Tibetan Rights Advocates End Hunger Strike Outside U.N.
Sipping from orange juice cartons, two Tibetans ended a 32-day hunger strike for Tibetan rights yesterday after a visit from a United Nations official and promises that their demands would not be ignored.
His Holiness to pay a brief visit to France
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is paying a brief visit to NIORT, in western France, from May 7 to 9. This visit is taking place at the invitation of Mr. Alain Mathieu, President of the Urban Community of NIORT and Mr. Alain Baudin, Mayor of NIORT.
After long silence, Tibetans in Chhattisgarh protest
For the first time in 36 years, hundreds of Tibetan refugees settled in Chhattisgarh are protesting rights abuses by China in their native land. Many of the refugees and their families, most of whom make a living by selling garments
Earthquake rocks west China,no casualties reported
An earthquake registering 5.5 on the open-ended Richter scale shook part of China’s western Qinghai province on Tuesday, but no casualties or damage were reported.
Tibetan Youth Congress Calls off Hunger Strike
The Tibetan Youth Congress called off its indefinite hunger strike at the United Nations on May 3, 2004, following a visit by UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie at the hunger strike venue at 4:30 pm.