Tag Archives: Citizenship

  • Milan makes visiting Dalai Lama honorary citizen, angering China 22 October 2016 This post has one comment

    Milan welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Thursday and gave him an honorary citizenship on a visit to the northern Italian city, angering China. ...

  • NS Venkataraman Tibetans in exile should maintain their identity 25 September 2016 | NS Venkataraman This post has 2 comments

    Tibetans in exile becoming citizens of other countries will aid the Chinese objectives of loss of Tibetan identity and denying the sovereignty of Tibet. ...

  • Delhi High Court: Issue Indian passport to Tibetans as per Citizenship Act 22 September 2016 | Anshdeep Kaur This post has 19 comments

    Landmark judgement holds up Constitutional Law in India, and brings relief to many Indians of Foreign Descent who have faced unnecessary delays in obtaining official travel documents. ...

  • Samdhong Rinpoche speaks on elections and citizenship 23 August 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 15 comments

    Former Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche speaks candidly about the Tibetan election process, involvement of oracles and religious sects in the political process, and Tibetans getting Indian citizenship. ...

  • Hearing in Indian Citizenship case deferred till 22 September 22 August 2016 | Tibet Sun Onlinenews This post has no comments yet

    The petition in Delhi High Court seeks Indian government recognition as Indian citizens for all Tibetans who were born in India between 1950 and 1987, as per the Indian Citizenship law. ...

  • PIL filed in Delhi High Court seeks Indian passport for Tibetans 13 May 2016 | Anshdeep Kaur This post has 16 comments

    In what has all the makings of a landmark case, today a Tibetan Indian filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to ease the bureaucratic hurdles faced by Tibetan Indians when applying for an Indian passport. ...

  • Controversy arises over Sikyong Lobsang Sangay’s name 26 April 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    A group of Tibetans have lodged a complaint to the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission regarding the two names used by Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, and has urged a stay of the announcement of the final results of the Tibetan elections. ...

  • Tibetans to vote in local Indian elections for the first time 26 March 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

    After their Sikyong election, Tibetans are getting ready to go to polls again to elect the local representative in the Municipal Corporation. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal The Return Visa fuss 10 January 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    India is a beautiful place, but the Indian bureaucracy has a long way to go if India wants to make it easier for everyone who is living there, including the Tibetans. ...

  • Nepal charter protesters in long fight for equality 29 September 2015 | Paavan Mathema This post has no comments yet

    Nepal's new constitution was meant to end centuries of inequality, but instead it has sparked deadly protests and a trade blockade by ethnic minorities. ...