China dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation
The Nobel Peace Prize committee is famous for making grand symbolic gestures aimed at influencing the world agenda, as in 1989 when, in the wake of the Tiananmen massacre, the prize went to the Dalai Lama
Chinese association lobbied for Dalai Lama to be denied New Zealand visa
The Dalai Lama, the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, is scheduled to speak at the Vector Area in Auckland on December 6, although it is not yet known if the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will accept the invitation
Obama-Dalai Lama meeting wasn’t on cards: White House
Terming as “inaccurate” reports that Barack Obama has postponed his talks with the Dalai Lama, the White House has said the US President holds the Tibetan leader in great esteem and insisted that a meeting was never on the cards
Nepal’s Tibetans squeezed as China flexes muscles
As Beijing marked the 60th anniversary of Communist rule last week, police in Nepal quietly rounded up dozens of Tibetan exiles they said were suspected of planning to hold anti-China protests
Indomitable Lin Xiling – Obituary of a Chinese dissident
One of the silent victims of the Communist regime in China who had spent 15 years behind the bars in Chinese prison for taking part in the infamous ‘Hundred
Dalai Lama receives rights award at Capitol
Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the ex