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Miss Tibet for global contest

The 2002 Miss Tibet, 20 year-old Dolma Tsering, will participate in the Miss Tourism Intercontinental Beauty Contest being organised at Kuching in Malaysia. According to Mr Lobsang Wangyal

China lets long-imprisoned Tibetan nun leave for United States

A Tibetan nun who was China's longest-serving female political prisoner traveled to the United States Friday, a U.S.-based activist said. Ngawang Sangdrol flew to the United States accompanied by a U.S. diplomat, said John Kamm

Switzerland could host dialogue between Tibet and China

Switzerland could be the venue for dialogue between China and Tibet, a Swiss MP has said. "Time has come that there should be a substantial dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China.

Takna Jigme Sangpo to Testify at UN Commission on Human Rights

Takna Jigme Sangpo, one of the most determined and well known human rights defenders in Tibet, will testify at the 59th UN Commission on Human Rights at the invitation of Dutch-based International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR)

China rights group says nun’s release signals change in Tibet policy

This file photograph shows Buddhist nun Ngawang Sangdrol and her niece in Tibet's capital Lhasa after her release Drapchi Prison.(AFP/File)

China rights group says nun’s release signals change in Tibet policy

The release of the longest-held female Tibetan prisoner could signal a change in policy by the Chinese government and a new willingness to engage exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in dialogue, a leading rights campaigner said.

China Releases Defiant Tibetan Political Prisoner to U.S.

Ngawang Sangdrol, one of Tibet's most famous political prisoners, arrived in the United States today five months after her parole from Lhasa's Drapchi prison. At age 26, Sangdrol had already served 11 years in prison.

Tibet’s longest-serving prisoner of conscience is free Dharamsala welcomes the Chinese gesture

Ngawang Sangdrol holds up a picture of the Dalai Lama after arriving in Washington, D.C. (Photo by ICT)

Tibet’s longest-serving prisoner of conscience is free Dharamsala welcomes the Chinese gesture

The Central Tibetan Administration welcomes the Chinese authorities' permission for Ngawang Sangdrol to fly to the United States for medical treatment. She arrived in Chicago on 28 March.

Tibetan Representative briefed Austrailain

The new representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Australia Mr. Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha met with the Austrailian Parliamentary Group for Tibet on 26th March. The briefing was held in the Austrailian Parliament and was attended by

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