Lobsang Sangay

Dalai Lama urges Tibetan unity as political leader sworn in

By RNS staff — May 27, 2016
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) The Buddhist spiritual leader criticised an election campaign to elect a political leader that descended into bitter personal rivalries

Tibetans have ‘sacred duty’ to support self-immolations

By Vishal Arora — November 9, 2012

NEW DELHI (RNS) As China's Communist Party began meeting in Beijing this week, six more Tibetans set themselves on fire. Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay said while he discourages self-immolation, it is the ``sacred duty'' of the exiled community to support it. By Vishal Arora.

10 minutes with … Lobsang Sangay

By Tracy Gordon — January 25, 2012

"My stand on self immolation is the same as that of the Dalai Lama, who has always discouraged drastic actions by Tibetans," says Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile. "He does not even endorse hunger strikes."

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