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We, the Nepalese from the Himalayan region, were anguished and ashamed to learn of our Government's order for the closure of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Representative Office and the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office in Kathmandu.

The International Campaign for Tibet's fourth annual Light of Truth Essay Competition (LTEC) in 2005, announced on February 1, 2005, will address the issue of laws and regulations governing various parts of Tibetan territory.

The Kathmandu post interviewed to Nepal home secretary Mr. Chandi Prasad Shrestha about closure of the Dalai Lama's office in Kathmandu.

The government's recent decision to close down the Dalai Lama's representative's office along with the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office is likely to raise serious questions about Nepal's commitment towards upholding human rights.

TYC and the Tibetans all over the world strongly denounce Nepalese Government's closure of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Offices in Kathmandu.

The Chinese communists invaded Tibet in 1950, forcing the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, to flee across the Himalayas and eventually to seek asylum in India, where he set up a government in exile.

Approximately forty Tibetans and supporters made an unannounced appearance at the Chinese Consulate today and demonstrated for the release of imprisoned Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

"I dreamt of a tsunami washing away our relief tent", said Paljor, a young monk from Namgyal Monastery at the breakfast table. And it is not much of a surprise that such recurring dreams should haunt anyone after spending almost two weeks

The Alliance For Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal, an organisation of the Nepalis based in the US, has condemned Nepal government's decision to "shout down the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in Kathmandu" and urged the government to allow reopening it.

The following is an article composed by Senator Consiglio Di Nino and David Kilgour, MP, co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet Canada.