Lhakar Film Series: AVATAR – The Last Airbender
On April 27, we screened the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender. We picked three episodes which include obvious relations to the conflict between Tibet and China. Following the screening, we had a really…
Lhakar Film Series: CitizenFour
On April 15th we screened CITIZENFOUR, a film about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. After the film, we discussed surveillance in China and Tibet. The US and China both have enormous surveillance capabilities,…
Save Tenzin: Urgent Medical Parole for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
April 7, 2015 marked 13 years since Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's arrest. Rinpoche is a respected Buddhist teacher and Tibetan community leader who has been a prisoner of the Chinese state. Every day he spends in…