http://www.lobsangwangyal.com Photos and reportage of Lobsang Wangyal en-us Copyright 2006-2007, Lobsang Wangyal Productions info@lobsangwangyal.com (Lobsang Wangyal Info) Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/images/logos/lw-logo-sm.jpg http://www.lobsangwangyal.com 100 80 Lobsang Wangyal Logo http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080706-dalai_lama_turns_73.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080706-dalai_lama_turns_73.html The rain didn't stop Tibetans from celebrating the Dalai Lama's 73rd birthday, and their hopes were not shrouded by the setback from the lack of progress in the talks held between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese leaders earlier this week. Tibetans in Dharamshala gathered at Tsuglakhang temple in Mcleod Ganj for a brief function, attended by the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080705-dalai_lama_envoys_return_disappointed.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080705-dalai_lama_envoys_return_disappointed.html The two envoys of the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala after making no headway during the seventh round of talks with Chinese officials on 1 and 2 July in Beijing. "We felt disappointed that the Chinese officials are not willing to take the movement forward," said Lodi Gyari, the special envoy of the Dalai Lama, based in Washington DC. Sat, 5 Jul 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080630-dalai_lama_envoys_leave_for_china_for_talks.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080630-dalai_lama_envoys_leave_for_china_for_talks.html The Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China today for the formal seventh round of discussions with the representatives of the Chinese leadership, according to a press statement released by the Secretary of the Dalai Lama. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080503-dalai_lamas_envoys_to_hold_talks_from_sunday.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080503-dalai_lamas_envoys_to_hold_talks_from_sunday.html Two envoys of the Dalai Lama are in Hong Kong en route to China for talks with Chinese officials on Sunday, said the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile. "The meeting is a positive sign, as the Chinese government officially announced the invitation to the envoys of the Dalai Lama for the first time," says Samdhong Rinpoche, the exile Prime Minister, during a public address at Tsugla Khang in Mcleod Ganj. Sat, 03 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080502-dalai_lamas_envoys_to_leave_for_china.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080502-dalai_lamas_envoys_to_leave_for_china.html Two envoys of the Dalai Lama are headed for China for talks to ease the current crisis in Tibet, according to a press release by the Dalai Lama's Secretary. "His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China on 3 May 2008 for informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership," says a press release by Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, the Dalai Lama's Secretary. Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080428-beijing_gets_ready_to_talk_eyewash_suspected.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080428-beijing_gets_ready_to_talk_eyewash_suspected.html In an abrupt change in move and mood, China offered to meet with a representative of the Dalai Lama in the coming days, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. "In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai's private representative in the coming days," Xinhua said on Friday, quoting an unnamed official. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080329-dalai_lama_returns_as_tibetan_protests_continue.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080329-dalai_lama_returns_as_tibetan_protests_continue.html Amid posters showing photos of Tibetans killed in Ngaba, and Tibetan hunger stikers demanding that Chinese leaders talk with the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama returned to his base in Mcleod Ganj. The Dalai Lama stopped to interact with the hunger strikers upon his arrival in Mcleod Ganj to show his support and appreciation to them. "Hunger strike is an effective means to express one's resentment non-violently. It is following Gandhi's way," he said to the strikers. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:10:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080329-china_arrests_over_hundred_monks_in_ngaba.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080329-china_arrests_over_hundred_monks_in_ngaba.html Over a hundred monks from Kirti monastery in Ngaba have reportedly been arrested by the Chinese police, following the recent anti-government protests in the area. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said that the Chinese police raided the monastery on Friday afternoon and arrested over a hundred monks from Ngaba Kirti Monastery, an ethnic Tibetan area now incorporated into Sichuan province of China. The police first locked the monks in their cells, and then searched for photographs of the Dalai Lama and any incriminating documents. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080321-nancy_pelosi_visits_mcleod_ganj.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080321-nancy_pelosi_visits_mcleod_ganj.html Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, met the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala and expressed her support to the Tibetan cause. Expressing her solidarity with the Tibetan cause, Pelosi said that the situation of Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world, and that if the world doesn't speak for Tibet today, it loses all moral ground to speak of human rights. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080317-i_am_helpless_dalai_lama.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080317-i_am_helpless_dalai_lama.html Expressing helplessness regarding the current situation in Tibet, the Dalai Lama said that Tibet is passing through a critical time, with lives of Tibetans being threatened, and called upon an investigation by the international community into the current crisis in Tibet. "I am acting as a spokesman for the Tibetans in Tibet. I have no power to stop the demonstrations," he said while interacting with the media at his temple in Mcleod Ganj on Sunday. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/photography/10_march_2008/ http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/photography/10_march_2008/ A selection of Lobsang Wangyal photos of the 10 March events in McLeod Ganj, India Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/photo_archive.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/photo_archive.html Selected photos of His Holiness Dalai Lama, in the 2008 Lobsang Wangyal photo archive Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080314-biggest_protest_in_twenty_years_in_tibet.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080314-biggest_protest_in_twenty_years_in_tibet.html Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is under an extremely tense situation, with Tibetans protesting against the Chinese rule, setting shops and police vehicles on fire on Friday. Several people have reportedly have been killed and many others injured in Lhasa by Chinese bullets. Monks from several different monasteries were leading the protests, ... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080311-dalai_lama_laments_brutal_chinese_policies.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2008/20080311-dalai_lama_laments_brutal_chinese_policies.html The Dalai Lama accused China of unimaginable and gross human rights violations in Tibet on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising on Monday. He said that the Tibetans in Tibet have been living in a state of constant fear, intimidation and suspicion under Chinese repression for nearly six decades. "And during the past few years, Tibet has witnessed increased repression and brutality," he said. ... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071201-china_fumes_over_dalai_lamas_successor_plan.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071201-china_fumes_over_dalai_lamas_successor_plan.html Giving a major blow in the face to China's new design to control and use the influence of the next Dalai Lama to rule Tibet, the Dalai Lama said he may choose his successor while he is alive. ... Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071126-ronggye_adrak_sentenced.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071126-ronggye_adrak_sentenced.html Ronggye A'drak, the Tibetan nomad, who took to the stage and calling for the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet during a Horse Festival in Lithang in eastern Tibet on 1 August has been sentenced for eight years imprisonment. ... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071106-indian_ministers_avoid_dalai_lama.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071106-indian_ministers_avoid_dalai_lama.html Ministers of the government of India avoided a function on Saturday in the Indian capital of Delhi to felicitate the Dalai Lama for receiving the US Congressional Gold medal. The government of India had issued a circular to its ministers asking them to stay away from the function, as their attendance would not correspond to government policy. "It was not in conformity with the foreign policy of the government. And, therefore, you are directed not to accept the invitation," the circular reportedly said. The Dalai Lama was honoured with the gold medal on 17 October at the Capitol Hill in Washington DC by US President George W Bush. Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071029-china_releases_long_serving_prisoner.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071029-china_releases_long_serving_prisoner.html China released one of the longest-serving Tibetan political prisoners, Ngawang Phulchung, after he had served eighteen years of imprisonment for his demonstrations against Chinese rule of Tibet. He was released from Chushul prison in Lhasa on or around 21 October 2007. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071016-china_tightens_security_in_tibet.html http://www.lobsangwangyal.com/reportage/2007/20071016-china_tightens_security_in_tibet.html Chinese authorities have tightened security in Tibet ahead of the presentation of the US Congressional Gold Medal award to the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in Washington. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT