Tag: Tibet
Dalai Lama Placed Under Quarantine As Precautionary Measure
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The leader of Tibet’s Buddhists has been placed under a quarantine, as a precautionary measure in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, [Read More…]
Dalai Lama Meets in the Netherlands With Sex Abuse Victims
The Dalai Lama met on Friday in Rotterdam in the Netherlands with four Western Buddhists who say their religious teachers subjected them to sexual or [Read More…]
Fire Breaks Out in Jokhang Compound in Tibet’s Capital Lhasa
Fire broke out Saturday evening in a temple compound in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, setting at least one building ablaze but sparing the central Jokhang cathedral, [Read More…]
Tibet Closes to Travelers For 10 Days in October
Chinese authorities have issued orders banning travel to Tibet from outside the politically sensitive region from Oct. 18 to 28 while top-level government meetings are [Read More…]
Destruction at Larung Gar Greater Than Earlier Reported
Chinese authorities destroyed 4,725 monastic dwellings during the last year at Sichuan’s Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, with a total of over 7,000 demolished since efforts [Read More…]
Tibetan Monk Sets Himself Ablaze in Qinghai in 150th Self-Immolation
A young Tibetan monk set himself on fire and died on Friday in northwestern China’s Qinghai province in an apparent challenge to Chinese rule in [Read More…]
Rebgong Monks Petition For Return of Confiscated Land
A Tibetan monastery in northwestern China’s Qinghai province is appealing for the return of property formerly leased to a teacher’s college but seized by local [Read More…]
Two Tibetan Women Stage Protest in Ngaba Town
Holding up photos of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, two young Tibetan women staged a protest in Sichuan’s Ngaba town on Nov. 15 challenging [Read More…]
