Tag Archives: Candlelight vigil

• Silence, US tensions mark Tiananmen 30th anniversary in China 4 June 2019 | Poornima Weerasekara and Qasim Nauman This post has one comment

  Beijing marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as the anniversary turned into a diplomatic slugfest with the US. ...

• Ten dead in Texas school shooting, student arrested 19 May 2018 This post has no comments yet

  Ten people, mostly students, were killed when a teenage classmate armed with a shotgun and a revolver opened fire in a Texas high school Friday, latest deadly school shooting to hit the US. ...

• Tibetan youth in Nyarong sets self on fire in anti-China protest 19 March 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  Pema Gyaltsen, 24, set himself on fire on Saturday near Tsoga monastery in Nyarong, in the Kham region of Tibet, and the Chinese police took away his body. ...

• Donald Trump election win prompts protests across US 10 November 2016 This post has no comments yet

  Protesters burned a giant orange-haired head of Donald Trump in effigy, lit fires in the streets and blocked traffic as rage over the billionaire's election victory spilled onto the streets. ...

• Activists mark 55 years since Tibetan uprising in San Francisco 11 March 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Opponents of the Chinese occupation of Tibet gathered on the steps of San Francisco City Hall Monday to mark the 55th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and subsequent exile of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. ...

• Tibet Solidarity Day observed in Bir and Chauntra 10 December 2012 | Tenzin Rabga This post has no comments yet

  Exile Tibetans marked World Human Rights Day and the commemoration of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with prayers in Bir and Chauntra. ...

• Father of two dies after self-immolation in Kanlho 6 October 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan man, father of two, died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Chinese rule in Tibet, raising the number of immolations to 54. ...

• Youth self-immolates in Zatoe in eastern Tibet 30 September 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A Tibetan youth from eastern Tibet has set fire to himself in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, calling for the independence of Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa. ...

• The folly of self-righteousness! 9 May 2012 | Tenzin Nima This post has no comments yet

  A serious pursuit of freedom is not the cup of tea for a majority of people. Only a few courageous individuals, who have self-consciousness and belief in the certainty of their own selves, would seriously walk the path to freedom. ...