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Actor and activist Richard Gere will join veterans of the Dutch resistance movement at a joint press conference to announce this year’s Geuzen Medal winner in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands, today (Friday 11 March 2005).

About 350 members of Tibetan Youth Congress of the region consisting of the residents of Tibetan Settlements in Mysore, Bylakuppe, Hunsur and Kollegal, including women, took out a peaceful march in the city this morning

In his annual statement on the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959, the Dalai Lama called upon China to adopt a more confident policy in resolving the problem in Tibet

This afternoon members of the Edinburgh University Tibet Society (EUTS), with the support of Chris Ballance MSP (Green), padlocked a 1000sq ft banner to the Scott Monument on Princes Street.

More than 2,000 Tibetan exiles attended a prayer service in Kathmandu on Thursday to commemorate the 46th anniversary of a failed uprising in the Tibetan capital Lhasa against Chinese rule.

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, during a 10-day tour of Asia, admonished the Chinese government for not doing enough to improve its human rights record.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has renewed his commitment not to seek the independence of Tibet from China provided he be left in charge of Tibetan affairs.

On the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan People's Uprising, I convey my warm greetings to my fellow Tibetans in Tibet and in exile and to our friends around the world.

Today, on this occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan people’s peaceful uprising against the Chinese occupation, the Kashag pays tribute to the brave men and women of Tibet who sacrificed their lives for the spiritual and political cause of Tibet.

The massive, popular and widespread uprising of March 10, 1959 ordained the Tibetan freedom struggle as a national movement with the proactive resilience and revolt of common Tibetans to fight