Yeshi Dawa

May 1, 2024 | rfa.org | Tenzin Pema |Tashi Wangchuk |Yeshi Dawa

The Chinese government says it will only talk with the representatives of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, while ruling out any scope for “contact” with the India-based Tibetan government in exile.

Apr 5, 2024 | rfa.org | Yeshi Dawa |Tenzin Pema

A delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhists on Thursday presented relics of the Buddha to the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India, in a gesture that was celebrated by hundreds of Tibetans who lined the streets with silk scarves and flowers.

Sep 6, 2023 | rfa.org | Yeshi Dawa

The Chinese government hosted a group of U.N. ambassadors who visited Tibet on an arranged tour before the international body conducts a review of Beijing’s human rights record in 2024, Tibetan experts on the region said. Diplomats from authoritarian countries that are China’s closest allies – Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Belarus and Pakistan – visited the far-western region on Aug. 28-30, photos posted on the social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, show.

Apr 19, 2023 | rfa.org | Yeshi Dawa |Lobe Socktsang

A four-member delegation from Australia’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet who met with the Dalai Lama on Tuesday offered support to preserve Tibet’s language and culture amid China’s efforts to restrict Tibet’s linguistic and cultural rights. MP Sharon Claydon, who also serves as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Sen. Janet Rice, MP Sophie Scamps and MP Susan Templeman arrived in Dharamsala, India, on Monday for a four-day visit.