Dalai Lama to attend Hiroshima peace symposium
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will attend an international peace symposium in Hiroshima in Japan. At the summit to be held in early November, the Dalai Lama will be joined by fellow Nobel peace laureates
Commentary manuscript lands Tibetan youth 10 years in prison
According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a 29-year old Tibetan youth, Dolma Kyab, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment term for writing and maintaining a commentary
Association of Sweater Sellers’ Unions in the Wings
If everything went according to plan, then various fraternities of Tibetan sweater sellers from across India will have formed an association by by mid-August, at a conference organised by the Finance Department of the Central Tibetan Administration
European Parliament Urged Nepal to Reopen Tibetan Office
A delegation of the European Parliament on a six-day mission to Nepal, has urged the government that country on “the necessity of opening again” the Welfare Office, adding that it is impossible to
Australia questions China over organ harvesting
The Australian Government has directly raised concerns with China about reports it is harvesting organs from executed members of the Falun Gong movement
Internet companies under fire for aiding censorship
A new online campaign from Amnesty International and a far-reaching bill in Congress are increasing the pressure on three Internet giants — Microsoft, Yahoo and Google — to stop assisting China’s massive efforts to censor Internet use
China petition call to web users
Amnesty International is urging UK users of Yahoo, Microsoft and Google to e-mail the companies asking them to change the way they operate in China
Chinese vice foreign minister to visit Nepal
Wu Tawei, vice Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China is scheduled to arrive kathmandu, capital of Nepal on July 27
Monk replaced due to illness
A Tibetan monk scheduled to speak in Hamilton next month has been diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche — an emissary of the Dalai Lama
Nepal: New Portrait Of Chinese Pragmatism?
Reports of China having opened direct contacts with Nepal’s Maoist rebels, and possibly having offered arms, have added to the uncertainty gripping Nepal’s peace