Tibetan Lamas and monks carry a portrait of the Dalai Lama during celebrations to mark his 68th birthday in Sydney, Sunday, July 6, 2003. Tibetans and others all over the world celebrate their spiritual leaders' birthday although such celebrations are forbidden in Tibet. (AP/Photo by Dan Peled)
In an alarming crackdown on the rights of Tibetans living in Nepal, the Nepalese government yesterday banned all events celebrating the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, who turns sixty-eight on Sunday.
Attempts by Nepalese Police to enforce a ban on Tibetan celebrations of the Dalai Lama's 68th birthday in Kathmandu were abandonned today amid cheers and revelry after hundreds of Tibetans defied the government order and gathered at the stupa in Boudha
The tremendous potential for economic co-operation with China, if realised, will impact positively on the political ties between the two countries. This underplayed aspect of the Vajpayee visit may yet prove to be the catalyst
The Nepalese authorities have banned events celebrating the birthday of the Dalai Lama in Kathmandu planned for this coming Sunday. The ban was announced by phone by the Chief of Police at about 9pm on Friday 4th July to the Representative of the Dalai Lama here in Kathmandu.
The ban by the Nepalese authorities on celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6th was issued on orders from the Nepalese Home Ministry, according to a Tibetan official in Kathmandu, who added that the wide-reaching order had been confirmed on Saturday morning.
A very interesting panel discussion was organized jointly by TPPRC and ITCO, in the name of Core group for Tibetan Cause, at India Habitat Center, New Delhi on the 2nd July 2003 at 3 pm.
The Tibet Museum completed a successful two-week long tour of England recently. The exhibition tour titled 'A long look homeward-Beyond Borders" was sponsored by the London based The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and The Prince's Trust and
During the opening day: Mrs. Kesang Y. Takla (R) ,representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for northern Europe and Mr. Geoff Richards (L), The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation.
Following is the text of the response to a question taken at the July 2 regular State Department briefing on the human rights situation in China; the answer was posted later in the day
