Exiled Tibetans living in India burn Chinese flags during a protest in New Delhi, March 10, 2003. The rally was organized on the last day of a ten-day long march from Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama, to create awareness about Tibetan problems and China's policy towards Tibetans.
Photo by Kamal Kishore
A group of about 35 Tibetans and 30 Westerners finished a 60-mile walk Monday from Bloomington to Indianapolis. The walkers began their trek in Bloomington last Thursday and finished their journey Monday at Monument Circle in Indianapolis with a rally in the afternoon.
About two thousand Tibetan exiles in Nepal offered prayers at a Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu on Monday to mark the anniversary of the failed 1959 Tibetan national uprising against Chinese rule, said a Tibetan official.
Forty-four years after fleeing Tibet, the Dalai Lama released his annual March 10 statement from Dharamsala, India, where he resides in exile, today on the anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day.
The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), a pressure group, today renewed its demand for the immediate release of the 11-year-old boy-monk Gedhum Choekyi Nyima.
Tibetan leader Dalai Lama reads through his speech during a commemorative function at Dharamsala, India, Monday, March 10, 2003. The Tibetans commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. (AP Photo/Angus McDonald)
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today urged China to address the issue of autonomy for his nation, warning that the problem could soon become insoluble. The Dalai Lama made his appeal on the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan national uprising against Beijing's annexation of the once independent Himalayan country.
