The Dalai Lama blames Beijing’s “cultural genocide” for a wave of self-immolations among monks and nuns in ethnic Tibetan parts of Sichuan.

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Dalai Lama hits out over burnings

The Dalai Lama criticises China after failing to get a South African visa to celebrate the birthday of Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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South Africa’s ruling ANC rejects Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s assertion the party is “worse than the apartheid government” over the Dalai Lama visa issue.

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ANC rejects Tutu’s apartheid tag

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The Dalai Lama announced Thursday his retirement from public life. He asked the Tibetan parliament in exile to relieve him of his “formal authority” as head of the Tibetan government. “As early as the 1960s, I have repeatedly stressed that Tibetans…

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The Dalai Lama announces his long-awaited plan to devolve political responsibilities to an elected figure, in a speech marking the 1959 Tibetan uprising.

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Dalai Lama to cede political role

The Dalai Lama announced on Thursday he would relinquish his political leadership role in the Tibetan exile government, setting the stage for a new generation.

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Dalai Lama Gives Up Political Role in Tibet

The Dalai Lama criticises China’s opposition to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

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Dalai Lama enters China Nobel row