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The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy received reliable information on Bangri Rinpoche’s arrest of 26 August 1999. (Ref: TCHRD Update January 2000 & December 2003)

Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque.

Under the presidentship of the former speaker of the Indian Parliament Shri Rabi Ray, the All India Convention of India-Tibet Friendship Society will be held in Jodhpur from 25-27 December, according to a release from Mr. Manoj Singh, Organising Secretary of the India-Tibet Friendship Society.

Dr. Peter Lindegger, passed away on Saturday, 11 December of a heart attack at his home in Winterthur, according to information received from the Office of Tibet in Geneva. He was 72 years of age.

Minnesota guitarist Steve Tibbetts has for 17 years pursued his passion for progressive, ambient, and world music in nonlinear fashion, similar to Robert Fripp, Brian Eno and Bill Frisell.

On Wednesday 8 December approximately 500 Tibetans and Tibet supporters from all across Europe gathered in The Hague, the capital of The Netherlands, to urge European and Chinese leaders attending the annual EU-China Summit there to place Tibet at the heart of the EU-China partnership.

Aboutt 30 people, including resident Tibetans, held a peaceful march, carrying the Tibetan national flag, photographs of Trulku Tenzin Delek from Hero's Square to Chinese Embassy on 10th December.

Almost half- a- century after following the Dalai Lama over the high Himalayas into exile in India, Tibetan refugees are finding it hard to keep their progeny strictly within the fold of Lamaistic Buddhism and committed to the cause of a free Tibet.

Prominent intellectuals Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo were taken away by mainland police yesterday in what is seen as the latest crackdown by authorities on dissent.

A project to educate Tibetans about endangered animals, an initiative to promote and cultivate Tibetan contemporary art, and individual Tibetan film-makers and photographers have all been granted awards from ICT’s Rowell Fund