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Coordinated by the Regional Tibetan Women's Association of New York and New Jersey (RTWA, NY & NJ), the Tibetans for the second year in a row participated in the 19th Annual International Cultures Parade which was held on September 12, 2004.

Authorities in China's northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang have sentenced more than 50 people to death this year in what government officials say is a war on terrorism.

Security guards will be making sure no one takes pictures when a documentary about Tibet is shown during the Atlantic Film Festival.

In the latest development in the Tibetan judicial system, Mr. Namgyal Tsering, one of the two Justice Commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, will succeed Mr. Jhadur Sangpo as the new Supreme Justice Commissioner.

China staged anti-terror maneuvers in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, citing a rise in global terrorism since Sept. 11, state media said on Monday.

The Tibetan government-in-exile has decided to stick to its "middle- way approach" to cement relations with China and continue to raise its voice at international level for a resolution of the Tibet problem.

Thirtyfour Tibetan refugees, including six women and five children, on their way to India to meet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, have been arrested in Nepal for entering the Himalayan Kingdom illegally.

The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan exile government announced today the September 12, 2004 departure to China from India of the Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari, his colleague Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and two senior assistants.

Police on Saturday arrested 34 Tibetans in Tegari of Kailali district for entering Nepal without legal documents.

The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the announcement by the EU Presidency that it intends to make an official visit to Tibet prior to the EU-China Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue being held in Beijing later this month.