More than 60,000 Swiss have signed a petition demanding that President Pascal Couchepin boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on August 8.
The petition, organised by four pro-Tibet organisations, was handed over to the government on Thursday.
[July 03, 2008 Source:swissinfo.ch]
New York: A six-week Summer Study Program for the Tibetan children brought up in North America begins at the Tibetan Children's Village in Dharamsala from 7 July.
BEIJING - China's Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday, even as envoys of the region's exiled leader met for a second day with Chinese officials for talks aimed at easing tensions following anti-government riots.
[July 02, 2008 Source :AP]
When the Dalai Lama left Tibet for exile in March 1959, the bridges with China were cut. Often one does not realise that soon it will be 30 years since the contacts between the Dalai Lama and the People's Republic of China's leadership resumed.
[July 03, 2008 Source :rediff.com]
Shimla, July 3: Hundreds of Tibetan exiles took part in a candlelight procession here last night in support of the talks that are being held between the Chinese Government and the envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama in Beijing.
[July 03, 2008 Source :Dailyindia.com]
(BEIJING) — China's Communist Party boss in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama Wednesday, even as envoys of the region's exiled leader met for a second day with Chinese officials for talks aimed at easing tensions following anti-government riots.
[July 02, 2008 source:time.com]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepalese police turned back 42 Tibetan monks and nuns Tuesday after the group trekked for five days through the Himalayas to protest China's crackdown on dissidents in their homeland, officials said.
[July 01, 2008 source :AP]
Nepali police detained dozens of burgundy-robed Tibetan monks and nuns marching to the Tibetan border on Tuesday to protest against a crackdown on anti-China demonstrators earlier this year.
[July 02, 2008 source :tvnz.co.nz]
On 6 July one of the biggest Open Air Parties in Germany will take place in Hanau.
Tibet has been occupied by China since 50 years ago and the Tibetans are treated as second class people in their own homeland with their culture suppressed and destroyed.
[July 02, 2008 Source :tibetcustom.com]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he might attend the Beijing Olympics if there is progress in talks between China and representatives of the Dalai Lama.
[July 01, 2008 Source :VOA]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A group of Tibetan monks and nuns trekked for days through the treacherous Himalayan mountains from Nepal's capital and were set to protest at the Chinese border Tuesday against a crackdown in their homeland.
Tibetan protesters walk towards the Nepal-Tibet border July 1, 2008. Nepali police detained dozens of burgundy-robed Tibetan monks and nuns marching to the Tibetan border on Tuesday to protest against a crackdown on anti-China demonstrators earlier this year.
REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL)
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