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The North East Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NERTYC) today organized a 24-hour hunger strike at Court More, Siliguri, to stress the longstanding demand for religious education of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, at Tashi Lhunpo monastery.

Chinese authorities in Tibet are conducting a systematic indoctrination campaign in a major monastery aimed at forcing Tibetan monks to accept a Panchen Lama chosen by Beijing, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

Thupten Phelgye, an internationally revered Buddhist monk who holds the prestigious title of Geshe (Top Scholar) and is a close confidant of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and member of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile

Paul Martin, that most decisive of men, still can't make up his mind whether to see the Dalai Lama, who is visiting Ottawa in the third week of April.

Free Tibet Week, a weeklong event, came to a close Thursday. The campaign focused on the country’s culture and a half-century long struggle for liberation from Chinese occupation.

The three hunger strikers are with their demands for the seventh day. Besides rainy and windy atmosphere, the movement kept its flow with the support and encouragements from the supporters and organizations.

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell will meet with him, but Prime Minister Paul Martin isn't saying how the federal government will greet the Dalai Lama, who arrives in Canada in less than 10 days.

The United States on Thursday called on the U.N. Human Rights Commission to urge China to allow investigations of reports it is repressing freedom of religion and expression.

China has issued a stern warning to Paul Martin about whether he should meet with the Dalai Lama this month in Ottawa: Do not even think about it if you value good trade relations with China.

Some members of Taiwan Tibet Exchange Foundation, a non-governmental organization based in Taipei, are in Dhatramsala on a three-day visit. The purpose of their visit is to inaugurate an ambulance vehicle donated to the Department of Health by a Taiwanese sponsor.