A female amputee in her forties called Anu and a Tibetan monk, Lobsang Namgyal, are serving prison sentences at Drapchi (Tibet Autonomous Region Prison Number One) for political offences.
China's rapid development has changed the lives of its many minority tribes forever. Many, living in tourist showcase villages, no longer really know where home is. Singing at the Yunnan Nationalities Village, a Kunming cultural exhibition centre
The bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna from Friday, the anniversary of his birth 2,600 years ago, officials said. Visitors to the Patna Museum will pay Rs. 100 rupees for the privilege of being able to view the priceless Buddhist relic in a specially designed room
Tibet's government-in-exile, which is allowed refuge by India, has welcomed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision to visit China next month. "Good relations between India and China will provide better prospects for the Tibetan issue to be resolved,"
Traffic is gradually returning to the roads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with certain restrictions and security measures still in place. Twenty-two security checkpoints are reported to have been installed along the Qinghai-Tibet highway
Dr. Tsewang Tamdin, a personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and pharmaceutical director at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) in Dharamsala will give a public talk at Tibet Foundation Culture Centre, 2 St. James's Market
A spokesman of the State Department said on May 13, 2003 that the issue of Tibet is brought up in the United States diplomatic contacts and dialogue with China.
The Chinese government should immediately release two Tibetan prisoners whose medical conditions are deteriorating sharply, Human Rights Watch urged today. The New York-based monitoring organization also called on the Chinese government
In the first-ever presidential report to Congress on the status of Tibet negotiations, President Bush has affirmed that encouraging substantive dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese leadership is a key objective of his
