The RTYC of New York and New Jersey, Student for a Free Tibet, Tibetan Women's Association and USTC held a rally against the Nepalese Government's decision on deporting 18 Tibetans to the Chinese Authority on Monday, June 2nd 2003.
Eighteen Tibetan asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated from Nepal have been unexpectedly detained at a remote Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) border area after two members of the group developed symptoms of the deadly SARS virus
Last week, a posse of mountaineers and heads-of-state gathered in Kathmandu for the 50th anniversary of a great triumph: the first ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
Addressing a joint press briefing with the Danish Foreign Minister, Mr. Per Stig Moller, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that his delegation's ongoing second visit to China looks like a good start and
China today opposed "double standards" on the issue of combating illegal immigration and said that the recent repatriation of 18 Tibetans from Nepal should not be politicised.
Kelsang, 22, says that he left his monastery in Tibet after "Chinese officials asked us to denounce the revered Dalai Lama and introduced practices in our religion that were not acceptable to us".
Talks between the Chinese government and representatives of the Tibetan government in exile are advancing, the Dalai Lama said Wednesday, adding that the main thrust was to build confidence between the two sides.
Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama, right, listens while Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller speaks Wednesday, June 4, 2003 in Copenhagen. The Dalai Lama, who is in town to give a series of teachings, said that talks with China are off to a good start. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
Eighteen Tibetan asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated from Nepal are expected to arrive shortly at a holding center in Shigatse, in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, where they appear likely to face criminal charges, Radio Free Asia reports.
The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday China was showing a more positive attitude on the Tibet issue amid contacts between Beijing and envoys of the exiled Tibetan leader.
