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On January 11th of this year, Chinese Communist Party leaders urged fellow government officials to "make efforts to raise to a new high the standard of work to propagandize Tibet abroad."

Sonam Chodon won the sympathy of human rights advocates and even a U.S. congressman because she said she was a Buddhist nun fleeing persecution in her native China.

Let me congratulate you, Ambassador Wibisono, on taking over the chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. I wish you every success.

The Tibetan Women Peace Marchers held a Candle Light vigil at the main market of Meerut town yesterday. This group of marchers represents the regional chapters of Tibetan Women's Association in and around the State of Uttaranchal and is on their way to Delhi.

Life of a former political prisoner is harsh in Tibet, said Ngawang Sangdrol, who is on her first visit to India after her release on medical parole in 2002.

The Tibetan Women's March from Dehradun to Delhi halted at Meerut today to address a large public gathering organized by Himalaya Parivar at the main traffic intersection of Begampur.

The United States today asked China's ruling Communist Party leadership to talk to the Dalai Lama's representatives on the vexed Tibet issue and allow religious and political freedoms for its 1.3 billion people, including Tibetans.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on China Monday to work harder to improve human rights and urged the country’s communist rulers to allow people to practice religion freely, reports AFP.

The United States on Monday asked China's Communist Party leadership to talk to the Dalai Lama's representatives on the vexed Tibet issue and allow religious and political freedom for its 1.3 billion people, including Tibetans.

The Washington, D.C. based Voice of America has announced that it is launching the first-ever TV program in Tibetan (outside of Tibet) from March 23, 2005.