Monthly Archives: May, 2010

China has issued new rules saying evidence obtained through torture and threats cannot be used in criminal prosecutions and said such evidence would be thrown out in death penalty cases that are under appeal

Time and again in our nation’s history, Americans have risen to meet — and to shape — moments of transition. This must be one of those moments

The death toll from a devastating earthquake that struck a remote Tibetan region in western China has risen to 2,698, officials said Monday.

Around 2200 Tibetan youths will attend His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s two-day basic class in Tibetan Buddhism aimed at motivating young Tibetans into learning and having deeper basic understanding of Buddhism here this week

Promoting his hair-raising memoir as a reincarnate monk and a top official in the Chinese-ruled Tibet, Arjia Rinpoche – one of the most important Tibetan Buddhist

Jetsun Pema, former minister in the Tibetan cabinet and the former president of the Tibetan Children’s Villages has been honoured in Milan, Italy, with “th

The question looms over this raggedy hillside town, a place where ancient mysticism constantly brushes against the realities of modern geopolitics. The monks

Startling news often goes unnoticed amidst the daily diet of glamorous cricket. As happened on 13 May when Novosti, the Russian state-owned news agency, quoted the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov: “Russia is ready to help settle the conflict between China and the Tibetan

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Saturday hit Kyegudo region in north-eastern Tibet, which was earlier hit by a deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake last month, according to

Four young Tibetan women are competing for this year’s Miss Tibet crown, the organiser of the Tibetan beauty pageant on Saturday announced during a press conference in the Indian city of Chandigarh.