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Statement Regarding Critical Situation in Tibet Page 5 ... Vol. 02, Issue 59, 15 February, 2012 Three Tibetans Self-immolate in Tibet

Teenage Nun Latest To Self-Immolate In Tibet I n t e r n a t i o n a l B o d - K y i - Cha- Trin

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu visits His Holiness in McLeod Ganj By Sophie Jay, The Tibet Post

This pic is taken in 2010 during one peaceful protest in Serta county, eastern Tibet for the protection of the environnement. Photo: File By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - One Tibetan died and two other serious injured by setting themselves on fire in Serta county, eastern Tibet in protests against Chinese rule on February 3, weeks after armed Chinese forces troops opened fire on a crowd of Tibetan protesters in the region, leaving six dead, several others seriously wounded. One of them reportedly died on the spot but his identity and details are still unknown, according See Page 8 ...

Walk Campaign for Peace & Freedom

Dharamshala: Archbishop Desmond Tutu begged the Chinese government to respect His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a joyful meeting between the Nobel Peace laureates today. Addressing the thousands of monks, nuns, families and schoolchildren who turned out in brilliant sunshine to see the Nobel Peace prize laureates at the Main Temple in McLeod Ganj, Tutu described the 77-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader as the holist man he has ever met, adding: ‘I want to say to the Chinese government that His Holiness is the most peace loving person on earth. ‘His Holiness has no army. He does not command people with guns. His Holiness is not a separatist. ‘Please you leaders in Beijing. Please respect him.' Devotees and well-wishers began filling the Main Temple at dawn, before His Holiness travelled to Gaggal Airport to receive the South African archbishop and his wife Nomalizo Leah Shenxane, who stopped off to see his old friend as part of a five day visit to India to promote Girls Not Brides, a global initiative against child marriage. In October, Tutu launched an angry verbal attack on South Africa's ANC government, branding it ‘worse than the apartheid government' and threatening to pray for the party's defeat, after it failed to grant His Holiness a visa so that he could deliver a lecture at the archbishop's 80th birthday celebrations.

His Holiness presents a khatag to fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, archbishop Desmond Tutu, at the Main Temple in McLeod Ganj. Photo: TPI

During today's public ceremony, Tutu affectionately jibed his fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recounting the time he accompanied His Holiness to a Seattle football stadium packed with 60,000 people who had turned out ‘for someone who can't even speak English properly!'

Emphasizing between giggles that he is not jealous of the fact that His Holiness is ‘loved by everybody in the world,' Tutu promised his friend that he would one day visit him in a free Tibet, urging God to hasten the day. See Page 4 ...

By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala, India: - On January 30, a group of four people; Namgal Dolkar Lhagyari, Joe Hamilton from Germany and Tashi Namgyal and Ven Konchok Norbu from Ladakh have completed their one monk walk campaign from Bodhgaya, Bihar State to Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. With presenting Mr. Penpa Tsering, the speaker of the Tibetan Parliament, the group held a press conference in Dharamshala on Monday.

Tibetan Political Leader Inaugurates New Hospital in Kollegal

China justifies ‘war’ in Tibet

Hao Peng, deputy secretary of the Communist Party in Tibet and vice-chairman of the regional government By The Tibetpost International

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Belgian PM Urged To China

DHARAMSHALA, February 11: Amidst crackdown and opening firings following the wave of self-immolations in Tibet, China is See Page 3 ...

Solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet

Dr Lobsang Sangay, Kalon Tripa ( Political leader ) of the Central Tibetan Administration. Photo: TPI By Tibetan Official Media: Tibet Net

Elio_Di_Rupo By Dennis Barbion, The Tibet Post

Brussels, Belguim: - On the 2nd February 2012, the new Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo held a press conference at the end of the diplomatic See Page 6 ...

Dharamshala, India: - Kalon Tripa (the elected political leader of Tibet), Dr Lobsang Sangay Sunday, January 29, inaugurated a new hospital in Dhondenling Tibetan settlement in Kollegal in southern India, calling on the Tibetans to raise their awareness on health and precautionary measures. His Eminence Gaden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche consecrated the hospital. Kunkyab Dophenling Hospital was built with the generous financial support and coordination of a Jewish family based in Luxembourg and Vimala Association in Switzerland respectively. In his address, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay said the new hospital would be very helpful in

providing essential healthcare services not only Tibetans, but also to the local Indian community as well. Kalon Tripa emphasised the paramount importance of taking and keeping oneself abreast of precautionary measures before one gets ill, adding that landing in hospital would be last resort. Directing the health department to organise programmes to raise people's awareness on the health issues, Dr Sangay called on the Tibetans to take part in these activities. Kalon Tripa expressed his deep appreciation for the valuable support rendered by the Jewish See Page 5 ...

By The Tibetpost International

Oakland - Along with Chinese and Vietnamese Rights groups, worldwide campaign joined and organized by United Nations For a Free Tibet will be held in Argentina, Cost Rica, Emirates, India, Germany, Romania and many other countries on February 8th, to show our solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet. Kalon Tripa calls for worldwide vigil and said entire Tibet under martial law. In his first official statement See Page 2 ...


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