Tag Archives: Exile Tibetans

  • Leading NGOs urge members of Tibetan parliament to reconcile 5 August 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 11 comments

    Four leading Tibetan organisations urged the two bickering groups of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile to patch up their differences and convene the Parliament for the greater cause of Tibet. ...

  • For US teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football 1 August 2021 | Luis Andres Henao This post has no comments yet

    In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokémon and rap music. Yet a few years from now, he’s expecting to say goodbye to his family and homeland and join a monastery. ...

  • Norbu Tsering Can we have nominated Choeluk MPs? 16 June 2021 | Norbu Tsering This post has 38 comments

    Monks are supposed to have preferred the life of spirituality to the tumultuous life of the layman. Throwing them into the messy business of parliamentary politics can be a disservice to the Buddha. ...

  • Tibetan Parliament crisis continues with no end in sight 12 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    The ongoing crisis of the Tibetan Parliament, which has seen two factions challenging each other over the validity of taking oath before the Protem Speaker, continues with no end in sight. ...

  • New Tibetan Parliament in limbo, half of oaths nullified 8 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 62 comments

    Protem Speaker Dawa Tsering took oath before Chief Justice Commissioner Sonam Norbu Dagpo at 9am, and then administered oath of office to all the ten members of Amdo, nine from U-Tsang, two from Europe, and one from North America, at 10am. ...

  • Tibetan Parliament members to take oath in violation of Charter 7 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 19 comments

    The newly-elected members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile will take oath as planned on the morning of 8 June, but some will be taking oath in violation of the Tibetan Charter. ...

  • Sikyong Penpa Tsering meets Tibetan press, explains policy priorities 4 June 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 5 comments

    Sikyong Penpa Tsering met with the members of the Tibetan press in the afternoon today to reiterate his policy priorities, particularly on the vexed issue of dealing with China. Tsering has had three virtual audiences with the Dalai Lama. ...

  • New members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament to take oath on 8 June 30 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    The new members elected to the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile will take oath as members of parliament before a Pro-tem Speaker on 8 June to officially start their five-year term. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal Lobsang Sangay’s ten years as Sikyong in a nutshell 28 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 32 comments

    My assessment of Lobsang Sangay's ten years as Sikyong in a nutshell – a disaster, wasted ten precious years for Tibet and the Tibetan people, and the Tibetan unity was fractured. Even the CTA lost its sheen. ...

  • New Sikyong Penpa Tsering says reaching out to China his priority 27 May 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    Penpa Tsering, the new Sikyong of the Tibetans-in-exile, who took the oath of office earlier today to lead the Central Tibetan Administration, said reaching out to China to resolve the Sino-Tibet conflict will be his top priority. ...