http://www.phayul.com/ Latest Tibetan news around the world en-us Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:55:48 GMT Copyright: (C) Phayul.com http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30950 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30950 Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-independence group in exile launched an indefinite fast in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York on February 22, the first day of Losar – Tibetan New Year. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:50:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30948 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30948 The exile Tibetan leadership, joined by hundreds of Tibetans began a day-long hunger strike on the first day of Losar, Tibetan New Year in solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet earlier today. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:39:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30946 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30946 Repeating tactics that were employed in 2009, Chinese Communist Party officials in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital have issued stringent warnings against the popular call for a boycott of celebrations during ‘Losar’ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:51:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30943 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30943 Hundreds of Indian college students along with Tibetan youths carried out a protest march across Delhi University to highlight the ongoing crisis in Tibet, calling upon China to respect human rights in Tibet, today. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:09:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30940 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30940 Tibetans and supporters in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala and around the world carried out a flag burning protest coinciding with the 29th day of the last month of the Tibetan lunar calendar. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:38:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30939 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30939 I have just returned from Lhasa. Tibetans are disappearing; everyone is terrified about the bloodshed which seems inevitable. A hunger strike of 100 monks is said to be underway. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30938 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30938 The Nepalese government is yet to respond to a December 2011 letter written by three members of the U.S. House of Representatives pushing for the implementation of a stalled Tibetan refugee resettlement programme to the US. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30937 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30937 Last weekend Students for Free Tibet, France organised a two-day Tibet Film Festival in Paris, in collaboration with the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:02:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30933 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30933 In his ‘Losar’ Tibetan New Year message, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay has said the exile administration is “extremely worried” over the “grim” news coming out of Tibet. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:05:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30931 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30931 Living up to its infamous tag of being one of the most repressive regimes for writers and journalists, China has once again arrested a Tibetan writer on unclear charges. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:14:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30930 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30930 The fiery wave of self-immolation in Tibet continues to rage on with three Tibetans torching their bodies last week alone. Nangdrol set himself on fire calling for ‘freedom for Tibet’. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:29:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30929 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30929 Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will preside over the early morning Losar, Tibetan New Year official ceremony on February 22 at Tsug-la Khang, at the main temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:45:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30926 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30926 In a clear case of deep seated political influence over the judiciary in China, a Chinese court in Tibet issued an arrest warrant against a Tibetan who had already been lying in the jail for over four months. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:41:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30924 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30924 The three Tibetan students who have been pedaling across the major cities and towns in India for exactly a month now, reached the Indian commercial capital Mumbai last week. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:38:00 GMT http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30923 http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=30923 Amidst the ongoing self-immolations, another teenaged Tibetan in Tibet set himself on fire and is reportedly dead. The 18 year old teenaged Tibetan, Nya Drul set himself on fire today in the afternoon in Amdo Ngaba, Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:57:00 GMT