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Chinese police foiled a self-immolation attempt at Tibet’s Potala Palace.
According to RFA, in an apparent demonstration in front of the landmark Potala Palace in the Tibet regional capital Lhasa this week, a Tibetan screamed slogans and tried self-immolation, but was foiled by Chinese police. The Tibetan was taken away by police shortly after the altercation outside the Potala on Friday morning. His identity, condition,…
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Tibet’s Potala Palace Opens for Visitors After 4 Months
The Potala palace in the capital city of Lhasa will open for visitors after four months of lock down. According to the local updates, Potala palace will open for visitors from Wednesday with severe restrictions after remaining shut for more than four months. The major tourist attraction in Lhasa has been the winter palace of…
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Tibet’s Potala Palace Shut to Prevent Coronavirus Spread
Tibet’s potala palace has been temporarily shut down to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The palace drawing thousands tourists from China has been closed amid the scare of the new viral health problem that started from Wuhan in China. This casually communicable disease is fast spreading through out the world.
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Tibet will be Free, Dalai Lama will Return to Potala Palace: RSS Leader
A top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader in at a national conference on Tibet in New Delhi has warned that China’s hooliganism will not last and Tibet will be free and the Dalai Lama will return to Potala palace! The RSS leader along with the president of Central Tibetan Administration were present at the national…
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Potala Palace Entry Freed to Public for Three Months
The iconic Potala palace in Tibet’s capital city, Lhasa, is waived of the charges to visit the place to the public for the next three months. This entry to other quality tourist attractions has also been made entry free to the public in a campaign to boost tourism development in the region.
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China Completes Potala Renovation In Nine Days
China completes potala renovation in nine days as reported by the China Global TV Network today with an amazing video glimpse of the process. The Potala palace is one of iconic buildings in the world that identities Tibet and the large scale renovation project completed on Sunday.
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Tibetan Monk Burns Self In Front of Dalai Lama Portrait in Tibet
In a breaking report from Phayul.com, a Tibetan monk has burnt himself in front of their spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama portrait in Tibet. This report comes at a time of heightened crackdown on religious freedom in Tibet. The Tibetan monk’s courageous act of protest has been carried out against the widespread crackdown…
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Father of Tibetan Singer Who Burnt Himself in Protest of China Kills Self
The Father of a popular Tibetan singer who burnt himself in protest against China is reported to have killed himself. According to sources of the Tibetan section of Voice of America, an elderly Tibetan man, whose son died earlier this year after setting himself on fire in Tibet in protest against China has committed suicide…
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Tibetans Protest Outside Chinese Embassy in Paris
On Saturday, students from the ‘Students for a Free Tibet-France’ (SFT-France) group and five other Tibetan organizations protested outside the Chinese embassy in Paris against three self-immolations that occurred in their nation in March.
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Tibetan tries to commit self-immolation near monastery
A Tibetan man lit himself on fire at a police station in a Tibetan district of northwestern China’s Qinghai province on Wednesday, according to RFA, and was promptly carried away by officials with no news on his health. Tsering Samdup, self-immolated in front of a Chinese police station near a Buddhist monastery in Kyegudo (in…