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For the first time in two decades, the seasonal barter trade between India and Tibet will not take place this year as the Chinese government has not allowed Indian traders to enter Tibet through

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention in western China of a filmmaker and his assistant, who have been held for nearly seven months after taping interviews with Tibetan residents about their lives under Chinese government rule

Jigme Gyatso, who assisted filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen for taping interviews with Tibetans in Tibet about their lives under Chinese government rule, has been temporarily released after being held for nearly seven months

China on Friday announced it had extended rules introduced for the Olympics allowing foreign reporters greater freedoms, but there was no easing of restrictions for domestic press

The Bylakuppe local Chapter of Tibetan Solidarity Committee organized an Inter-Tibetan School Contests in Painting, Tibetan Essay Writing and Debate. The Painting and Essay Contests were held in mid September. The Debate was held at a special

More than 150 Indian youths from Wardha in India’s Maharashtra state took part in a ‘Free Tibet’ bike rally last week. The bike rally, themed "Free Tibet, Save India"

China was silent on media freedom on Friday, the expiry date of special Olympic regulations that had officially allowed foreign journalists to report freely in most of the country for nearly two years

Chinese Communist authorities have now decided to cut admission fees to key attractions in Tibet in an effort to boost tourism to the region after massive demonstrations against Chinese rule in March forced China to lock down Tibet for months

A veteran Chinese diplomat has openly criticised officials for their lack of awareness and inability to communicate with the outside world

His Holiness the Dalai Lama receives a warm traditional welcome from staff members and students upon his arrival at the Tibetan Youth Hostel in New Delhi on Thursday, October 16, 2008. He is expected to rest there for few days before returning to Dharamsala, his exile hometown in northern India. His Holiness was discharged from New Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital earlier this morning after recovering from successful surgery to remove gallstones. (Phayul.com/Photo: Jigme Tsering, tibetonline.tv)