Religion a means to peace, not violence: says the Dalai Lama in Iceland
Over a thousand Icelanders listened to the Dalai Lama’s lecture at Hallgrimskirkja, a prominent church in Reykjavik, Iceland, where the Tibetan leader is paying a visit
China begins internet ‘blackout’ ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Among the blocked sites were the blogging portals blogspot.com and MSNSpaces, the Hotmail email service, Yahoo’s photo-sharing site Flickr.com and Microsoft’s new search engine Bing.com
China Detains Prominent Dissident
With the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement approaching, government security agents have detained a noted Chinese dissident after he complained openly about the treatment of former political prisoners
China clamps down ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Chinese authorities have forced a former government adviser from Beijing and detained a veteran dissident in a clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests
Tibet: Human Suffering and Resistance
Tsering is a Tibetan-American living in Boston. Every Wednesday, he joins the other Tibetans for a Candle Light Vigil commemorating those who died in the March uprising last