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Campaigners against China's occupation of Tibet have criticised a new BBC4 documentary which they claim contains a "grievous misrepresentation" of the country's spiritual

Tsering Woeser, an influential Tibetan author writing in Chinese, has been effectively barred by Chinese authorities from leaving China for Oslo for a freedom of expression prize

By the mid 1990s there were known to be more than 164 female prisoners held in Drapchi Prison, Tibet. Most were nuns, some as young as 15, imprisoned for their religious

Tibetan students under the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Trichy, India (RTYC – Trichy, TN), organized a three-day exhibition on Tibet in this south Indian city

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a Tibetan Buddhist leader who is recognized worldwide for his message of peace and tolerance. He is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet

Campaigners in Northampton once again raised the flag and the profile of Tibet as part of a conference to highlight the plight of the Asian country which has been under the control

Exiled Tibetans and supporters staged a demonstration opposite to the Chinese Consulate-General in Munich to demand immediate release of a Tibetan man arbitrarily arrested

The 14th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE) began its fifth session yesterday afternoon. In his opening address, Karma Chophel, speaker of the TPIE, gave an account of events that happened in Tibet

His Holiness the Dalai Lama tosses Chemar (traditional welcome offering) upon his arrival at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) for the inaugural first day session of the annual 14th Shoton (Yoghurt Festival) or, the Tibetan Opera Festival on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Tibetan Prime Minister Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa and senior officials of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile attended the festival’s first day show. The Tibetan Opera Festival will go on until March 09, 2008. (Phayul.com)

Buddhist monks of the “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni”, a major monastery of the Russian Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia, provided their generous help and hospitality to Britt Das, a