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Protests over Beijing home evictions

About 20 people angry about being evicted from their homes in central Beijing have demonstrated not far from Tiananmen Square, saying the Olympics should not curb their legal rights

Dalai Lama begins teachings for “Korean Dharma friends”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Monday began three-day Buddhist teachings at the Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglag-khang) at the request of a Korean group, which he referred to as “our Korean Dharma friends”

It’s protesters vs. China, and the world will be watching

Activists savor the chance to steal the spotlight during the Olympic Games and air their grievances. They'd like to unfurl banners, streak across playing fields and hack into stadium screens

Into the dragon’s den I went and came out unscathed (Conclusion)

In the year of hosting the Summer Olympics things are going the opposite way for China. This time of the year when it should be balmy, summer peak-season for tourism, in western China hotel

Barry Sautman’s response to Jamyang Norbu’s opinion piece “Running-Dog Propagandists”

Being attacked by Jamyang Norbu is like being criticized by John Bolton, George W. Bush's bellicose former US representative to the United Nations. Many movements have someone who does

“Dalai Lama’s Man in America” Joins Candle for Tibet

Robert Thurman, whom the New York Times called "The Dalai Lama's man in America," officially supports Candle for Tibet, the biggest single action in the world for a free Tibet

Athletes urged to act on Tibet

European Parliament president, Hans-Gert Pottering, has called on Olympic athletes to demonstrate against human rights abuses when they line up in China, saying one could not "forget"

Nearly 300 Tibetans arrested in Nepalese capital

Nepalese police arrested nearly 300 Tibetan exiles Sunday during an anti-China demonstration in the capital Kathmandu. The protestors were rounded up near the Chinese embassy's consular section, which

Protesters march for a free Tibet

A dozen Tibetan protesters trekked along Highway 50 Saturday afternoon, part of an 185-mile march from Madison to Chicago that they hope will spread awareness of Tibet's fight for

Tibetan exiles, supporters greet Tibetan Freedom Torch in Little Lhasa

Tibetan exiles and supporters swamped the route of the Tibetan Freedom Torch on Sunday to cheer its arrival as it passed through McLeod Ganj, suburb that is also referred to as Upper Dharamsala or "Little Lhasa"

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