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Mao Hengfeng, a Shanghai-based petitioner and rights defender, was detained on January 12 to be held for seven days by Shanghai police for shouting slogans

Tibetan singer Namgyal Lhamo's controversial music video 'Paradise Lost' is contesting for the Green Chillies

"You have the wrong house. I have no son." This is what 19-year-old Legdup heard when he called his mother in Tibet from Dharamsala, India. Sitting in a dark café with a tantalizing view

A group of Chinese intellectuals – many of whom are signatories of the Charter 08 campaign demanding democratic reforms – has called for a boycott of China's state television

Rome's city government announced Tuesday that it has invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Italy to accept an honorary citizen of the Italian capital,

His Holiness the Dalai Lama presides over prayers for world peace at Sarnath in Varanasi at the end of week- long teachings on Tuesday, January 13, 2009. His Holiness was accompanied by the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Dorjee Khandu (Extreme Right). Tens of thousands of Tibetans and Buddhists from across the world offered prayers at one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites next to Dhamek Stupa, where Lord Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment about 2500 years ago. The prayers were offered for the victims of calamities such as China's disastrous earthquake, Bihar’s damaging floods and recent Mumbai Terror attacks. (Photo Abhishek Madhukar /Phayul)

China hopes ties with Europe will improve now the Czech Republic holds the European Union presidency, but France remains out of favour with Beijing, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Chinese authorities defended their Internet censorship practices Tuesday after rights group Amnesty International accused them of cracking down on the web ahead of politically sensitive anniversaries.

Among the sites that are banned is the country's most vibrant and influential intellectual discussion platform called bullog.cn, a Chinese language blog portal with many famous bloggers, including some

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the Madras University on 21 January after his Pondicherry visit