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Tibetan publisher to receive ‘International Freedom to Publish’ Award

Paljor Norbu, an 81-year old Tibetan printer and publisher, who is currently in Chinese custody in Tibet, has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Jeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award

Dutch to invite Dalai Lama to parliament

Dutch lawmakers said Thursday they will invite the Dalai Lama to parliament despite a warning from China that the visit would harm relations between the two nations.

Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee counters China lobbying

Still smarting from the defeat of his resolution that the state officially recognize the Dalai Lama and Tibet last month, Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee has taken aim at the Chinese government

China warns Dutch Parliament not to welcome Dalai Lama

China is warning Dutch MPs not to invite the Dalai Lama to visit parliament when he comes to the Netherlands on June 4 and 5

TWA elects its 9th Central Executive Body

A Domed Deputy in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Dolkar Lhamo Kirti was on Wednesday elected the new president of the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) at the end of its six-day Ninth General Body meeting that started on Friday

Tibetans vow worldwide protests to condemn death sentences

Several Tibetan NGOs grouped under the Tibetan People’s Uprising Movement (TPUM) Tuesday vowed massive worldwide protests to condemn recent death sentences passed on Tibetans by Chinese court

Tibetan prisoners paraded to intimidate residents, monks arrested in Kardze

The Chinese authorities in Kardze paraded 15 Tibetan political prisoners in the streets to intimidate the residents, Gelong, a monk of Sera monastery in south

China newspaper urges government name quake dead

A Chinese state newspaper has urged the government to swiftly release a full list of those killed in last year's devastating earthquake, including schoolchildren, saying official vows to improve rights demand such disclosure

Hong Kong students start vote on Tiananmen killings

A Hong Kong student union is holding a student vote on whether China should apologize for its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananamen Square 20 years ago in which hundreds were killed

China blocks India’s $60-m project for Arunachal

Days after it objected to President Pratibha Patil’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing has stunned New Delhi at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by blocking India’s development plan

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