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China hosts the World Buddhist Forum this week, its first international religious meeting since the Communists swept to power more than five decades ago.

UN member states will vote on May 9 to decide which countries should sit on the new UN Human Rights Council. China has announced it will stand for election, but does it deserve a seat at the table?

The New York-based human rights monitoring organization Human Rights Watch has urged President George Bush to raise the issue of the Panchen Lama during the upcoming summit with President Hu Jintao and to ask that

In what can be best described as 'All is well that ends well' development at the emergency meeting of the largest Tibetan organisation Kalsang Phuntsok Godrukpa

Samdhong Rinpoche has once again swept the preliminary round of the election for the Kalon Tripa's office with a record 82.6 % of votes cast. The results of the

The Capital Area Tibetan Association (CATA), representing the Tibetan community in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia, has decided not to organize public demonstrations against Chinese President Hu Jintao

The Maha Bodhi Society of India celebrated the 2550th Buddha Jayanti Divas on Saturday by organising a peace conference that brought many religious leaders on a common platform here.

A Tibetan refugee women's organisation has urged the Tibetan government-in-exile here to include women representatives in the ongoing Sino-Tibetan talks.

On April 25, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will once again see his birthday under Chinese house arrest – location unknown. It was on the 14th May 1995 that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet proclaimed Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama.

The eyes of the world will be on the visit of China's President Hu Jintao to the US for a summit with President George Bush later this month.