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On 10 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognised that 'all human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms'.

Today, on this special occasion of the 15th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the World Human Rights day, the Kashag—on behalf of all the Tibetans inside and outside Tibet—would like to offer its deep reverence and greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

China Thursday rejected a resolution by the US Senate that called for the release of a jailed Tibetan monk, saying the case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche fell within "China's internal affairs" and related to stamping out terrorism.

The Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association will organise the 10th Himalayan Festival tomorrow to commemorate the Human Rights Day in the main temple of the Dalai Lama.

December 9, 2004 at around 7.30 am (CST), 40 people from all walks of life left Minneapolis for New York via Bus. Upon arrival in New York tomorrow, Dec 10, the group will head straight to United Nation Compound to stage a massive demonstration along with the New York Tibetan

If the work is done for a higher purpose, it can become an act of worship. Just ask the group of walkers who passed through Newton County this weekend on their way to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago to draw attention to the 48-year occupation of Tibet by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The strategic Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest, is nearing completion as it has reached the last stop prior to Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, the state media reported today.

China on Thursday rejected foreign interference in the case of a popular Tibetan monk sentenced to death but declined to confirm whether he was executed on December 2 as scheduled.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is expected to visit Israel next year to establish a Buddhist stupa near Arada in south of the Jewish State.

10 December 1948 marked the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). A resolution of the UN General Assembly proclaimed the Declaration as the "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" in respect for human rights.