Source : tibet.net, 28-06-2012

DHARAMSHALA: An Indian parliamentary delegation, who were on an official trip to Dharamsala, visited the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamsala on 26 June.

The members of the delegation, which composed of ten Rajya Sabha (Upper House) MPs, were Maya Singh, Dr Bharat Kumar Raut, Dr K P Ramalingam, Rabinarayan Mohapatra, Bhupender Yadav, Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi, Shantaram Naik, Jesudasu Seelam, Ali Anwar Ansari and Dr Janardhan Waghmare.

Source : tibet.net

Flame of Truth Relay - (6 July to 10 December 2012)

Due to grave and worsening situation in Tibet, the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) has decided to carry out a number of activities as discussed during its closed door meeting held on 22 March 2012. Accordingly on 27 March, the Standing Committee of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile decided on the Flame of Truth Relay as one of its activities.

Over the last sixty years since the Communist China’s brutal occupation of Tibet, Beijing has never changed its hard-line policies on Tibet. This has resulted in China exploiting not only Tibet’s rich natural resources but also to kill, torture, imprison and harass the Tibetan people continuously. However, we have held onto to our unique culture, spiritual tradition and identity to struggle for the truth.

Source : tibet.net, 24-06-2012

INVERNESS: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has disapproved the Chinese government’s censorship policy as morally wrong, emphasising that  the country’s 1.3 billion people have a right to know the reality of their situation.

“Totalitarian regimes like China’s have for several decades depended far too much on cruelty, so fear and distrust are part of their atmosphere. This is why they try to conceal reality,” His Holiness said in an interview with the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) in Inverness, Scotland, on Saturday. INSP is the publishers of the magazine known in Britain as The Big Issue, but whose material appears in 122 publications, in 40 countries, in 24 languages.

Source : http://bologna.repubblica.it

La visita della guida spirituale tibetana alle zone terremotate: "Dovete essere determinati, solo così riuscirete a costruirvi una nuova casa". Donazione di centomila euro

dall'inviato CATERINA GIUSBERTI

E’ stata una visita-lampo, ma non per questo meno significativa, quella del Dalai Lama a Mirandola. Arrivato in tarda mattinata, accompagnato dal sindaco e dal presidente della Regione Vasco Errani, si è fatto accompagnare per un breve tour delle aree distrutte dal terremoto, attorno a piazza della Costituzione, prima di chiudersi in meditazione.

"Dovete essere determinati, solo questo vi aiuterà a costruire una nuova casa e a tornare a guardare al futuro", ha esortato la guida spirituale tibetana, che ha raccontato come la notte della prima scossa si trovasse a Udine: “In quel momento sapevo di non poter fare altro che pregare – ha detto rivolto agli sfollati – ma appena ho avuto l’occasione sono venuto qui”.

“Vedendo questa distruzione - ha poi aggiunto - ho provato profondo dispiacere. In passato ho visitato altri posti dove ci sono stati disastri naturali e ho sempre convinto le persone a pensare al futuro. Quando muore qualcuno che ci è caro, sappiamo che non potrà tornare. Ma dobbiamo pensare a quel che quella persona desidererebbe per noi, al fatto che vorrebbe vederci reagire. E’ quello che mi è successo quando ho perso i miei maestri: in quel  momento mi sono reso conto che il mio compito era cercare di realizzare quel che loro si aspettavano da me”.

Source : phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, June 22: The Italian city of Milan has withdrawn plans to bestow an honourary citizenship on Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, reportedly under pressure from the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Rome.

Italy’s second largest newspaper La Repubblica on Thursday reported that Milan city leaders came under direct pressure from the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Chinese ambassador to drop the idea to honour the Tibetan Nobel Laureate.

“In a decision that outraged supporters of the Tibetan cause, Milan has backed away from plans to give the Dalai Lama honourary citizenship because of concerns about upsetting China,” the paper said.

Source : phayul.com

DHARAMSHALA, June 20: In reports coming out of Tibet, two young Tibetans set themselves on fire today in Zatoe town of Keygudo, Kham, eastern Tibet calling for Tibet’s independence and long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 

Ngawang Norphel, 22 and Tenzin Khedup, 24, set themselves ablaze at about 3.30 pm (local time).Both of them were carrying Tibetan national flags in their hands at the time of their self-immolation protest. Tenzin Khedup passed away in his fiery protest while the condition and whereabouts of Ngawang Norphel is not yet known.