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Tibetans Rally Before new UN Human Rights Council

More than 200 Tibetans and their supporters gathered before the United Nations building yesterday afternoon as the UN’s much publicized new Human Rights Council

Goodbye Commission, Welcome Council: Tibet’s Quest for China Scrutiny at the United Nations

On 15 March 2005, when former Tibetan political prisoner Phuntsok Nyidron arrived in the United States of America (USA), at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, the General Assembly of the United Nations (GA)

World Refugee Day being observed; UNHCR unhappy with Nepal

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed dissatisfaction over the Nepal government's passivity on third country

Crossing the Himalayas: China reopens a passage to India

High in the Himalayas, a barbed wire fence snakes its way across a desolate landscape. On most days, a thick, white, freezing cloud descends across the peaks, and it is hard

China’s ‘Taiwan complex’ is costly

China is experiencing a public health crisis. Infectious diseases that were almost eradicated during the 1960s have reappeared. Beijing acknowledges that diseases

Tibetan protests target Canada Mining Companies

Tibetans and their supporters will protest today at Continental Minerals’ Annual General Meeting, calling on the company to cease the development of a gold-copper mine

New start for human rights at UN?

The new UN Human Rights Council has the aim of re-invigorating the UN's approach to human rights but the problem of overcoming decades of

Nepal resumes issuing ‘Exit Permit’ to Tibetans

A group of 40 Tibetan asylum seekers boarded a bus from the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center in Kathmandu bound for New Delhi

“We need something for the next generation”

The calligrapher and painter Phuntsok Tsering belongs to a new generation of Tibetan artists who attempt to bridge ancient Tibetan traditions

Rejection of Visa for Dalai Lama

When does a Nobel Prize-winning peace activist become an "undesirable?". Last week, 22 of 28 Nobel Peace Prize winners gathered in South Korea for the 2006 Gwangju (Kwangju) Summit of Nobel

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