China asks Dalai Lama to give up Tibet freedom quest
China has asked exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, to repent and to give up his quest for ‘Tibetan independence’ as well as ‘Greater Tibet’ as the country marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of the TAR.
Democracy in Exile Turns 45
Even as China celebrates the 40th anniversary of the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” amid great fanfare, the Tibetan diaspora yesterday celebrated the 45th year of the exile democracy in high spirit and optimism.
Blair urged to press China on Tibet
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who visits China next week, must push Beijing to deal directly with the Dalai Lama, an international rights group said on Friday.
New report documents increasing dangers for Tibetans escaping into exile
A new report by ICT, Dangerous Crossing, reveals that dangers for Tibetans escaping from Tibet into exile through Nepal, and those resident in Nepal, have intensified over the past year
UN Human Rights Chief ‘Guardedly Optimistic’ at End of Trip to China
U.N. human rights chief Louise Arbour has given a press conference in Beijing at the end of her first ever visit to China, saying that she was “guardedly optimistic” about Chinese progress on human rights
Ticket for Tibet Festival Draws Crowds
As part of ICT’s ongoing campaign on the case of the missing Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, ICT Europe teamed up with Tibet Support Group Netherlands to make the 11th Panchen Lama the central focus of the first ever Ticket for Tibet festival in southern Holland
Dream holiday aboard the “Free Tibet” raft
Thunderstorms, whirlwinds, depths and shallows, sleepless nights . yet the week aboard the raft was great. A six-person crew of the “Free Tibet” raft started voyage on one of the Vistula tributaries.