Dalai Lama begins Austria visit
[Friday,18 May 2012, AFP]
The Dalai Lama arrived in Austria Thursday for a visit that will include a meeting with Chancellor Werner Faymann and is likely to irritate China, already angered by his previous stop in Britain. Beijing accuses the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, 76, of trying to split Tibet from the rest of China, and of encouraging a spate of self-immolations...

Missing for 17 years: Tibetans demand Panchen Lama’s release
[Thursday,17 May 2012, Phayul]
Tibetans in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala and all over India today organised various campaigns demanding the Chinese communist regime to release Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, the boy recognised by the Dalai Lama as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995...

China Re-launches 'Legal Education' Campaign in TAR
[Thursday,17 May 2012, TCHRD]
The Chinese authorities in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have re-launched a new wave of 'patriotic re-education' and 'legal education' campaigns targeted at Tibetan monastic institutions in the name of maintaining stability, enhancing unity, and promoting harmony in Tibet...

Lone marcher resurfaces, Tibetans join fast in support
[Thursday,17 May 2012, Phayul]
Tsetan Dorjee, the lone marcher in Nepal has resurfaced and had a brief telephonic conversation with Phayul this morning.Dorjee, after calling his mother on Tuesday had been untraceable.“For the past couple of days I have been trying to cover as much ground as possible walking for nearly 50 kms a day,” Dorjee said speaking exclusively to Phayul...

China Planning Strike Hard Crackdown in Tibet and Nepal
[Thursday,17 May 2012, TibetNet]
The Chinese government has planned measures to launch strike hard campaign to crackdown on Tibetans across Tibet, and those living in Nepal through collaboration with the Nepalese police, according to reports received by the Central Tibetan Administration...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's second day in Maribor, Slovenia
[Thursday,17 May 2012, Dalailama.com]
Meeting his host, the Mayor of Maribor, Franc Kangler, and his staff this morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama recalled how much he had enjoyed his first visit to Maribor in 2010 and how impressed he had been with what he saw of Slovenia. When Mr Kangler proudly told him that, although Slovenia is a comparatively small country, Maribor's football team had beaten both Russia...

Lonely marcher untraceable, Mother and sister to sit on fast
[Thursday,17 May 2012, Phayul]
Tsetan Dorjee, one of the three members of the exile family on a March to Tibet has become untraceable in Nepal, leaving his mother and sister fearing for the worse.On Tuesday, Dorjee had called his mother and informed her that he was carrying on a solitary march from the Nepali town of Lumbini and was headed for Kathmandu...

China airs documentary globally blaming Dalai Lama for self-immolations in Tibetan region
[Wednesday,16 May 2012, AP]
China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape international opinion about the protests against Chinese rule. The documentary shown globally by state broadcaster China Central Television features police surveillance footage of the fiery protests...

China summons UK ambassador over Dalai Lama meeting with Cameron
[Wednesday,16 May 2012, Reuters]
China's Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao summoned the British ambassador in Beijing on Tuesday to protest British Prime Minister David Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying the meeting "seriously interfered" with China's internal affairs.The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who is considered a separatist by Beijing, met with Cameron...