Human rights torch relay arrives in Australia
He highlighted China’s persecution of journalists, human rights activists and Falun Gong practitioners and its actions in Tibet. A TORCH relay aimed at pressuring China on human rights
One visit, six goals for Tibet
The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) today released its “Tibet: The Issue, the Stakes” backgrounder in advance of the Visit by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Ottawa on Sunday.
A chat with a god-king
The Dalai Lama on Canada, his health, his people, and why he opposes a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. “My coming visit to Canada, like any other visit, is not political,” he said
Canadian Prime Minister Harper to Meet With Dalai Lama Oct. 29
It will be the first-ever meeting between a Canadian prime minister and the Dalai Lama, and comes less than two weeks after George W. Bush sparked a row with China by becoming the
Dalai Lama’s latest visit to be very public and very political
As far as photo opportunities rank, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s very public meeting Monday with the Dalai Lama will be one of his government’s most important and politically charged.
Thunder Bay city to fly Tibetan flag to mark Dalai Lama’s visit
The City of Thunder Bay has decided to honour a request from MP Ken Boshcoff, and will fly the Tibetan flag. The city says it will join St. John’s, Newfoundland and Blainville, Quebec in flying the Tibetan flag