Tag Archives: Citizenship

• What is your identity? 20 January 2015 | Tenzin Namdak This post has one comment

  "The Tibetan people will remain alive as distinct from other nationals as long as the Tibetan language exists." ...

• Tibetan community in India at variance over citizenship rights 18 January 2015 This post has no comments yet

  "The issue will not effect the Tibetan cause. Tibet is no longer a matter of Tibetans only but has wide implications on the whole world." ...

• India voting rights: a watershed moment for Tibetans 7 May 2014 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  Would losing RC affect a Tibetan's refugee status in other countries? How much closer to a passport are Tibetans who have voting rights? ...

• They would rather be Tibetan refugees than Indian voters 2 May 2014 | Varinder Bhatia This post has no comments yet

  The Election Commission has offered them voter IDs but that has evoked little enthusiasm in Tibetan settlements here, with few enrolling as voters and most preferring to retain their RCs. ...

• Tibetans to vote for first time in India | S Gopal Puri This post has no comments yet

  History will be scripted in Himachal Pradesh on 7 May when the state goes to polls. As many as 217 Tibetan youths in Kangra would be casting their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections for the first time. ...

• Tibetan man born in India takes citizenship plea to the High Court 29 April 2014 | Ayesha Arvind This post has no comments yet

  Almost four years after the Delhi High Court passed a judgment supporting the right of a Tibetan-born in India to claim Indian citizenship by birth, as per the Indian Citizenship Act, the debate has once again resurfaced. ...

• Meghalaya groups oppose Tibetan refugees enrolment as voters 14 April 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Meghalaya's powerful pressure groups - the Khasi Students' Union and the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People - Friday opposed inclusion of Tibetan refugees in the electoral rolls of the northeastern state. ...

• Many Tibetans will not be able to vote in Delhi 9 April 2014 This post has no comments yet

  As the national capital votes tomorrow, a large section of Tibetans here say they will not be able to exercise their franchise despite a court ordering inclusion of their names in electoral roll. ...

• Tibetan refugees longing for their homeland 4 April 2014 | Gautam Raja, Special to Weekend Review This post has no comments yet

  Tibetans speak about life in exile in Bylakuppe — one of their largest settlements in the Indian state of Karnataka in South India. ...

• What benefit to Tibetans of having Indian citizenship? 28 March 2014 This post has one comment

  What benefit could Tibetans gain or lose by having Indian citizenship? How could the Tibetan movement be affected? ...