US Tibet Coordinator to review “specific challenges” faced by Tibetans
United States Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Maria Otero, who also serves as Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, is on a week-long visit of South Asia in an effort to review the
China activist Chen Guangcheng ‘beaten’
A prominent Chinese activist and his wife are reported to have been beaten following the release of a video showing their house arrest.
Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijin, were badly injured by security officials, according to the group Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
The accidental Grammy nomination
WORLD music brings together the most unlikely combinations of talent. Four Buddhist monks from Tibet were performing on the north coast of NSW when they were approached by a
The Karmapa Conundrum
Anyone following the Indian media’s obsession this month with a Buddhist monk would think the stories came from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Last month, India’s police foun