Urgent Circular to all the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress chapters in North East India regarding the upcoming visit of HH the Dalai Lama to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Month: March 2017
Urgent Circular to RTYC NE Chapters
Urgent Circular to all the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress chapters in North East India regarding the upcoming visit of HH the Dalai Lama to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
TYC Speaking Tour 2017
Tibetan Youth Congress Central Executive board members will be touring India, Nepal and Bhutan from April-May 2017 to meet with Regional TYC Chapter members, community and students and talk about the organisation, the current status of our struggle, youth responsibility and importance of democracy.
TYC Speaking Tour 2017
Tibetan Youth Congress Central Executive board members will be touring India, Nepal and Bhutan from April-May 2017 to meet with Regional TYC Chapter members, community and students and talk about the organisation, the current status of our struggle, youth responsibility and importance of democracy.
147. Pema Gyaltsen
Date: March 18, 2017
Protest location: Nyagrongkel
Age: Unknown
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unclear
Info: VOA Tibetan has learnt that Pema Gyaltsen, the young man who carried out a self-immolation protest in Kham Nyarong on March 18, and whose condition was unclear after he was taken away by Chinese security, is still alive today. He is believed to be in a hospital, within the provincial capital city of Chengdu.
146. Tashi Rabten
Date: December 8, 2016
Protest location: Machu (Chinese: Maqu) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo
Age: Thirties
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Info: A Tibetan man, who has been named as Tashi Rabten, was heard calling for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet as he set fire to himself on December 8 and died in Machu (Chinese: Maqu) in Gansu, the Tibetan area of Amdo. Video and images depicted a body engulfed in flames with a young boy looking on, and a woman standing nearby reciting prayers. A second video circulating on social media shows police arriving to take away the body.
10th March, 2017 Statement
