning. His Holiness also added that it is important…
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Dalai Lama Inaugurates Renovated Golden Temple
The iconic Golden Temple in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement was inaugurated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Friday after it went through a renovation. His Holiness participated as the chief guest at the Seventh Convocation of the nearby Namdroling Monastery along with inaugurating the widely known Golden Temple.
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French Couple Who Paid Tribute To Late Liu Xiaobo ‘Unreachable’ in China
A French has been taken under custody in China shortly after they paid tribute to the late activist Liu Xiaobo. Hu Jaman and Marine Brossard were both attending the Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism Architecture on 15 December where they exhibited a mural showing an empty blue chair at an art exhibition in Shenzhen.
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Dalai Lama To Deliver A Silver Jubilee Lecture In Bengaluru On Sunday
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to deliver a silver jubilee lecture in Bengaluru, the Silicon City of India on Sunday according to his office. The lecture will be held in the morning of the Sunday, i.e., December 24 on Education for Wisdom and Compassion to Rebuild Nation organized by…
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We Should Be Proud To Live In India Said Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the inauguration of the Sera-Mey Debate Courtyard and giving a public teaching in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement on Thursday told the audience that we should be proud to live in India. The ceremony was also attending by Tibetan dignitaries including President Lobsang Sangay, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel as well as…
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Tibetan Girl Denied School Admission Over Father’s Free Tibet Protest
A Tibetan girl has been denied admission to a school over the fact that her father had participated in a protest against the Chinese government in the northwestern China’s Gansu province nine years ago. The father who was released from prison in 2013 is now bedridden with a failing health condition at his home in…