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Tibetan boys carry plastic guns as they take part in a ceremony at a monastery in Aba, in Sichuan province, February 20, 2008. Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims gather to celebrate Monlam, or Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause)

Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar called Monday for the world to boycott this year's Beijing Olympics over what they said was China's continuing support of Myanmar's military

A Dutch lawmaker is calling for an international boycott of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics to protest China's human rights record. Critics say China has for years mistreated Tibetans

When Chinese troops suppressed a nationalist uprising in Tibet’s capital city Lhasa in 1959, a curtain came down over Tibet. Thousands were killed in fighting across the country or vanished into

Nepal handed over a Tibetan man in his twenties to Chinese authorities today after he was taken into custody during a February 23 late-night raid by 50 to 60 armed police on the Tibetan Refugee

On a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard saturated with advertisements for self-indulgence and worldly goods, the face of the 14th Dalai Lama gazes out over the shoulders of Emmanuella

Standing in front of an oversized picture of the Dalai Lama, the 23- year-old Tibetan beauty queen from India clasped her palms together and bowed her head before pulling up

In a two separate ceremonial gathering, prayer services were offered for the late Mindrolling Trichen and late US Congressman Tom Lantos. The Tibetan community of Chicago gathered in

Exiled Tibetans hold a solidarity candle light vigil march on Sunday, February 24, 2008, in the northern Indian town of Dharasmsala to support the latest protest demonstrations staged by Tibetans against Chinese authorities inside Tibet. Hundreds of Tibetans in Rebkong, in Amdo province of Tibet, clashed with Chinese authorities on February 21 as the Great Prayer Festival was underway. The incident escalated into further violent protest demonstrations by Tibetans when Chinese authorities tried to stop the festival. Some 200 Tibetans, mostly monks were initially arrested. Local Chinese government was later reportedly forced to release all those arrested, apparently under the pressure of a massive Tibetan demonstration. Sunday’s candle light walk was organized by the Gu-Chu-Sum (Ex-political prisoners’ Association) Movement of Tibet. (Phayul.com / Photo by David Huang)

On February 22nd, Gerry Baker (Vice President, International Tibet Independence Movement) and Mary Kate Oreovic (President, Indiana University-Students for a Free Tibet) were successful in disrupting