Last year, I wrote in these pages of my hope that the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan people's uprising on March 10 might inspire the Chinese government to reappraise its policies and adopt a more realistic approach to Tibet
Nepal has stepped up security and warned Tibetans exiles against organizing protests against China during the anniversary of the failed uprising that sent the Dalai Lama into exile, officials said Tuesday
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans
The struggles of the Dalai Lama of Tibet (now under China) and Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) are an inspiration to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet, the very same individuals are treated as if they are threats to peace and security by governments in their respective native lands
Yang Jinali, left, Chinese political dissident, Phuntsok Nyidron, from Tibet and longest serving female political prisoner, 2nd left, Alfred Moses, 2nd right, President of UN Watch and Rebiya Kadeer, right, Uyghur human rights activist, from left, take part in the panel on 'Rising powers and international Rights compliance: Case study of China of the 2nd Geneva Summit for Human Rights Tolerance and Democracy/ at the International Conference Center in Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Tibetans in the American city of Portland gathered outside the City Hall to protest officials from the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco who had come to ask the Ci
China has warned that a plan by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong to use a special election as a de facto referendum on democratic reform is a threat to stability
In a preemptive move to prevent embarrassment to China on its soil and to apparently appease its neighbor, Nepal has detained the representative of the Dha