Tens of Thousands of Refugees in Nepal Soon to Head West
Sauerbrey on Friday heads for the Indian city of Dharamsala, the home of the Tibetan government in exile, where she is due to meet the Dalai Lama. The United States is also hoping to re-settle thousands of Tibetan refugees who are in Nepal and India. Every year several thousand Tibetans – including monks, nuns and children
Police Stop Celebration of Dalai Lama’s Gold Medal
As news of the Dalai Lama’s acceptance of a U.S. congressional gold medal spread, spontaneous celebrations sprang up across Tibet, the motherland of the exiled spiritual leader
Lawmaker scolds Yahoo: ‘Morally you are pygmies’
Just last month, for instance, search engines operated by Google, Yahoo China and Microsoft were redirected to Baidu, a Chinese-owned search provider, at the same time Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama
Yahoo isn’t the only villain
From Catholics and Muslims to the Falun Gong, from pro-democracy voices and investigative journalists to the Free Tibet movement, the penalty for being caught for banned
Middle-aged at 136!
This incident happened when I was in Lhasa, in Tibet. I had heard that there were people in this area who lived long, some who were over 300 years of age. I wanted to meet some of
China’s Biggest Olympics Test
Severe repression continues against Falun Gong practitioners, and the government has even purported to ban (seriously!) the reincarnation of “living Buddhas” in Tibet
A no-policy policy
Making Tibet an integral part of China, for instance, gives Beijing a lot more room to claim Indian territories and to try to settle the thorny border dispute with the help of Tibetan documents
Wisdom, Tibetan Style
With this tour … we have three main purposes: The first is to share our art and culture with people for universal peace and harmony. The second part is to raise awareness about the situation in Tibet