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Human rights groups today sent a letter to Hillary Clinton urging her to push for improvement of human rights situation in China on her first visit to China as U.S. Secretary of

Swaths of western China that have large Tibetan populations have been declared off limits to foreign visitors, local officials confirmed Thursday, ahead of the politically sensitive 50th

A year after Tibetan rioters set parts of Lhasa ablaze, aiming their fury at migrants from elsewhere in China, the mountain city is divided between migrants looking to flee and locals short of work as tourism collapses

China rejected many of the recommendations made by UN member states to implement specific measures and reforms for genuine human rights in China. In the report of the Universal

The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday of a fresh uprising in Tibet in the "very tense" run-up to the 50th anniversary of the failed rebellion against Chinese rule that prompted his flight into exile

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council recommendations to China, the BBC's Michael Bristow examines whether the country's growing economic power is forcing world leaders to mute their criticism of human rights violations

China has handed down court sentences to 76 people over anti-China unrest last year in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. The report by the official Xinhua News Agency attributed the latest figures to Nyima Tsering, a Tibetan Communist Party official

His Holiness the Dalai Lama receives a traditional welcome from Tibetans upon his arrival at a hotel in Baden Baden in Germany on Tuesday, February, 20, 2009. The exiled Tibetan leader was honoured with the 2008 German Media Prize in the German city on Tuesday. (Photo: Tibet Bureau, Geneva)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama receives a traditional welcome from Tibetans upon his arrival at a hotel in Baden Baden in Germany on Tuesday, February 11, 2009. The exiled Tibetan leader was honoured with the 2008 German Media Prize in the German city on Tuesday. (Photo: Tibet Bureau, Geneva)

Venice Mayor Cacciari praised ''the intelligence with which the Dalai Lama has conducted his battle for the freedom and self-determination of Tibet''. ''The battle is not over and we intend to show our support by giving you honorary citizenship,