Reportage 2008
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Dalai Lama turns 73
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 6 July 2008
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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.
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No headway in talks, Dalai Lama envoys disappointed
DHARAMSHALA, India, 5 July 2008
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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.
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Dalai Lama's envoys arrive in China for talks
DHARAMSHALA, India, 30 June 2008 —
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.
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Dalai Lama's envoys to hold talks from Sunday
DHARAMSHALA, India, 3 May 2008 —
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.
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Dalai Lama's envoys to leave for China
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 2 May 2008 —
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.
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Death toll in Tibet is 203: Tibetan government-in-exile
DHARAMSHALA, India, 29 April 2008
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The number of deaths in Tibet is 203, with 1,000 injured and 5,715
arrested since the 10 March anti-China protests, says
the Tibetan government-in-exile.
The new figures were released in a press conference by
the spokesman of the Tibetan government-in-exile,
Thubten Samphel.
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Beijing gets ready to talk, eyewash suspected
DHARAMSHALA, India, 28 April 2008
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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.
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Dalai Lama returns as Tibetan protests continue
DHARAMSHALA, India, 29 March 2008
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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.
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China arrests over hundred monks in Ngaba
DHARAMSHALA, India, 29 March 2008
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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.
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Nancy Pelosi visits McLeod Ganj
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 21 March 2008
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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.
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I am helpless: Dalai Lama
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 17 March 2008
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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.
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Biggest anti-China protests in Tibet in 20 years
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 14 March 2008
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Dalai Lama laments brutal Chinese policies
MCLEOD GANJ, India, 11 March 2008
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