China angry at Australia's Dalai Lama visit
[Friday,03 July 2009,ABC News]
The Chinese Government has reacted angrily to an Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to meet Tibet 's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in India.It is the first time a group of Australian MPs and senators has travelled to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala ..

Supporting the Tibetan cause
[Friday,03 July 2009,TNN]
The Society is hosting the event on behalf of Tibetan Support Group, southern region. Society president Gp Capt H Rajagopal (rtd) told reporters that the aim of the event is to create awareness about the Tibetan issues...

Dalai Lama moves with the times
[Thursday,02 July 2009,The New Zealand Herald]
In Beijing, Chinese writer Wang Lixiong agreed: "If ... the Dalai Lama does not return to Tibet before he dies, the moment that he dies will see general riots across the Tibetan areas of China." And he is going to die, probably fairly soon...

China to launch first direct flight to Tibet: media
[Thursday,02 July 2009,AFP]
Flag carrier Air China will launch the first direct flight between Beijing and the Tibetan capital Lhasa on July 10, according to state media, in a bid to boost tourism to the Himalayan region...

Australian delegates to meet Dalai Lama
[Thursday,02 July 2009,ABC News]
An Australian parliamentary delegation will meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and senior members of the Tibetan parliament in exile in India later today...

China frets at new Tibetan protests in Nepal
[Wednesday,01 July 2009,IANS]
Fretting at the resumption of anti-China protests in Nepal by Tibetan refugees, Beijing has sent a delegation to Kathmandu to seek support from the new government of Nepal to quell them...

Nepal: China moves
[Wednesday,01 July 2009,Telegraph Nepal]
Diplomacy has its own speed. Some play it fast, others take some time. Diplomacy has its own set of rules and standards. While some diplomats play it in a naked manner, others do it as per the rules of the host countries and abiding by the universal criterions set by the Geneva Convention...

China state news agency plans English TV service
[Wednesday,01 July 2009,AP]
The main media arm of the Chinese government said Wednesday it had launched a trial run for an international English-language television news service as part of a drive to boost the country's image and global media influence...

Students Expelled From School in Kanlho
[Wednesday,01 July 2009,TCHRD]
Two students of Kanlho Tibetan Middle School were expelled from their school on 19 June 2009 for their involvement in peaceful protest on 24 April 2009...

China delays launch of internet filter Green Dam
[Tuesday,30 June 2009,Guardian.co.uk]
In a last-minute climbdown, the Chinese government announced today that it will delay the launch of censorship software that was supposed to have been sold in every computer from tomorrow...

Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science
[Tuesday,30 June 2009,The New York Times]
Tibetan monks and nuns spend their lives studying the inner world of the mind rather than the physical world of matter. Yet for one month this spring a group of 91 monastics devoted themselves to the corporeal realm of science...

Karmapa speaks for wildlife conservation
[Tuesday,30 June 2009,Tibet Sun]
The Karmapa appealed to his fellow Tibetans not to harm wildlife and asked them to abstain from using animal skins in their clothing.While expressing opposition towards using animal skins in their clothing, he said doing so was not according to Tibetan tradition...

Tibetans commemorate 12th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
[Monday,29 June 2009,TCHRD]
International law states that torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment can never be justified under any circumstances...

TIBET: Journey of discovery
[Monday,29 June 2009,The Star Online]
A group of adventurous volunteers took the route less travelled, and was greatly enriched by the experience. AFTER their stint in Wayao, the Kham Aid Foundation’s volunteer art conservators journeyed...

Interview with Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche
[Sunday,28 June 2009,Sify.com]
Three years ago, Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche was elected with more than 90% of the votes as the Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-exile in Dharamsala...

Tibetans Celebrate His Eminence Gyalwang Karmapa’s 25th birthday
[Sunday,28 June 2009,Tibet.net]
The 25th birthday celebration of His Eminence the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, head of Kam-tsang Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, was held yesterday (26 June) at his Gyuto Ramoche monastery near Dharamsala...

Nepal police detain Tibetan protesters near China
[Friday,26 June 2009,AP]
Police in Nepal detained dozens of Tibetan refugees heading toward the Chinese border Friday to protest, officials said.The group of 36 Tibetan refugees will be transported back to the capital, Katmandu...

Devotion to Tibetan god-king vies with loyalty to heirs of Chairman Mao
[Friday,26 June 2009,Times Online]
An old Tibetan peering through spectacles as thick as magnifying lenses spits with anger at the mention of the leader whom he blames for enslaving him: the Dalai Lama...

Spain reins in crusading judges
[Friday,26 June 2009,BBC News]
For more than a decade, a drab, beige building in central Madrid has been the global destination of choice for anyone wanting to file allegations of genocide, torture and crimes against humanity. ..

US calls for release of prominent China dissident
[Thursday,25 June 2009,AFP]
The United States said it was "deeply disturbed" by the reported arrest of prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and joined a mounting chorus calling for his release...

The fate of Sertha monk remains unknown year after arrest
[Thursday,25 June 2009,TCHRD]
The fate of a Tibetan Buddhist monk from the famous Larung Gar Buddhist Institute of Sertha in present-day Sichuan Province, who was arrested last year during the pan – Tibet protest...

Foreign reporters allowed scripted trip to Tibet
[Wednesday,24 June 2009,AP]
The Chinese paramilitary police who usually patrol Tibet's often tense capital went to work in black and yellow track suits last week instead of their green uniforms...