Tag Archives: Tibetan Cause

  • Musician, filmmaker, Tibet activist Adam Yauch dies 5 May 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, and an advocate of the Tibetan freedom struggle, has died at age 47 after a three-year battle with cancer. ...

  • The union between Adam Yauch and Dechen Wangdu: a look back This post has no comments yet

    Dechen Wangdu, an American-born activist, has devoted her life to the cause of Tibetan liberation from China. When she met Yauch, the two joined forces to fight against injustice together. ...

  • Lhamo Tso brings fight for husband’s freedom to Auburn 8 April 2012 | Krissi Khokhobashvili This post has no comments yet

    Lhamo Tso has not seen, or even spoken to, her husband in five years. She has spent years campaigning for the release of Dhondup Wangchen. ...

  • Vijay Kranti Tibetan self immolations: Why isn’t the world listening? 3 April 2012 | Vijay Kranti This post has no comments yet

    Jamphel Yeshi has left the world the question: Have we arrived at a stage where thousands of struggling communities might lose faith in the tools of democracy and non-violence to resolve conflict? ...

  • Hissay P Bhutia Burning soul – A struggle for freedom 31 March 2012 | Hissay P Bhutia This post has no comments yet

    Let us not ignore the fact that Jamphel Yeshi did not burn only himself: what burned is the agony of every Tibetan. ...

  • What are your thoughts on the self-immolations in Tibet? MCLEOD GANJ, India, 15 March 2012 This post has 15 comments

    Why are Tibetans setting themselves on fire? How long can the world look away while Tibet is burning? And who has the responsibility for the loss of these lives? ...

  • Timeline: Self-immolations in Tibet since 2009 10 March 2012 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

    Twenty-six Tibetans in Tibet have set themselves on fire since 2009; ten since 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule in Tibet. ...

  • That… peace be in the world: Lobsang Sangay 23 February 2012 | Roy Strider This post has no comments yet

    I fought for the post of Kalon Tripa. I knew that the job will be difficult and I have to do it and I am doing the best I can. ...

  • Eastern Tibet under lockdown after protests 26 January 2012 | Sebastien Blanc This post has no comments yet

    A Tibetan-inhabited region of China appeared to be under lockdown on Thursday after it was rocked by deadly clashes, as exile groups gave grisly details of how the unrest unfolded. ...

  • Tibetans gather with picture of Dalai Lama in Serthar 17 January 2012 | Louise Watt This post has no comments yet

    Dozens of Tibetans in south-eastern Tibet held up a portrait of the Dalai Lama in an act of defiance, days after other Tibetans set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule. ...