IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Liverpool resident Tamirirashe (Tamisha) Matara has been invited to attend the 4th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent taking place in New York, 14 – 17 April. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) had been working to create a permanent Forum on People […]
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The Dalai Lama releases new book on his reincarnation
7 March 2025 – SYDNEY: On Monday 10 March, Tibetans across Australia will gather in major cities to commemorate the 66th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day, marking a pivotal moment in their struggle against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) occupation. On 10 March 1959, Tibetans in Lhasa rose up against the invading Chinese People’s Liberation […]
Why Did They Shoot? Imran Khan’s ‘Final Call’
In 2024, demands for democracy and human rights characterised elections worldwide, but many voters within the Commonwealth faced more dangerous political environments where peaceful resistance was met with brute force. Of the two billion people who set out to vote across 60 countries last year, 33 percent were from the Commonwealth, a 56-member union of […]
A heartfelt farewell for retired Tibetan civil servant in Australia’s Capital Territory
Photo: courtesy CTA/OoT, United Nations Geneva Office, Switzerland circa 2014. With profound sadness, members of ACT’s Tibetan Community and their friends and supporters gathered to pay their respects and offer prayers for the late Mr Ngodup Gyaltsen, a retired former civil servant of the Central Tibetan Administration, who passed in Canberra on 31 December, 2023. […]
Foreign Minister of Tibet’s Government-in-Exile in Australia to seek support for resolution of Sino-Tibet conflict
Photo:Courtesy CTA/tibet.net CANBERRA (Monday 13 November) – The Tibet Information Office in Canberra announces the upcoming visit of Foreign Minister (Kalon) Norzin Dolma, Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration, to Australia between 14-18 November. This is Ms Dolma’s first visit to Australia since assuming the role of Kalon (Minister) in 2021. During her […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Engaging African Australian Communities with the UN-WGEPAD Preliminary Report
SYDNEY (11 August 2023) – In December 2022, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) made a historic first visit to Australia. The Working Group visited Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney and spoke to various instruments of government, human rights and community organisations and individuals. The visit presented an opportunity for the […]
26 June: A World Without Torture
The UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, one of the key instruments in fighting torture, came into effect. Today, there are 173 State parties to the Convention, yet despite […]
Resolving Sino-Tibet Conflict and Securing Peace in the Region
I was immensely proud to join the Tibetan communities of Australia this week in welcoming Hon. Penpa Tsering, President of Tibet’s Government in-Exile during his first official visit to the Pacific region, organised by the Office of Tibet in Australia. Since meeting the first Tibetan exiles in Canberra 20 years ago, it was an honour to […]
Leader of Tibet’s Government in-Exile to visit Australia 17-25 June 2023
IMMEDIATE RELEASE SYDNEY (19 June 2023) – Hon. Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the democratically elected political leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration, will be visiting Australia from 17-25 June 2023. This is his first official visit to Australia since becoming the Sikyong, a Tibetan title for President, in 2021. Penpa […]
Challenging the Status Quo: Advancing Trauma Recovery
Around the age of 15, a copy of the late Dr Herbert Benson MD’s book, The Relaxation Response, found its way onto my bookshelf. The pioneering work of Dr Benson and his colleagues committed to exploring mind-body approaches to counter the stress response in collaboration with Tibetan refugees, paved the way to building an evidence […]
