Tibetan Exile
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Tibetan Artist Awarded Honorary Doctorate by University of Colorado
Well-known Tibetan artist Tenzing Rigdol has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Colorado, Denver on Wednesday. Tenzing is one of the most widely recognized artists from the Tibetan community and he has been recognized by his alma mater, University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts & Media through this honorary doctorate.
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Tibetan Student Awarded Outsanding Achievement at a US University
A young Tibetan student has been awarded with the outstanding achievement honor at a university in the United States. A brilliant student of Tibetan origin have honored with multiple felicitations during a virtual convocation in the US. The most prominent of the awards being the Outstanding MIS Senior conferred upon the Tibetan student.
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First Tibetan Origin Commissioner Completes Term at USCIRF
The first Tibetan origin Commissioner at the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on May 14 this year. The commissioner is the first ever Tibetan American to hold the post and he has served for two terms since 2016. The Commission has nine commissioners appointed and their terms will be expiring this May.
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Tibetans Availing Indian Passports Should Move Out of Refugee Settlements
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a circular to all the passport issuing authorities in India and abroad mentioned that Tibetan refugees availing the Indian Passports should declare to not stay in any Tibetan refugee settlements or enjoying any Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) benefits, privileges or subsidies.
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Indian Ministry Suggests a Sharp 43% Decline in No. of Tibetan Refugees
According to the publication in the leading Indian news paper, The Indian Express, the number of Tibetan refugees in India has declined by more than 43% in the past seven years. This report is huge shocker as the number is very much below the approximated count as suggested by the official of Central Tibetan Administration,…
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8 Tibetans Held in Nepal Custody Arrived in Dharamsala, India
Eight Tibetan refugees who were earlier held by Nepal since around a year have now arrived in Dharamsala, the Tibetan exile headquarter based in India last week. With intensive border patrolling in the Tibetan borders by Chinese border police supplemented by increasing Chinese influence in Nepal, the primary gateway to exile has been heavily locked…
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Nepal Agrees to Send 8 Tibetan Refugees to Dharamsala
Following the recent incident of arresting two Tibetan refugees trying to enter into Tibet without proper permits, Nepal government is now all set to send eight other Tibetan refugees to the Indian town of Dharamsala, the exile headquarter of Tibetan refugees on Saturday. The government is coordinating with its Indian counterpart and the United Nations…
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Arunachal Govt. Warns Student Union Digging a ‘Non-Issue’ Tibetan Rehabilitation
Following the series of agitation brought about in the headquarter of West Kemang district of Arunachal Pradesh by the members and supporters of a student union over the issue of Tibetan refugees, the state administration on Wednesday briefed in a press conference that the government will not allow any organization or student union to take…
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Arunachal Group Demands Deportation of Tibetans to Refugee Camps
Since the implementation of Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy 2014 coined by the Central Government of India for the welfare of around hundred thousand Tibetan refugees living in the country, some non governmental organizations such as students unions have been protesting the move in Arunachal Pradesh demanding deportation of Tibetans to refugee camps in the state.
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China Intensifies Political Indoctrination of Tibetan Monks
As a part of the Chinese ruling communist party’s effort to strengthen its grip over the Tibetan people, local authorities are conducting training of the Tibetan religious leaders to promote political indoctrination of the communist China’s policies. A number Tibetan Buddhist monks have been given a three days of political training in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa.