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The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) here today took out a protest march against the passing of death sentence on Trulku Tenzin Delek, a Buddhist teacher, by the Chinese authorities in Tibet, on April 7 , 2002.

Today marks the sixth day of the Tibetan Youth Congress's (TYC) indefinite hunger strike outside the United Nations headquarters. Ms. Dolma Choephel, Mr. Gyatso, and Mr. Sonam Wangdu have not eaten since Friday, April 2 and do not plan to until the United Nations meets their demands.

A resident of Ladakh has started a tough prostration, popularly known as "Gochak", for world peace. Starting from the region's main city Leh, 29-year old Rigzen Wangyal would prostrate over 1,200 kms before reaching Dharamsala, home to hundreds of Tibetans living-in-exile, three years from now.

George W. Bush has met him. So has Tony Blair. And so have the prime ministers, presidents and chancellors of many other leading Western nations. But Canada's prime ministers shy away from meeting the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

With less than two weeks to go until the Dalai Lama visits Canada, Ottawa is still not saying whether the Tibetan leader will get a meeting with Prime Minister Paul Martin. It should say soon, and say yes.

A Chinese team is currently in Nepal to conduct an extensive study and design of a highway that will connect Kathmandu with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

The Regional Tibetan Women’s Association of New York and New Jersey organized its fourth annual Lhapsol on Sunday April 4, 2004 in Walden, New York at the Sakya Tsechen Kunchap Ling Monastery.

The Russian opinion that Tibet is an inseparable part of China is invariable, sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, referring to an appeal of the Buddhist Union of Kalmykia for a entry visa for the Dalai Lama.

The TYC led Hunger Strike receives continues support and solidarity from every passing people. The determined hunger strikers, despite cold and windy atmosphere staged inside a white tent

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) considers 2003 as the year of grave human rights violations in Tibet committed by authorities of People’s Republic of China (PRC).