Dharamsala, August 7 : Maroon robed Buddhist monks led thousands of Tibetan exiles on Thursday as they marched through the streets of Dharamsala to mourn the deaths of fellow countrymen in Lhasa earlier this year.
Many of the Tibetan exiles wore black clothes and tied black bandanas to mourn what they said were brutal killings of protesters in Tibet in March.
As the Olympics approach, Tibetans are trying to reinvigorate their freedom movement and protest against what they see as China''s illegal occupation of their homeland.
Dharamsala, July 24 : Five Non-Governmental organizations (NGO) here have joined hands for the Tibetan freedom movement and have decided to launch an all-out struggle against a second cultural revolution in Tibet after the Olympics.
The five NGOs - the Tibetan Youth Congress, the Students For Free Tibet, the National Democratic Party of Tibet, the GU-CHU-SUM and the Tibetan Women Association - have initiated a movement titled ''Tibetan People''s uprising Movement (TPUM)'' through which they will carry out their freedom struggle.
B Tsering, President, Tibetan Women Association said that their forthcoming actions will define their strategic preparations made ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Dharamshala, July 1 : The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has instructed the envoys to “make every effort to bring about tangible progress to alleviate the difficult situation for Tibetans” during talks with the Chinese representatives, says the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in Dharamsala.
Tibet's government-in-exile said the two-day talks would open in Beijing on Tuesday, but the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the cabinet spokesman's office declined to confirm or deny the dates.